Software Engineer

Leidos•Sterling, VA

About The Position

At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customers’ success. We empower our teams, contribute to our communities, and operate sustainably. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community. Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide the way we do business. 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.

Requirements

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

Nice To Haves

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

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