Software Engineer

Summary

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. They are seeking a Software Engineer to support a Cyber Program focused on U.S. CYBER COMMANDS' Persistent Cyber Range Environment, providing opportunities for professional growth and skill expansion in a collaborative environment.

Responsibilities

• Works from established requirements and uses established software engineering processes to develop software systems, subsystems, and system enhancements
• Completes detailed design and development work independently for individual software components and integrates the developed products together individually and/or at the subsystem level
• Follows software engineering standards and assists engineers in software system or subsystem development and documentation efforts
• Adheres to schedules and stays within established budgets
• All aspects of the software development lifecycle include scope and work estimation, architecture and design, coding, and automated testing within an Agile and Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery model
• Design, develop, troubleshoot, and debug mission critical software source code using modern software development languages and tools, such as Java
• Design and execute maintainable code that matches specification
• Create automated tests leveraging a continuous integration process
• Implement Agile development tools such as Jira, Confluence, and Bitbucket/Git to manage work and collaborate with your teams
• Create and update relevant documentation and specifications for design, development and testing
• Identify potential roadblocks and develop software solutions where the solution is not always well defined but always considers the customer first
• Work to improve performance metrics through critical planning and execution of development tasks

Skills

• Bachelor of Science degree in a relevant field and 1+ years of related experience. Additional experience may be considered in lieu of degree
• Excellent problem solving and analysis skills
• Hands-on experience with Java/C++ and object-oriented programming
• Experience with Java, Python, JavaScript, Bash and other languages
• Ability to apply software development process fundamentals in an Agile environment
• Ability and experience effectively communicating technical and programmatic issues
• Demonstrated ability to work within teams
• Strong organizational skills
• Self-starter that can work independently while possessing communication skills to work effectively with software development teams
• Position requires U. S. Citizenship status and a SECRET security clearance, with an ability to obtain a TOP SECRET security clearance
• Experience with container technologies such as Docker and container orchestration tools like Kubernetes
• Experience with Atlassian products (Jira, Trello, Confluence, Bitbucket, etc.)
• Experience with CI/CD pipeline tools like Jenkins and GitLab
• Experience working in a Linux environment
• Experience with cloud computing virtualization platforms like VMware vSphere
• Experience with automated provisioning and configuration tools like Ansible, Terraform, CloudFormation, Chef, Puppet or similar technologies
• Experience with data monitoring platform tools, such as Grafana
• Experience with data instrumentation tools, such as Metabase
• Familiarity with basic web technologies including HTML, CSS, XML, REST, JSON, SOAP, and WSDL
• Familiarity with web application technologies, such as Apache Tomcat, JBoss, etc

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Bachelor of Science degree in a relevant field and 1+ years of related experience. Additional experience may be considered in lieu of degree
• Excellent problem solving and analysis skills
• Hands-on experience with Java/C++ and object-oriented programming
• Experience with Java, Python, JavaScript, Bash and other languages
• Ability to apply software development process fundamentals in an Agile environment
• Ability and experience effectively communicating technical and programmatic issues
• Demonstrated ability to work within teams
• Strong organizational skills
• Self-starter that can work independently while possessing communication skills to work effectively with software development teams
• Position requires U. S. Citizenship status and a SECRET security clearance, with an ability to obtain a TOP SECRET security clearance

Nice to Haves

• Experience with container technologies such as Docker and container orchestration tools like Kubernetes
• Experience with Atlassian products (Jira, Trello, Confluence, Bitbucket, etc.)
• Experience with CI/CD pipeline tools like Jenkins and GitLab
• Experience working in a Linux environment
• Experience with cloud computing virtualization platforms like VMware vSphere
• Experience with automated provisioning and configuration tools like Ansible, Terraform, CloudFormation, Chef, Puppet or similar technologies
• Experience with data monitoring platform tools, such as Grafana
• Experience with data instrumentation tools, such as Metabase
• Familiarity with basic web technologies including HTML, CSS, XML, REST, JSON, SOAP, and WSDL
• Familiarity with web application technologies, such as Apache Tomcat, JBoss, etc

Benefits

• Paid Time Off
• 11 paid Holidays
• 401K with a 6% company match and immediate vesting
• Flexible Schedules
• Discounted Stock Purchase Plans
• Technical Upskilling
• Education and Training Support
• Parental Paid Leave
• Health and Wellness programs
• Income Protection
• Paid Leave
• Retirement