Jr. Software Engineer

Leidos•Gaithersburg, MD

22h

About The Position

Leidos Intel Sector combines technology-enabled services and mission software capabilities in the areas of cyber, logistics, security operations, and decision analytics to support our defense and intel customers’ mission to defend against evolving threats around the world. Our team’s focus is to ensure our customers have the right tools, technologies, and tactics to keep pace with an ever-evolving security landscape and succeed in their pursuit to protect people and critical assets. The Intel Sector, part of the National Solutions Business Area, is currently seeking a highly motivated Junior Software Engineer for the Chinook Program. The Chinook Program delivers next-generation, mission-focused software solutions for geospatial intelligence (GEOINT). This role offers a unique opportunity to contribute to meaningful national security work while building experience with modern software tools, agile practices, and classified cloud environments. As a junior engineer, you will work as part of an agile development team to help design, implement, test, and deploy applications and services. You will receive mentorship from senior engineers while supporting the development of systems that enhance our customer’s data access, visualization, and dissemination capabilities.

Requirements

US citizenship is required per contract.
Ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret/SCI (TS/SCI) clearance and successfully pass a Polygraph examination.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience and 0+ years of prior relevant experience.
Hands-on experience with the following technologies: Web: HTML, CSS, Django, and REST APIs
Object-oriented Programming: Python, Java, JavaScript, and REACT
Relational Database: PostgreSQL with the ability to write SQL statements
Operating System: Windows, Linux
Version Control System: Git
Understanding of modern software design patterns and coding standards.
Strong, self-motivated desire to learn new programming languages, tools, frameworks, and techniques.
Ability to complete tasking independently with minimal direct supervision.
Ability to work and collaborate effectively within a multi-disciplined engineering team.

Nice To Haves

Software Architectures: Client-Server, Microservices, Model-View-Controller.
Cloud Exposure: Multi-cloud architectures: AWS, IBM, Google, Azure, and Oracle.
Specific AWS Services: S3, SQS, SNS, EC2, CloudFormation and RDS.
Working knowledge of Agile development and continuous integration/continuous delivery methodologies and tools.
Knowledge of continuous integration and delivery tools: Jenkins, GitLab, and Docker.
Demonstrated experience planning and presenting user interface designs.

Responsibilities

Engage in the complete software development lifecycle, operating within well-defined parameters.
Take ownership of delivering enhancements within a system or application.
Break down sizable tasks into manageable units for execution and provide LOE estimations.
Collaborate with fellow software engineers to create and document optimal technical designs.
Ensure team compliance with Agile processes and best practices.
Build software solutions where the solution is not clearly defined but always prioritizing customer needs.