Task Lead - CIO Services & Strategy

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

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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.