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Technical Lead

Koitecc Solutions, San Antonio, TX, United States


The Tech Lead will work with a team of engineers, developers, cybersecurity engineers, system architects, and testers.

Core business hours are typically from 9 AM – 3 PM, five days a week. Hours can be flexible for either early arrivals, and/or late departures. Some after hours or weekend work may be required to accommodate system deployments and upgrades.

While not required, it is highly desirable for the candidate to have knowledge of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and understand key concepts like digital certificates, Certificate Authorities (CAs), Registration Authorities (RAs), key management practices, cryptographic algorithms, certificate revocation procedures, and trust models. Additionally, the ability to design a robust system to issue, manage, and revoke digital certificates while ensuring the integrity and authenticity of users and entities within a network is desirable. Candidates who do not have all these abilities, but have the ability to learn them, will be considered.

Applicants for this position are expected to have significant, hands‑on systems architecture / engineering experience.

Primary Responsibilities

Provide technical guidance to the team’s System Engineers and Developers

Provide status updates to contract PMO and government staff lead

Assist in completing monthly Program Management Review (PMR) charts

Represent the team at staff meetings, requirements meetings, tech lead meetings, and TEMs

Represent the team at community wide working groups and coordinate the sponsor’s response to action items

Shepherd new requirements thru the sponsor’s requirements process / pipeline

Ensure designs are compatible with the architecture and security requirements

Work with the team’s security engineer to address/mitigate security findings stemming from system security scans

Prepare communications for upcoming releases

Work with the government staff lead and project team lead to prioritize work

Work with all Cloud Service Providers to meet their PKI requirements

Research new technologies / products that will help increase the overall Authentication security posture for sponsor systems

Required Qualifications

Active TS/SCI with Polygraph

Master’s degree and 15+ years of experience

Significant experience with System Architecture and Engineering

Familiarity with the sponsor’s enterprise systems

Working knowledge of PKI Certificates

Significant experience with cloud technologies (AWS, Microsoft, Google, and/or Oracle)

Strong, hands‑on experience with Linux (CLI)

Experience with scripting and programming languages like BASH and Python

Experience in working on teams utilizing Agile workflows and processes

Experience with Jira

Desired Qualifications

Experience with Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and understand key concepts like digital certificates, Certificate Authorities (CAs), Registration Authorities (RAs), key management practices, cryptographic algorithms, certificate revocation procedures, and trust chains

Experience working with CloudFormation / Puppet / Groovy, or other configuration and automation tools

Experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL / MariaDB, Oracle)

Experience with Jenkins

Experience with containers

Network engineering troubleshooting between Cloud environments and non‑Cloud environments

Experience working with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions such as Ansible / Terraform, or other configuration and automation tools

Solid understanding of Web Application Firewall (WAF) configuration and management

Experience with networking (e.g., ports, routing tables, subnets, VPNs, firewalls, routers, etc.) to include design, integration and troubleshooting issues

Experience working in a cloud‑based environment (AWS)

Pay Range
Pay Range:

$154,050.00 - $278,475.00

Pay and Benefits
Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave, and Retirement.

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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