Job Requirements
Linthicum Heights, MD
Top Secret/SCI Polygraph Unspecified
Career Level not specified
$131,300 - $237,350
Job Description
R-00180702
Description
The Intelligence Sector at Leidos currently has an opening for a Task Lead - CIO Services & Strategy to work in our Linthicum, MD location. This is an exciting opportunity to use your experience helping the customer mission. In this mission we provide comprehensive operational, analytical, technical, forensic, and program management support to the customer.
Primary Responsibilities
The CIO Services & Strategy Task Lead role is pivotal in driving the successful execution of enterprise IT and cybersecurity initiatives. You will develop strategies and oversee detailed project planning and cost-benefit analysis to ensure the smooth acquisition and operation of the customer directorate and enterprise IT architecture and cloud computing environment. You provide high-level strategic and operational support to the Chief Information Officer (CIO) and the directorate to ensure all initiatives are aligned with the customer mission and priorities and adhere to all relevant cyber frameworks. As part of these responsibilities, you develop, maintain, and align all IT enterprise strategic initiatives, including portfolio/acquisition strategies and roadmaps for systems and data.
Basic Qualifications
The successful candidate will have:
Preferred Qualifications
If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.
Original Posting: April 14, 2026
For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.
Pay Range: Pay Range $131,300.00 - $237,350.00
The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.
About Leidos
Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com .
Pay and Benefits
Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits .
Securing Your Data
Beware of fake employment opportunities using Leidos’ name. Leidos will never ask you to provide payment-related information during any part of the employment application process (i.e., ask you for money), nor will Leidos ever advance money as part of the hiring process (i.e., send you a check or money order before doing any work). Further, Leidos will only communicate with you through emails that are generated by the Leidos.com automated system – never from free commercial services (e.g., Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail) or via WhatsApp, Telegram, etc. If you received an email purporting to be from Leidos that asks for payment-related information or any other personal information (e.g., about you or your previous employer), and you are concerned about its legitimacy, please make us aware immediately by emailing us at LeidosCareersFraud@leidos.com .
If you believe you are the victim of a scam, contact your local law enforcement and report the incident to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission .
Commitment to Non-Discrimination
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.
Description
The Intelligence Sector at Leidos currently has an opening for a Task Lead - CIO Services & Strategy to work in our Linthicum, MD location. This is an exciting opportunity to use your experience helping the customer mission. In this mission we provide comprehensive operational, analytical, technical, forensic, and program management support to the customer.
Primary Responsibilities
The CIO Services & Strategy Task Lead role is pivotal in driving the successful execution of enterprise IT and cybersecurity initiatives. You will develop strategies and oversee detailed project planning and cost-benefit analysis to ensure the smooth acquisition and operation of the customer directorate and enterprise IT architecture and cloud computing environment. You provide high-level strategic and operational support to the Chief Information Officer (CIO) and the directorate to ensure all initiatives are aligned with the customer mission and priorities and adhere to all relevant cyber frameworks. As part of these responsibilities, you develop, maintain, and align all IT enterprise strategic initiatives, including portfolio/acquisition strategies and roadmaps for systems and data.
Basic Qualifications
The successful candidate will have:
- TS/SCI clearance eligible.
- Project Management Professional® (PMP) certification.
- BA/BS or equivalent experience and 10+ years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 8+ years of prior relevant experience
- Minimum of one year of experience in the last three years leading and supervising teams performing work encompassed by the following workforce elements defined in DoDI 8140.01: IT (Cyberspace), Cybersecurity, Software engineering, or Data/AI
- Experience in the last five years briefing a CIO and CISO on agency-wide planned, recommended, and directed actions to enable unity of effort and operational effectiveness.
- Minimum of two years' experience in the last seven years overseeing personnel receiving, interpreting, planning, briefing, executing, and reporting on orders issued by: Commander of USCYBERCOM or one of their subordinate Commanders, National Manager for National Security Systems, Other authorized Commander with Command authority over CIO-managed systems and personnel.
- Minimum of three years' experience in the last ten years leading and supervising teams in a Government and private networking and infrastructure environment (classified and unclassified) similar in scope and complexity to this TO.
- Minimum of three years' experience in the last ten years with the building, operating, securing, defending, and extending Local Area Network (LAN)/Wide Area Network (WAN) systems, including wireless components, firewalls, routing and switching, Internet Protocol version 6 (IPV6), VPN, cloud computing, virtualized servers, storage arrays, and other IT/data systems.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting digital forensics with DoD/DoW, Intelligence, Security and/or Law Enforcement
If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.
Original Posting: April 14, 2026
For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.
Pay Range: Pay Range $131,300.00 - $237,350.00
The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.
About Leidos
Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com .
Pay and Benefits
Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits .
Securing Your Data
Beware of fake employment opportunities using Leidos’ name. Leidos will never ask you to provide payment-related information during any part of the employment application process (i.e., ask you for money), nor will Leidos ever advance money as part of the hiring process (i.e., send you a check or money order before doing any work). Further, Leidos will only communicate with you through emails that are generated by the Leidos.com automated system – never from free commercial services (e.g., Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail) or via WhatsApp, Telegram, etc. If you received an email purporting to be from Leidos that asks for payment-related information or any other personal information (e.g., about you or your previous employer), and you are concerned about its legitimacy, please make us aware immediately by emailing us at LeidosCareersFraud@leidos.com .
If you believe you are the victim of a scam, contact your local law enforcement and report the incident to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission .
Commitment to Non-Discrimination
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.
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