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Chief Engineer - NASA AEGIS

las cruces, NM

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The Digital Sector at Leidos currently has an opening for a Chief Engineer to lead engineering strategy and execution across all technologies and products included within the Advanced Enterprise Global Information Technology Solutions (AEGIS) program scope. The position is located at NASA’s Marshall Spaceflight Center (MSFC in Huntsville, AL) or Kennedy Space Center (KSC in Cape Canaveral, FL), highly preferred.

The AEGIS program is NASA’s largest IT infrastructure services contract, supporting enterprise IT and mission systems across data centers, cloud platforms, networks, collaboration tools, voice over IP, and cybersecurity. As part of the AEGIS leadership team, you will directly influence how NASA evolves to support missions on Earth, in space, and beyond.

POSITION SUMMARY:

Leidos is seeking an experienced, innovative, and highly technical individual to provide technical leadership to both NASA and Leidos stakeholders, shape long-term modernization initiatives, guide major service upgrades, and ensure enterprise services continually evolve to meet NASA’s mission needs. The ideal candidate is a trusted technical advisor, a strategic thinker, an energetic people leader, and a recognized subject matter expert with broad experience across enterprise IT domains. The Chief Engineer will continuously assess the operational and functional baseline of our managed systems and services. The role is responsible for leading the engineering team while contributing to the program governance structure to ensure adoption of new technologies and/or configurations align with the overall direction of the Agency. The Chief Engineer will be directly responsible for the development, management, delivery, and day-to-day maintenance of the technology roadmap to assist in improved forward schedule planning for enterprise services, which includes planning for the introduction of tools and services to support new and emerging technologies and requirements.

As Chief Engineer for AEGIS, you’ll help shape the future of NASA’s enterprise IT landscape. You’ll influence major modernization initiatives, collaborate with top technical leaders, and lead a large team to ensure NASA’s infrastructure is prepared to support evolving mission needs. This role offers the opportunity to drive significant impact across one of the most innovative and mission-driven IT environments in the world.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Strategic & Technical Leadership

Lead engineering across all AEGIS technologies including data centers, cloud,

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las cruces, NM, 88005, US

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