Software Developer

Leidos•Shiloh, IL

4d•$87,100 - $157,450•Remote

About The Position

The Digital Sector is hiring a DevSecOps Engineer to support the Global Solutions Management – Operations II (GSM-O II) contract at DISA. The contract supports the operations, sustainment, maintenance, repair, and defense of the Defense Information System Network within the DOD Information Network, as well as DISA operational mission transformation and support for mission partners. The role is primarily remote, but the employee must live within commuting distance of Scott AFB, Illinois, or Fort Meade, Maryland, for on-site support. An interim DoD Secret clearance is required before the start date, and the employee must obtain a qualifying DoD 8570 IAT Level II or higher certification within 60 days of starting. The posting also states that a Secret clearance is required upon employment start and that Security+ must be obtained within 14 days after the start date. The engineer develops and supports CI/CD pipelines, cloud and containerized applications, and monitoring and observability solutions. The position works with Agile and geographically distributed teams, integrates security and compliance into pipelines and production environments, and supports troubleshooting, automation, cost optimization, and certificate lifecycle operations.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant technical discipline and 4–8 years of prior relevant experience, or a master’s degree and 2–6 years of prior relevant experience.
Experience developing software in an Agile environment and ability to quickly learn new technologies on a rapidly growing project.
Ability to multitask, self-assign work, and work in a geographically distributed team in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
Experience with distributed version control software such as Git and Bitbucket.
Experience developing software on a Linux platform.
Knowledge of and ability to apply software engineering principles, theories, and concepts.
Strong communication skills for proactive collaboration with a virtual team, clearly articulating status, and presenting to customers and program leadership.
Demonstrated leadership skills, attention to detail, and strong organizational and documentation skills.
Ability to obtain an interim DoD Secret security clearance before the start date.
Ability to obtain a DoD 8570 IAT Level II or higher security certification, such as Security+ CE or CISSP, within 60 days of the start date.

Nice To Haves

Full software lifecycle experience, including design, development, testing, deployment, and production deployment.
Software development experience with Python, Java, and SQL; integration with JSON/REST web services; JSON parsing, generation, and validation; and working knowledge of JavaScript.
Experience designing, developing, and deploying software in a cloud environment; AWS experience is a plus.
Experience designing, building, and deploying DevOps pipelines with Bitbucket, Git, Jenkins, Artifactory, and Ansible or equivalent tools.
Experience designing and implementing application deployment pipelines and developing software in containerized environments using Kubernetes and Docker.
Working knowledge of Git and development workflows in GitHub, Bitbucket, or an equivalent tool.
Experience with Atlassian tools, including Bitbucket integrations with JIRA and Confluence.
Experience working remotely with a geographically dispersed team.
Experience as part of an Agile software development team; formal Agile methodology certification, such as SCRUM, is a plus.
Software analysis and design experience, including researching, analyzing, selecting, and designing API integrations and developing extensions or plugins for existing tools or components.
Experience creating functional, technical, and architectural design documentation, test cases, and installation, deployment, and configuration documentation.
Experience leading code, document, and other artifact reviews.
Experience developing and deploying software in a DoD environment; DISA experience is a plus.
Experience building and deploying applications that meet DoD security standards, updating applications and code to meet security scans, and meeting implementation guidelines such as STIGs.
Currently possess an active DoD Secret or higher security clearance.
Hold an active DoD 8570 IAT Level II or higher security certification, such as Security+ CE or CISSP.

Responsibilities

Develop automated CI/CD build and deployment pipelines using Jenkins (CloudBees), Artifactory, Kubernetes (OpenShift), Docker, Ansible, and Bitbucket.
Assist with deployment, configuration, testing, troubleshooting, maintenance, and upgrades of Kafka and Elastic clusters and environments.
Configure applications to integrate network data into an Elastic (ELK) stack hosted in AWS.
Configure applications to meet DoD security standards, including Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs).
Develop and maintain centralized dashboards and observability solutions for application health, performance, availability, security posture, infrastructure utilization, and cloud spend.
Implement monitoring, alerting, and automation using metrics, logs, and traces to improve incident detection, operational visibility, root-cause analysis, and system reliability.
Implement cloud and infrastructure cost optimizations through resource utilization analysis, rightsizing, idle resource identification, storage and compute optimization, and FinOps practices.
Manage enterprise certificate lifecycle operations, including provisioning, renewal, rotation, expiration monitoring, and automation.
Collaborate with DevOps, Security, Cloud, and Application Engineering teams to integrate security controls, compliance monitoring, automation, and operational standards into CI/CD pipelines and production environments.
Work with an Agile team, attend daily scrums, and demonstrate working software while collaborating with a geographically distributed remote team.
Communicate and collaborate with team members and stakeholders to complete project objectives.
Develop automated tests using Ansible, Selenium, JMeter, JUnit, or other applicable tools.
Troubleshoot and resolve installation, infrastructure, and system issues.
Independently identify, report, monitor, and mitigate technical risks.