Platform Services Technical Lead

Leidos is looking for our next TS/SCI-cleared Platform Services Technical Lead  to join a high-energy team deploying and maintaining common application-runtime capabilities in support of the DIA-NDOC (National Digital Exploitation and OSINT Center) DOMEX Technology Platform (DTP). This role is part of a 10-year program supporting the DOMEX Data Discovery Platform (D3P) Modernization effort, where you’ll contribute to mission-critical capabilities alongside a collaborative, innovative, and growth-oriented team.     While the majority of work is performed on-site at our customer location in Bethesda, MD, we offer a flexible schedule and occasional opportunities for remote work.    As a Platform Services Technical Lead, you’ll provide technical leadership, product direction, and ongoing execution for a multidisciplinary application team responsible for deploying and sustaining mission-critical application-runtime capabilities. You’ll work closely with the Lead Systems Engineer, Release Train Engineer, government stakeholders, and cross-functional engineering teams to translate mission priorities and product roadmap requirements into actionable technical solutions and delivered capabilities.   In this role, you’ll guide technical design and implementation while managing product priorities, team execution, and delivery commitments. You’ll help balance new capabilities, operational sustainment, technical debt, and evolving mission requirements to ensure solutions are secure, scalable, reliable, and aligned with program objectives.     You will work closely with the team on the following key tasks:   Provide technical leadership and direction for the design, integration, deployment, and sustainment of NDOC’s mission applications.  Collaborate with government stakeholders, Systems Engineers, and the Release Train Engineer to translate mission requirements and product roadmap priorities into executable development plans. Own and prioritize the team backlog, decomposing features and requirements into well-defined user stories with clear acceptance criteria. Guide technical design and implementation decisions, ensuring solutions align with system architecture, engineering standards, security requirements, and mission objectives. Lead technical discussions, evaluate solution alternatives, and help resolve complex engineering challenges across application, integration, and infrastructure components. Balance security requirements, defect resolution, sustainment, and technical debt to maintain platform stability and support long-term system evolution. Identify and manage technical risks, dependencies, and impediments, coordinating with engineering leadership and other teams to resolve issues affecting delivery. Drive execution against Program Increment (PI) objectives and sprint commitments, maintaining visibility into progress, priorities, and delivery risks. Lead or support Agile and SAFe activities, including backlog refinement, sprint planning, sprint reviews and demonstrations, retrospectives, and PI Planning. Promote engineering best practices, including automated testing, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, performance and health monitoring, application security, and continuous process improvement. Communicate technical progress, delivery status, risks, and recommended solutions to program management, government stakeholders, and engineering leadership. Contribute to technical documentation, design reviews, and planning activities supporting current and future capabilities.   To be successful in this role you need the following (required qualifications):   You’re a technically strong, collaborative leader who can translate complex mission needs into practical engineering solutions while guiding a team toward successful delivery. You also meet the following qualifications: BS in Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or related field and 12 or more years of prior relevant experience or Masters with