Description
Unleash Your Potential
At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customer’s success. We empower our teams, contribute to our communities, and operate sustainably. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community. Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide the way we do business.
If this sounds like an environment where you can thrive, keep reading!
The Mission
The Digital Modernization Sector at Leidos currently has an opening for a Senior Program Manager (PM) to work on an exciting opportunity helping the United States Coast Guard (USCG) at Command, Control, Communication, Computer, Cyber, and Intelligence Service Center (C5ISC) in the Alexandria, VA and Kearneysville, WV area. This role is part of a high-impact program focused on delivering secure, scalable cloud solutions that enable operational agility and resilience across the USCG enterprise. You will help transform the Coast Guard’s current cloud environment into a true “Mission Cloud” which will provide operational support for all of the Coast Guard’s 11 statutory missions.
Primary Tasks:
- Accountable to C5ISC Senior Leadership for the end-to-end performance, cybersecurity posture, and modernization of the Coast Guard Mission Cloud; providing strategic guidance and planning to optimize all enclaves and drive infrastructure excellence
- Collaborates with Coast Guard sponsors to define and execute the technical vision for the CG Mission Cloud, driving enterprise innovation and operational efficiency. Leads a roadmap focused on continuous improvement and the delivery of scalable, mission-ready cloud capabilities across all Coast Guard functional areas.
- Develop and implement long-term Mission Cloud roadmaps and strategies, and monitor alignment of tactical activities with those roadmaps and strategies
- Research and recommend innovative Cloud technologies, methodologies, processes, and systems to continuously improve the CG Mission Cloud, particularly in AWS and Azure.
- Represent the voice of the customer to Leidos and work with the customer to understand, prioritize, and communicate their mission support needs to application/system owners, and to revolutionize the capabilities and features of the CG Mission Cloud.
- Lead a team of Leidos employees and sub-contractors. Responsible for defining the team’s direction and ensure that individual and team goals align with the organization and customer mission.
- Provide guidance, support, and resources to help team members succeed and feel motivated to contribute their best work.
- Foster an environment of employee growth and development, promoting continuous learning and provide opportunities for skill enhancement.
- Responsible for cost, schedule, quality, technical, and business performance and serve as the Leidos single point-of-contact for all contract-level issues.
- Provide the planning, direction, coordination, and control necessary to accomplish all work requirements including all deliverables and work products
- Acts as the primary liaison between internal stakeholders and contractor personnel to synchronize project goals and resolve competing priorities. Manages the feedback loop between internal teams and external vendors to mitigate risks, proactively adjust scopes, and ensure all contractor activities satisfy both contractual obligations and stakeholder expectations.
- Make decisions for the contractor’s organization in response to government issues, concerns, and comments, and be proactive in alerting the Government to potential contractual, programmatic, and resource limitation issues.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field, e.g. Cloud Engineering, Software Engineering, IT, Computer Science, plus 10 years of relevant experience, or Master’s Degree in a relevant field plus 8 years of relevant experience. Must have 5+ years supervising or leading technical teams, projects, or programs.
- Experience serving as a Program Manager leading and supervising a multi-disciplinary staff of various labor categories in an IT/Cloud/Cyber environment, including sub-contractors
- Direct engineering or operations experience in Cloud environments, particularly federal government Cloud environments
- Project Management Professional (PMP) or Program Management Professional (PgMP) or equivalent DAIWA or FAC-P/PM Level certification.
- Public Trust clearance with ability to obtain and maintain Secret clearance.
- Must be approved by the Coast Guard Security Office prior to receiving system access.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Prior experience supporting DHS, U.S. Coast Guard, DOD, or other federal cloud modernization programs
- Strong experience leading highly technical teams in Cloud environments
- Knowledge and experience in an Agile-driven project management environment.
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:
January 30, 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 $154,050.00 - $278,475.00
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.
