Expert Software Engineer - Military veterans preferred

Description

This position is for a software engineer/developer for a technical development program supporting the Sponsor’s Web-based applications.  The software engineer/developer will work with a large team of developers, DevOPS engineers, database administrators, security engineers, and data engineers.  This engineer/developer will be responsible for participating in all aspects of the software development life cycle to include front-end UI development as well as backend work such as working with web services and APIs.  Additional responsibilities include requirements analysis, coding and integration/implementation, participating in peer reviews of coding, system testing, and documentation generation and support as needed.  The ideal candidate will have strong problem-solving skills, and must be able to communicate effectively and work in a well-established, collaborative team environment.  This includes being experienced in recommending sound technical solutions as well as reviewing and critiquing proposed technical solutions.  Ability to self-motivate is a must.

The software engineer/developer will be required to carry a duty phone on a rotational basis (once they have one year of experience on the team), and may need to come in to address system issues that arise.  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.

Required Skills, Experience, and Education:

• Active TS/SCI with polygraph is required
• Bachelor’s degree and 12+ years of related experience. Additional experience in lieu of degree.
• Strong Java programming skills for Web-based applications
• Experience in working on teams using Agile workflows and processes, and agile tools such as Jira
• Working knowledge of the Spring framework
• Working knowledge of Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) such as VS Code
• Experience working with and in Linux environments
• Candidate will need to work in a team environment where collaboration, cooperation, synergy, and teamwork are essential 

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Desired Qualifications (experience working with/in):

• Experience working in Cloud environments (e.g., AWS)
• JavaScript, JSON, Python, SQL, YAML, XML
• Databases: Oracle, Oracle RDS, DynamoDB
• Software: GitHub/Git, Apache, Tomcat, ActiveMQ, the ELK stack, Jenkins, Rundeck, Puppet, NAGIOS

Original Posting:

For 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.

Pay Range:

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.