Application Developer

Leidos • Odenton, MD

78d • $104,650 - $189,175

About The Position

The Digital Modernization Sector has a career opportunity for an Application Developer supporting the Global Solutions Management – Operations II (GSM-O II) contract at DISA. This contract includes the Operations, Sustainment, Maintenance, Repair, and Defense of the Defense Information System Network (DISN) within the DOD Information Network (DODIN) in support of the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA). It also includes support to other key tasks for DISA, including the transformation of DISA’s operational mission through innovation, and support to DISA’s mission partners. Candidate must be able to be on site at Ft. Meade, MD daily as needed.

Requirements

• Requires U.S. citizenship.
• Hold an active security certification that meets DOD 8570 IAT level II or higher (i.e., Security+).
• Must hold an active DoD Secret clearance.
• Must be able to commute to Scott AFB, IL or Ft. Meade, MD for full-time on-site support.
• Bachelor’s Degree with 8-12 years of relevant experience or master’s with 6-10 years of prior relevant experience.
• Demonstrated ability to stay organized, create standardized processes or technical guides, prioritize tasks, assign tasks to others and provide hands-on assistance to maintain, deploy IT systems.
• Ability to provide and support data center activities including, but not limited to, rack and stacking equipment, pull cable, and terminating cables.
• In-depth knowledge and experience with Virtual Environment administration.
• The ability to quickly adapt to new system environments and interface with systems.
• Ability to communicate with program leaders and clients on status, issues, or technical designs.
• Experience with cloud-first, AWS native architectures and cloud PaaS & SaaS services such as databases.
• Must have experience working at a Unix/Linux command line.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Alma Linux (8.x, 9.x) and Ubuntu (18.04, 22.04) within VMware 6 & 7 hosts.
• Experience with CI/CD pipeline, Earthflow’s NetObserv, AWS GovCloud, Jenkins, Artifactory, OpenShift, Ansible and Bitbucket.
• Understanding of cloud-based solutions and service offerings, especially within GovCloud.
• Experience in DevOps, Site Reliability, and/or backend/infrastructure engineering.
• Experience with container management and orchestration tools.
• Experience in transitioning large, complex applications from data centers to the AWS cloud for Development, Test, and Production environments.
• Experience supporting a DoD customer.
• SME level understanding of designs and standards for ensuring the performance, availability, and security of infrastructure systems in a DOD environment.
• Cloud Architecting experience with knowledge of Linux and Windows systems.

Responsibilities

• Work independently to ensure the reliability, availability, and security of the ENET solution in multiple environments by proactively monitoring the system, troubleshooting, and resolving issues to ensure high availability and continuity of operations.
• Lead planning and migration of ENET infrastructure and applications from the Data Center environment to the AWS cloud.
• Manage the full life cycle of the project including team member functional management and customer of deploying hardware & software within the environment.
• Supervise and manage the daily tasks of geographically diverse team members.
• Troubleshoot and resolve installation, infrastructure, network and system issues.
• Independently report, monitor, and mitigate technical risks.
• Conduct regular security scans, analyze results, and implement resolutions including testing of new hardware and software and ensure compliance with DISA.
• Communicate and collaborate with clients and other team members to ensure successful completion of project objectives.
• Interact with software and hardware vendors to evaluate vendor products and make recommendations to purchase hardware and software.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation.
• Health and Wellness programs.
• Income Protection.
• Paid Leave.
• Retirement.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees