Senior Software Engineer - Secret-Cleared, Agile, Omaha

Leidos; Omaha (NE); Hybrid; USD 87,000 - 157,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos seeks a Senior Software Engineer in Omaha, Nebraska, to architect, design, build, and enhance scalable software systems used by customers worldwide. The role involves leading major deliverables, mentoring engineers, and working in an Agile environment with CI/CD practices.

The position requires a US citizenship and the ability to obtain a Secret clearance, a Bachelor’s degree with 4+ years of experience or a Master’s with 2+ years. Some remote work is possible.

Qualifications

• US Citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree and 4+ years of prior relevant experience or a Master’s degree with 2+ years of experience.
• Strong passion for learning new technology and languages, w/ self-directed learning.
• Ability to work with minimal direct oversight, capable of making leaps of intuition for novel solutions.
• In-depth experience with container technologies (Docker, Podman).
• Understanding of microservice architectures.
• Extensive experience with testing code, including unit and integration testing.

Responsibilities

• All aspects of the software development lifecycle including scope and work estimation, architecture and design, coding, and automated testing within an Agile and CI/CD model.
• Own the delivery of an entire piece of a system or application, and serve as a technical lead on medium to large, complex projects.
• Work closely with other engineers to develop the best technical design and approach for new product development.
• Communicate progress against plan to senior engineers and project managers, including identifying risks, opportunities, and dependencies.
• Ensure team adheres to Agile processes and software engineering best practices.
• Design, develop, troubleshoot, and debug mission critical software source code using modern software development languages and tools, such as java.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Self-directed learning

Independent work

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree

Tools

Docker

Podman

Jira

Confluence

Bitbucket

Rust

Web Assembly (WASM)

Microservices

Graphics API

Job description

Leidos seeks a Senior Software Engineer in Omaha, Nebraska, to architect, design, build, and enhance scalable software systems used by customers worldwide. The role involves leading major deliverables, mentoring engineers, and working in an Agile environment with CI/CD practices.

The position requires a US citizenship and the ability to obtain a Secret clearance, a Bachelor’s degree with 4+ years of experience or a Master’s with 2+ years. Some remote work is possible.