Software Engineer TS/SCI Poly

Leidos; Alexandria (VA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in Alexandria is seeking a Software Engineer to join their agile development team. The role involves software development lifecycle activities, focusing on turning Agile user stories into implementable concepts. Candidates must have an active TS/SCI Polygraph and experience in Java, Python, and web UI technologies. This position offers opportunities for both server-side and client-side development, ensuring code efficiency and reliability while leveraging DevOps automation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 2-4 years of relevant experience or Master's with less than 2 years.
• Proven experience with Java and familiarity with frameworks like Spring Boot.

Responsibilities

• Participate in daily stand-ups and Sprint Planning.
• Analyze complex system requirements and support formal specifications.
• Engineer, author, tune, and document automation scripts.

Skills

Java

Python

JavaScript

Effective communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

Eclipse

Visual Studio Code

WebStorm

Maven

Jenkins

Job description

Description

Leidos has an exciting opportunity for a Software Engineer!

Must have an active TS/SCI Polygraph up front. No exceptions.

You will perform software development lifecycle (SDLC) activities as both an individual and a member of our top-notch agile development team building a large complex enterprise system. Development includes the full range of turning Agile user stories into implementable concepts, through development, unit testing, integration and test, and deployment of the new capabilities for the large complex enterprise system. Following the Behavior-driven Development (BDD) pattern, developers are responsible for implementing robust testing leveraging DevOps automation and, where appropriate, use of test automation commercial tools. There are opportunities for server-side business logic implementation as well as client web application and UI development, including Java, Python, embedded C/C++, Java cryptographic framework, XML, and web UI technologies like Angular, JavaScript, CSS, and HTML.

Primary Responsibilities

• Participate in daily stand-ups, Sprint Planning, Program Increment (PI) Planning, and other team activities.
• Analyze complex system requirements, use design software tools, and support formal specifications and data flow diagrams.
• Apply sound software engineering principles to ensure code is modifiable, efficient, reliable, understandable, fault-tolerant, and reusable.
• Manage software process throughout coding, promote code reuse, and reduce maintenance costs by creating shared functions.
• Engineer, author, tune, and document automation scripts, deploying them to test/production environments.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 2-4 years of relevant experience or Master's with less than 2 years of experience.
• Proven experience with Java and familiarity with frameworks like Spring Boot, JEE, Jackson, Jersey, Swing, JavaFX.
• Experience with languages such as JavaScript, Python, C/C++, Groovy, SQL.
• Proficiency with IDEs like Eclipse, Visual Studio Code, WebStorm, etc.
• Knowledge of databases like Oracle, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, SQL Server.
• Experience with Web UI development, Spring Framework, AngularJS, JSON, HTML, XML.
• Experience with source control and configuration management tools.
• Understanding of cryptographic systems and development on Windows/Linux platforms.
• Professional experience with web services and sound software development principles.
• Effective communication skills and ability to work independently or in teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Java EE, application servers, scripting, and technologies like XML/XSD/SOAP/WSDL/XSLT, REST, JSON, YAML, Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift.
• Familiarity with JavaScript frameworks, testing frameworks like JUnit, Mockito, Selenium, and build tools such as Maven, Jenkins.
• Experience in requirements management, secure systems engineering, and Agile practices like TDD, ATDD, BDD.
• Knowledge of secure software development practices and Agile methodologies like Scrum and SAFe.

For more information, visit careers.leidos.com/CONMD.