Cloud-Native Software Engineering Lead

Leidos; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 108,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos seeks a Software Engineering Lead to guide design, development, modernization, and sustainment of enterprise software for NIH and NCI. You will lead cross-functional teams, drive secure cloud-native solutions, and ensure alignment with NIH/NCI standards.

The role emphasizes Agile practices, DevSecOps, and collaboration with government stakeholders to deliver scalable, compliant software across on-prem and cloud environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline required; Master's preferred.
• Minimum 10 years of progressive software engineering experience, including 5 years leading enterprise teams.
• Experience supporting NIH/HHS/Federal civilian agencies.
• Strong knowledge of Agile, DevSecOps, and secure SDLC practices.
• Hands-on experience with Java, Python, Ruby, RESTful APIs.
• Experience with AWS cloud services and cloud-native apps.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code.
• Experience with Oracle/MongoDB databases and Oracle WebLogic.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development, modernization, testing, deployment, and sustainment of enterprise software for NIH/NCI.
• Provide technical leadership across SDLC using Agile (Scrum/Kanban).
• Establish and enforce software engineering best practices and DevSecOps processes.
• Develop and maintain enterprise apps using Java, Python, Ruby, Oracle, NoSQL databases, AWS, and serverless computing.
• Lead cloud modernization, migration, containerization, and cloud-native implementations in AWS.
• Oversee hosting environments for on-prem and cloud infra ensuring high availability and performance.
• Collaborate with analysts, QA, systems engineers, and stakeholders to capture requirements and deliver training.
• Support IV&V, automated testing, code reviews, and release management.
• Ensure compliance with NIH/NCI/FISMA/FedRAMP/508 security standards and secure auth (SAML).
• Provide leadership for Oracle Clinical (OC), C3D, Oracle WebLogic environments.

Skills

Java

Python

Ruby

RESTful APIs

DevSecOps

CI/CD

AWS

Cloud-native

Agile methodologies

SDLC

SAML

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Software Engineering/Information Systems

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Oracle

MongoDB

AWS (Lambda, S3, API Gateway)

Oracle WebLogic

Kubernetes

Job description

Leidos seeks a Software Engineering Lead to guide design, development, modernization, and sustainment of enterprise software for NIH and NCI. You will lead cross-functional teams, drive secure cloud-native solutions, and ensure alignment with NIH/NCI standards.

The role emphasizes Agile practices, DevSecOps, and collaboration with government stakeholders to deliver scalable, compliant software across on-prem and cloud environments.