Defense and space contractor scaling engineering and modernization projects
Leidos is a Fortune 500 defense and space contractor with 48,000 employees, posting 879 new roles in the last 30 days—primarily engineers across modernization, grid systems, and air-traffic initiatives. The hiring velocity (972 engineering roles, 154 security, 182 ops) reflects execution-heavy work: migrating legacy systems, building transmission-line design platforms, and strengthening compliance infrastructure. Stack emphasizes systems integration (MagicDraw, AutoCAD, GIS, Spring/React) with recent adoption of Kubernetes, Snowflake, and data-governance tools (BigID, Virtru), signaling internal infrastructure maturation as the company scales.
Notable leadership hires: Strategic Growth Director, Chief Engineer, Chief Architect, Growth Lead, Business Development Director
Leidos serves defense, intelligence, space, and health clients with systems integration, digital modernization, and enterprise IT solutions. The company operates across heavily regulated industries where compliance, cybersecurity, and system reliability are operational baselines. Active projects span electric grid modernization, air-traffic control system upgrades, transmission-line design platforms, and portfolio-level strategy development. With $15.4 billion in annual revenue and global presence in 13+ countries, Leidos manages large-scale, long-cycle federal and critical-infrastructure contracts.
Leidos uses MagicDraw, Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, C++, Java, Python, React, Angular, Spring Boot, AutoCAD, GIS, Git, AWS, GCP, Salesforce, and Linux. Recent adoption includes Kubernetes, Snowflake, and data governance platforms (BigID, Virtru).
Leidos is headquartered in Reston, Virginia. The company has active hiring in 13 countries including the United States, United Kingdom, India, Brazil, Australia, Canada, and Japan.
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