The Homeland Sector within Leidos is seeking Agile Team Product Lead with strong systems, software, cloud, and Agile experience to support a complex program to provide Agile development and operations and maintenance for critical systems on a mission-critical program supporting the Passenger Systems Program Directorate (PSPD) within Customs and Border Protection (CBP). PSPD supports the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and CBP critical missions, specifically screening and processing travelers at the ports of entry (POEs) into the United States.
The Leidos team will be part of an exciting ecosystem, participating with federal employees, and other contractors, in a team-based DevOps approach to deliver mission value frequently, cost-effectively, responsively, and with high quality. This position interacts with business, management, end users and agile delivery teams. This position works with the agile delivery team taking the lead in gathering, refining, documenting business needs and requirements.
**This position REQUIRES the candidate to be in Ashburn, VA, twice a week**
Primary Responsibilities:
Collaborate with product owner, technical leads, development team on the requirement elicitation, documentation in JIRA of epic/stories/features and acceptance criteria in fast-paced Agile environment
Work with product owners to refine, groom and prioritize issue backlog
Work with development teams to flesh out technical and QA requirements
Continuously monitor, identify risks and risk mitigations and capture team performance reports ·
Collaborates with team on understanding the requirements and properly developing and testing functionality using BDD and ATDD
Quickly adapt to customer dynamic environment and adopt their processes and foster innovative ideas
Adopt to new ways of working, socializing and collaborating with stakeholders and understanding their business goals
Must be a self-starter, strong leader, and have the ability to work independently with little supervision.
Manages a team of experienced professionals who exercise latitude and independence in their assignments.
Leads, directs and reviews the work of team who exercise latitude and independence in their assignments.
Works with Portfolio Manager to hiring, termination, promotion and reward authority within own area, in accordance with manager review and approval.
Minimum Qualifications:
BA/BS or equivalent experience and 12+ years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 10+ years or prior relevant experience; OR 4 years of experience in lieu of degree
Must be able to obtain a CBP Background Investigation prior to start
U.S. Citizenship
Proficiency with Cloud Technologies such as AWS, KONVOY, Kubernetes, Docker
Has experience to build Development Roadmap, report against it and continue to keep it up to date.
Knowledge of Continuous Delivery and DevOps practices
Experience in Agile/Scrum/Kanban, supporting Agile development efforts
At least five (5) years of experience writing user stories, slicing features, using test suites and maintaining issue backlog
Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with diverse agile teams, product owners, and subject matter experts.
Experience conducting stakeholder interviews and facilitating stakeholder workshops.
Ensure compliance with software standards
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience developing software applications adhering to DevOps principles and in one or more of the following technologies: Java or JavaScript; including PostgreSQL database technologies; and/or Web Application hosted on Tomcat.
Experience with developing workflow based applications using workflow engine (e.g., Temporal) and business services (e.g., Drools)
Experience developing applications utilizing either BDD or ATDD test methodologies
Active CBP BI
Experience with CBP
Certified Scrum master /SAFe Agilist/PMP
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June 4, 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 $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.
Leidos is a Fortune 500® innovation company rapidly addressing the world’s most vexing challenges in national security and health. The company's global workforce of 48,000 collaborates to create smarter technology solutions for customers in heavily regulated industries. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $15.4 billion for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2023.
Leidos was cited for the meaningful work employees perform that is challenging, impactful, and aligned with our customers’ missions as reasons professionals want to work and stay at our company. Leidos has also been named to lists including Forbes’ Best Employers for Diversity, Forbes’ America’s Best Employers for Women, Military Times Best for Vets Employers, and Ethisphere Institute’s World's Most Ethical Companies®.
Employees enjoy career enrichment opportunities available through mobility and development and experience rewarding relationships with supportive supervisors and talented colleagues and customers. Employees appreciate our flexible work environment, allowing for and encouraging a true work-life balance. Our professionals are also excited about our Employee Resource Groups, like the Collaborative Outreach with Remote and Embedded Employees (CORE), which strives to create an environment where every employee, regardless of location, feels fully engaged as a valued employee of Leidos.
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