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The National Security Sector at Leidos currently has an opening for a Software Engineer. The program delivers a comprehensive integrated mission control software tool combining custom code and integrated COTS products for a Department of Homeland Security customer.
Primary Responsibilities:- Support the development life cycle of platform architectural design, deployment and debugging
- Support a release pipeline to enable fast, but safe delivery of critical business software to Production
- Develop & Maintain sound version control best practices-based CM systems (GIT), including branching and merging strategies
- Actively participate in all Agile ceremonies. Participate in all team ceremonies including planning, grooming, product demonstration and team retrospectives.
- Ability to automate release deployments across development, test, staging, Quality Assurance and production stacks using a combination of scripting languages and other automation toolkits
- Maintain / upgrade/ patch tracking and documentation software (Confluence / Jira)
- Create, Assist, and Implement design and maintenance web service infrastructure and deployments
- Analyze service stack and make recommendations for further improvements
- Identify processes and capabilities that can be streamlined and automated
- Communicate effectively to help bridge stakeholder and development requirements
- Assist with support and operations where necessary
- Leverage programming Languages and shell scripting for automation
- Proficient with DevOps or Site Reliability Engineering methodologies.
- Ability to have a holistic view of service development and deployment architecture
- Act in the capacity to support deployment and operations when necessary
- Set up and configure a continuous integration environment by leveraging Configuration Management, containerization, serverless technologies, and Kubernetes.
- Architect and develop best practices for software build tools (Gradle, Maven, ANT, Shell) and continuous integration tools (Jenkins, Bamboo), and infrastructure automation (Amazon Web Services, VMWare, Puppet, Chef, ansible, etc.)
- Work cross functionally across multiple teams
Basic Qualifications:- Bachelor 's degree or higher is required in either Engineering (i. e. Computer, Software, Systems etc.) or Computer Science with a minimum of five (5) years of related experience.
- Experiencing migrating complex legacy applications into a modern dev ops framework
- Must be fluent with Git
- Strong knowledge of Linux and Linux environments (Redhat)
- 5+ years working in an Agile dev environment
- Experience integrating CD/CI pipelines for automated deployment preferred
- Knowledge of security practices, networking protocols, firewalls, etc
- 5+ years of system architecture required with a demonstrated ability to read the code and understand the coding logic to assist in troubleshooting
- Familiarity with software development life cycle models, agile, and DevOps programming methodologies.
- Fluent in object oriented programming and experience in Java.
- Ability to successfully work with customers, developers, testing, project management, and support staff
- Excellent problem solving, analytical skills and technical troubleshooting skills
- Clarity and precision in verbal and written communications
Preferred Qualifications:- Experience with MySQL
- Experience acquiring in-depth understanding of large complex software systems to isolate defects, reproduce defects, assess risk, and understand varied customer deployments.
- Experience managing/monitoring AWS/Azure cloud and virtualized servers for optimal performance while working in an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) environment
- Proficient automating network infrastructure configuration using Software Defined Networking
At Leidos, we don't want someone who "fits the mold"-we want someone who melts it down and builds something better. This is a role for the restless, the over-caffeinated, the ones who ask, "what's next?" before the dust settles on "what's now."
If you're already scheming step 20 while everyone else is still debating step 2... good. You'll fit right in.
Original Posting:October 7, 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 $85,150.00 - $153,925.00
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.
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