Software Engineer II: API & DevSecOps Focus

Leidos Inc

Washington (District of Columbia)

On-site

USD 70,000 - 126,000

Full time

6 days ago

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Job summary

Leidos is seeking a Software Engineer II to support the DOJ OJP OCIO and improve, test, and maintain secure, accessible digital products. You will work on APIs, automation, and DevSecOps with guidance from senior engineers to strengthen automated testing and reduce technical debt.

Your responsibilities include developing software components, translating user stories into working software, and participating in CI/CD pipelines while collaborating with government stakeholders to deliver secure and

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
Minimum two (2) years of progressively responsible software engineering or application development experience.
Experience developing, enhancing, debugging, testing, or maintaining enterprise or web-based applications across one or more application layers.
Experience with Git-based workflows, code reviews, and automated testing.
Experience working in Agile development environments and participating in iterative planning, backlog refinement, sprint execution, or Kanban delivery.
Working knowledge of REST APIs, JSON, authentication and authorization concepts, and common integration patterns.
Working knowledge of CI/CD, cloud platforms, containers, automation, or Infrastructure as Code.
Ability to troubleshoot software defects, test failures, integration issues, or deployment problems and to document findings clearly.
Strong analytical, written communication, problem-solving, and team collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

Develop, modify, test, debug, and maintain software components that support OJP digital products, integrations, APIs, automation, and internal platforms under established engineering guidance.
Provide software improvements to existing applications and services by implementing approved enhancements, defect corrections, refactoring, and technical-debt reduction activities.
Translate assigned user stories, acceptance criteria, customer needs, and technical requirements into working software using Agile product-team practices.
Create and maintain automated unit, integration, regression, API, and data tests to improve release quality and reduce recurring defects.
Participate in Git-based source-control workflows, code reviews, pull requests, branching, merging, and configuration-management practices.
Support continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines, build automation, security scanning, artifact or container workflows, and repeatable deployment processes using OJP-approved tools.
Develop, consume, test, and maintain APIs and web services through OJP's data-integration environment, including WSO2 API Manager when assigned, using applicable standards and protocols such as REST, JSON, XML, SOAP, and related technologies.
Support API integrations with OJP's Identity and Access Management System (DIAMD), including integrations involving Okta and SailPoint and protocols such as SCIM, OAuth 2.0, and SAML.
Support cloud-hosted and containerized application environments and assist with deployment, monitoring, configuration, security, patching, and troubleshooting activities in coordination with OJP networking and security teams.
Investigate and resolve assigned help desk tickets, software defects, test failures, and technical issues involving Data Integration and DevSecOps products, escalating complex issues when appropriate.
Participate in defect triage, root-cause analysis, corrective-action activities, sprint reviews, retrospectives, backlog refinement, and other Agile delivery activities.
Create and maintain technical documentation, configuration information, user stories, standard operating procedures, test evidence, and implementation notes needed to sustain supported products and services.
Collaborate with software engineers, architects, DevOps engineers, business analysts, product managers, and Government stakeholders to deliver secure, compliant, accessible, and maintainable capabilities.