Leidos has an exciting opening for you, as our next TS/SCI cleared User Interface (UI) Systems Engineer/ Product Owner, to play a critical role with design, engineering, development and deployment of software supporting DIA’s National Digital Exploitation and OSINT Center (NDOC) and our 10-year DOMEX Technology Platform (DTP) contract. This position provides an opportunity to have impact as part of a mission focused, solutions oriented, and adaptive team that values innovation, collaboration, and professional development. The selected individual will work closely with the Lead Systems Engineer, Release Train Engineer, and government leads to decompose high priority requirements from the product roadmap into valuable delivered solutions, executing on requirements analysis, design, system integration, and system testing. While most work is conducted on-site at our client location in Bethesda, MD, we offer a flexible schedule and, occasionally, some tasks may be performed remotely.
As a Systems Engineer/Product Owner you will lead a team responsible for designing and developing the User Interface (UI) of software applications while you manage risks, escalate impediments, and help to drive continuous process improvement. While most work is conducted on-site at our client location in Bethesda, MD, we offer a flexible schedule and, occasionally, some tasks may be performed remotely.
Fun stuff you will do on the job:
- Develop, manage and continually improve the backlog of work items for an Agile scrum team. Update and prioritize stories and epics via feedback from various program stakeholders ensuring the team is always working on the highest-value tasks.
- Provide technical support, coordination, and execution of systems engineering activities such as feature/requirements analysis, design, implementation planning, integration and test, sustainment, documentation, deployment, and system assessment.
- Support Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) program increment planning and execution through creation of work tickets in GitLab as well as program/system documentation using collaboration software (e.g., Confluence). Participate in all Agile ceremonies to include daily stand up, planning, reviews, and retrospectives.
- Stay informed of increment and sprint progress and work with the team to identify and remove impediments and dependencies.
- Perform backlog refinement on a regular basis. This may include decomposing features into workable stories, prioritizing or reprioritizing items in the backlog for upcoming sprints, refining acceptance criteria and complexity estimates or removing tickets that are no longer relevant.
- Accept or reject completed work based on defined acceptance criteria to ensure delivery of high-quality software.
To be successful in this role you need these skills (required):
- BS in Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or related field or equivalent experience with 8+ years in software development, system engineering or related field
- Must have an active Top Secret security clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI with Polygraph
- Experience as a Product Owner or a similar role in an Agile software development team.
- Demonstrated ability to gather requirements and break down complex problems into actionable steps.
- Experience managing and prioritizing product backlogs effectively.
- Strong understanding of Agile methodologies, and experience with tools like Jira and Confluence.
- Experience with facilitating scrum for the team (Planning, Retrospective, Grooming & Review/Demo)
- Excellent communication skills (verbal and written) to articulate technical and non-technical concepts to diverse audiences.
- Proven ability to work cross-functionally with engineering, design, and project management teams.
- Demonstrated ability to manage expectations and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders.
You will wow us even more if you have some of these skills:
- Experience with UI development
- Familiarity with React and Python
- Familiarity with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
- Familiarity with Elasticsearch
- Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes
- Experience with testing and debugging web applications
- Familiarity with UX design principles
- Agile certification: Certified Scrum Product Owner (CPSO), SAFe Agilist or other
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Original Posting:December 12, 2025For 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.
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