ETL Java Developer (SME)

Leidos LLC; Plyers Mill Estates (MD); On-site; USD 167,000 - 278,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

11 paid Holidays

401K with company match

Flexible schedules

Discounted stock purchase plans

Education and training support

Parental paid leave

Job summary

Leidos is seeking an ETL Java Developer (SME) in the Intelligence Sector to design and implement large-scale ELT data pipelines for a data lake environment. You will work in a DevOps framework, integrating SpringBoot, NiFi, Kafka, and Elasticsearch to enable data processing, validation, and deployment across multiple cloud platforms.

The role requires active TS/SCI with polygraph, a strong background in data modeling, SQL/NoSQL, and leadership of scrum teams within a SAFe environment.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI w/polygraph
• Master's degree with 15+ years of relevant experience
• Experience with ETL and data ingestion
• Experience with data modeling and SQL/NoSQL databases
• Experience with Spring, NiFi, Kafka, Elasticsearch
• Cloud platform experience (AWS, Google Cloud, Azure)
• Strong communication and leadership in Scrum teams

Responsibilities

• Design and implement large scale ELT ingest systems in big data environments
• Optimize data storage, organization, and availability for enterprise requirements
• Develop software for data tools using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Java, Python, SpringBoot, Hibernate
• Develop and execute software validation and testing with JUnit/Katalon
• Prototype and deploy solutions on Commercial Cloud Platforms
• Coordinate infrastructure needs with software development to meet mission goals
• Support SAFe Agile processes and cross-team collaboration
• Use DevOps tools like GitHub, Jenkins, and scripting for automation
• Track progress with JIRA/Confluence and communicate with stakeholders

Skills

ETL activities

Java

SpringBoot

NiFi

Kafka

Elasticsearch

Data modeling

MySQL

Cloud platforms

GitHub/Jenkins

SAFe/Agile

Education

Master's degree

Tools

SQL

NoSQL

Job description

Leidos has a new and exciting opportunity for an ETL Java Developer (SME) in our Intelligence Sector's Analysis Solutions Business Area (ASBA). Our talented team is at the forefront in Security Engineering, Computer Network Operations (CNO), Mission Software, Analytical Methods and Modeling, Signals Intelligence (SIGINT), and Cryptographic Key Management. At Leidos, we offer competitive benefits, including Paid Time Off, 11 paid Holidays, 401K with a 6% company match and immediate vesting, Flexible Schedules, Discounted Stock Purchase Plans, Technical Upskilling, Education and Training Support, Parental Paid Leave, and much more. Join us and make a difference in National Security!

Job Description As an ETL Java Developer (SME) on this program, you will have the opportunity to build strong systems, software, and cloud environments and provide operations and maintenance for critical systems. The candidate will provide technical expertise and support in the design, development, implementation and testing of customer tools and applications in support of Extracting, Transforming and Loading of data into an enterprise Data Lake. Based in a DevOps framework, participate in and/or direct major deliverables of projects through all aspects of the software development lifecycle including scope and work estimation, architecture and design, coding and unit testing. This role requires the development of custom code/scripts to quickly extract, triage and exploit data across domains and data stores.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Designing and implementing a large scale ingest system in a big data environment. Required to read, analyze and digest what the enterprise needs to accomplish with its data and design the best possible ELT process to support those objectives.
• Responsible for recommending methodologies to optimize the visualization, organization, storage, and availability of large scale data in support of enterprise requirements.
• Participate in software programming initiatives to support innovation and enhancement, using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Java, Python, SpringBoot, and Hibernate.
• Developing and directing software system validation and testing methods using Junit and Katalon.
• Develop and integrate custom developed software solutions to leverage automated deployment technologies.
• Develop, prototype and deploy solutions within Commercial Cloud Solutions leveraging Infrastructure platform services.
• Analyze (though proof of concept, performance, and end-to-end testing) and effectively coordinate Infrastructure needs driven by developed software to meet customer mission needs.
• Support the Agile software development lifecycle following Program SAFe practices.
• Use industry leading DevOps tools like GitHub, Jenkins, Unix bash scripting.
• Document and Perform systems software development, including deployment of build artifacts across different environments leverage GitFlow constructs.
• Leverage Atlassian tool suite like JIRA and Confluence to track activities.
• Apply and identify best practices and standard operating procedures.
• Coordinate closely with team members, Product Owners and Scrum Masters to ensure User Story alignment and implementation to customer use cases.
• Communicate key project data to team members and build team cohesion and effectiveness.
• Hold meetings with PMO and enterprise stakeholders.

Basic Qualifications:

• To be considered, must have an active TS/SCI w/polygraph.
• Demonstrated experience performing ETL activities including, but not limited to, parser development and deployment; data flow management; implementing data lifecycle policies; troubleshooting data access issues; and developing data models.
• Experience with data modeling.
• Extensive experience with relational databases, such as MySQL, that utilize SQL queries.
• Extensive experience with using Java for data processing, manipulation or querying (SQL or NoSQL).
• ETL/Data Integration experience using Spring, NiFi, Kafka, and Elasticsearch.
• Experience with development in Commercial Cloud Platforms (ex, AWS, Google Cloud, Azure).
• Experience with development leveraging cloud data services (ex: S3, RDS, EFS).
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal).
• Experience leading development scrum teams.
• Candidate must have a Masters with 15+ years of prior relevant experience. Additional years of experience may be substituted in-lieu of a degree.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated experience using Neo4J
• #CABARESTON #ASBA #HALO

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Original Posting: August 20, 2026 For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range: Pay Range $154,050.00 - $278,475.00 The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $17.2 billion for the fiscal year ended January 2, 2026. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

Pay and Benefits Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement.

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Commitment and Diversity

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.