Leidos Com Jobs (NOW HIRING)

Description

Leidos is seeking Paralegals located in the Washington DC area.  You will work in a fast-paced and diverse environment assisting the program and management team with workflows for electronic case filings (ECF). 

Be part of a dynamic team in providing legal and technical services to support the Division of Offices, Boards and Divisions at the Department of Justice. In this role, you will gain skills, such as time and task management, critical thinking and problem solving, and the ability to communicate complicated problems in a concise manner.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Perform intake and track hundreds to thousands of claims in any given matter.

• Enters claims filing information into an Excel tracking system

• Proofread settlement memos for content and details in formatting.

• Responds to DOJ attorney requests for filing information and retrieval

• Conducts simple to moderately complex database searches

• Performs simple legal research

• Assist DOJ attorneys in preparation for trials.  

Basic Qualifications:

• Requires paralegal certificate, JD, or currently attending an ABA-accredited law school, having completed at least one year of study.  One (1) year of legal training or legal experience or at least two (2) years of college education may be substituted for the paralegal certificate.

• At least one (1) year of litigation paralegal experience or project experience.

• Experience with primary litigation with a solid general litigation experience, including support preparing for trial.

• Experience using Excel for creating tracking spreadsheets and developing processes for claims intake and review.

• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

• Experience with legal research tools such as LEXIS and Westlaw. 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Excellent proofreading skills.

• Strong organizational skills.

• Solid general litigation support experience

• Prior experience working in a Federal Government environment.

• Trial preparation experience

• Claims processing experience is a plus

This position is covered under the Service Contract Act and is subject to minimum requirements. Leidos ensures that all provisions are satisfied. The pay for this position will be $25.58/hr.

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.

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.

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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.