Senior Software Integration Engineer

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

Job summary

Leidos in Chantilly, Virginia seeks a qualified professional to support ICAM and GxNext integration work. You will engage with the Consumer Integration team to meet deadlines, troubleshoot authentication and SSO implementations, and coordinate with clients globally.

Strong communication and documentation skills are essential for success in this role. The position requires active TS SCI clearance with CI Poly eligibility, a bachelor’s degree (or equivalent with 8 years) and experience in secure

Qualifications

• Active TS SCI clearance; CI Poly eligible; US citizen
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience with 8 years of relevant work experience or master’s degree with 6 years of relevant experience
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and experience working with external stakeholders
• Demonstrated ability to document processes and procedures
• Ability to identify client customizations to standard solutions
• Ability to debug software issues and recommend fixes
• SEC+ or DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification (or ability to attain within 60 days)

Responsibilities

• Manage a client’s integration with our services using project management skills
• Debug software issues, investigate root causes, and recommend fixes
• Brief Program/Customer leadership and communicate product and implementation details
• Implement, evolve, and support authentication, SSO, SAML, federation and cloud infrastructure
• Describe, analyze, and document enterprise IT architecture
• Perform software testing and validation; improve procedures as needed
• Integrate services across different systems
• Raise impediments to Program Leadership
• Contribute to CI/CD pipeline from requirements to usability sessions

Skills

SSO/SAML

PKI

OAuth

ICAM concepts

Problem solving

Communication

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Ansible

Oracle IdAM (OAM/OUD)

Oracle Access Manager

Job description

Description

The GEOAxIS system provides Identity, Credential and Access Management (ICAM) for web applications. GEOAxIS enables online, on-demand, access to NGA GEOINT content based on user’s authoritative attributes/roles. Our Mission is to maintain highly available ICAM services for protecting those critical mission applications across multiple security domains. The GxNext contract was awarded to Leidos in 2021 and runs until 2031.

In this role, you’ll work directly with the Consumer Integration team in Chantilly, Virginia to meet deadlines and improve their technical procedures. You will enjoy learning new concepts and technologies and will brief status and capabilities to technical and non-technical audiences as you support them throughout their integration. Day-to-day, you’ll be working with consumers of Gx services all over the world to support their mission activities.

Responsibilities:

• Leverage project management skills to manage a client’s integration with our services
• Debug software issues, investigate root causes, and recommend fixes
• Brief Program and/or Customer leadership; Communicate to clients and partners aspects of both the product and the implementation at the technical and functional level appropriate for the situation
• Implement, evolve, and support authentication, Single Sign On (SSO), Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), federation, and cloud infrastructure
• Implement methods, standards, and approaches for describing, analyzing, and documenting an organization’s enterprise IT architecture
• Perform software testing or validation procedures, improving the procedures as needed
• Perform system integration and experience integrating services from different systems
• Help remove impediments and raise larger issues to the Program Leadership
• Feeding the CI/CD pipeline – requirements gathering through usability sessions

Basic Qualifications:

• Active TS SCI Clearance, CI Poly eligible; Must be a US Citizen
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience with 8 years of relevant work experience or master’s degree with 6 years of prior relevant experience
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and extensive experience working with external
• Demonstrated ability to document processes/ procedures
• Ability to recognize when the client requires customizations to a standard solution
• Ability to debug software issues, investigate root causes, and recommend fixes
• SEC+ certification or DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification, or ability to attain certification within 60 days of start

Preferred Qualifications:

• Active TS SCI clearance with CI Poly
• Active CompTIA Sec+ Certification
• Demonstrated experience in strong authentication technologies and protocols (e.g., PKI, SSL)
• System administration skills with Linux systems
• Knowledge of software development lifecycle (SDLC), Scrum, and Agile processes
• Knowledge of Oracle Identity and Access Management (IdAM) suite, including Oracle Access Manager (OAM), and Oracle Unified Directory (OUD)
• Knowledge of Ping, Kubernetes, Docker, and Ansible
• Knowledge of authentication standards using OAuth, SAML, or PKI
• Knowledge of open standards such as REST, SOAP, JSON, LDAP
• Knowledge of Authentication (AuthN), Authorization (AuthZ), Digital Policy Management (DPM), Entitlement Management (EM), and Authoritative Attributes (AuthA)

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:

Aug 28, 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 $107,900.00 - $195,050.00

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.

About Leidos

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 $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. 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. More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

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.