Senior Go / Java Software Engineer

The Digital Modernization Sector has an opening for a Senior Go / Java Software Engineer to work in Woodlawn, MD.

This position requires onsite work in Woodlawn, MD five days a week.

The Senior Software Engineer is an accomplished technical leader, proactive customer-focused advocate, a team player with substantial software engineering experience, especially with a shift-left DevOps model. The candidate will provide hands-on experience with enterprise software development, integration, implementation, test automation, and SOA/Microservice architecture with DevOps experience to a cross-functional software development team. The ideal candidate will have a good foundation with Golang, Java, JEE platform, Spring Framework, Microservice architecture, Docker containers, REST, USDS Plays, and SQL/Data Modelling.

The candidate must demonstrate a willingness to learn new innovative technologies and overcome technical challenges in a fast-paced environment. The candidate will play a key role in modernizing legacy applications leveraging cloud computing, DevOps, or PaaS technologies.

Day to Day Duties:

• Architect, design, code, and implement next-generation enterprise CI/CD architecture using software engineering best practices in the latest technologies:
  
  • API development (REST, JSON, Microservice architecture)
  • Spring Framework (Boot, REST, Security, Data)
  • DevOps (Jenkins, Red Hat OpenShift, Docker, SonarQube, Argo CD)
• Provide engineering subject matter expertise in one or more of these areas: Go/Java software development, Microservice architecture, container orchestration, security, auto-scaling & application reliability engineering, and monitoring & application performance.
• Investigate and repair application defects regardless of component: front-end, business logic, middleware, or database (PL/SQL and Data Modeling).
• Brief management, customer, team, or vendors using written or oral skills at appropriate technical level for audience.
• All other duties as assigned or directed.

Required Qualifications:

• Software development (Go-Lang / Java), Docker, OpenShift/AWS EKS/Kubernetes, and/or SOA/Microservice architecture.
• Excellent knowledge of Java EE, Java generics and concurrent programming.
• Excellent knowledge of Spring Framework (One or more of the following: Boot, REST, and/or Security, Data).
• Solid experience with Go (Golang) programming.
• Solid experience using Docker containers and Red Hat OpenShift (or other Kubernetes platforms) to orchestrate and manage container applications.
• Solid experience with automated unit testing, TDD, BDD, and/or associated technologies (One or more of the following: Junit, Mockito, Cucumber, and/or Selenium).
• Basic knowledge of front-end technologies (HTML, JavaScript, JQuery, JSP and/or CSS).
• Basic knowledge of relational databases (PostgreSQL, DB2, Oracle), SQL, and ORM technologies (Hibernate, Spring JDBC and/or JPA).
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related field with 8 years of experience OR Masters degree with 6 years of relevant experience. Additional years of experience may be substituted/accepted in lieu of degree.
• 8+ years of experience combined with Go-Lang and Java systems/application analysis & design.
• Combined experience SOA/Microservice architecture/RESTful web service.
• Experience in an Agile development team, preferably Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.

Desired Qualifications:

• Preferred experience with GitOps and latest DevOps trends/best practices.
• Preferred experience with API development & monitor tools (Ready API, Swagger, Splunk, Dynatrace).
• Preferred experience with AWS cloud technologies or other cloud platforms.
• Preferred experience with building responsive UIs with modern front end technologies (Angular, React, Node, Typescript, Bootstrap).

Original Posting:
April 29, 2025
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:
Pay Range $104,650.00 - $189,175.00

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.