Senior Software Engineer

At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customers’ success. We empower our teams, contribute to our communities, and operate sustainable. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community. Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide the way we do business. Your greatest work is ahead!

The Civil Environmental & Infrastructure Portfolio at Leidos currently has an opening for a Senior Software Systems Engineer in our Reston, VA office.

If this sounds like the kind of environment where you can thrive, keep reading!

The successful candidate will manage multiple technical teams (system administrators, software developers, database administrators, data managers, GIS operators) in the development, testing, and maintenance of new and existing .NET, JavaScript, T-SQL applications, accredited systems, and SaaS applications.  The candidate will support multiple projects related to environmental data management, logistics management, document management and search capabilities, mobile data collection, modeling, and workflow automation under contracts with the Army Corps of Engineers, Air National Guard, Environmental Protection Agency, Transportation Security Administration, US Coast Guard, and Commercial entities.  The candidate will drive collaboration and innovation across office locations and technical skill areas, ensuring performance excellence and professional growth for the information technology section.

The successful candidate will perform information security officer duties, and be responsible for maintaining the security posture and Authorization to Operate (ATO) of multiple environments throughout the system lifecycle. This responsibility includes overseeing, implementing, and validating IT security controls to ensure compliance with NIST, FISMA, DHS, and TSA policy and mandated security requirements.  The candidate will ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability for each assigned system, and will guide systems through re-authorization audits and continuous monitoring compliance requirements.  The candidate will develop and maintain system requirements documents, system design documents and diagrams, system hardware and software inventories, system security plans, contingency plans, incident response plans, interconnection agreements, and system-specific standard operating procedures.  The candidate will manage SSL certificates for each device and system and coordinate new certificate deployments.  The candidate will enforce SecDevOps change management lifecycle procedures, including dynamic testing, static code analysis, and peer reviews to ensure code quality across all managed systems. 

The successful candidate will provide technology guidance to program managers, and develop basis of estimates (BOEs) in support of new work opportunities. The candidate will prepare resource estimates used in the development of proposals, ensuring BOE rationale is documented to support the resource estimates for environmental data management, geospatial data management, system development/maintenance, hosting, and software licensing support for environmental investigations and/or support activities.

Applicants should demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills, leadership skills, and attention to detail.  Strong organizational skills are essential.

Primary Responsibilities:
• Manage team assignments and workloads, tracking tasks and deliverable progress.
• Lead technology initiatives across organization contracts.
• Manage environmental data lifecycle across projects with stakeholders, data managers, project chemists.
• Manage system development lifecycle across projects with stakeholders, system developers and administrators.
• Maintain security compliance status and documentation of system environments.
• Perform security reviews of new or changed code objects and system posture.
• Perform audit log reviews to identify suspect activity, application errors, incidents.
• Ensure systems availability, reviewing hardware resources, system backup performance, patch status.
• Conduct break/fix analysis for hosted systems.

Qualifications:
• BS degree and 12+ years of prior relevant experience in Environmental Science, Software Development, Software Engineering, Computer Science, Cybersecurity Compliance, or related discipline; a Masters degree with 10+ years of experience will also be considered.
• Significant staff and team management experience.
• Proficient in .NET application development in Microsoft Visual Studio.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust security clearance (which includes three years immediate residency in the US).
• Proficient in developing T-SQL statements and stored procedures in Microsoft SQL Server.
• Significant NIST security compliance experience.
• The position requires the ability to communicate technical information orally and in writing.
• Must possess excellent organization skills and attention to detail.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience using AFCEC ERPIMS, FUDSChem, ADR.NET data management software packages.
Experience using Earthsoft EQuIS suite of products, and extending its functionality.
Experience using SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), and Powershell.
Experience with secure coding principles and adherence to DISA STIGs.
Experience in developing security compliance documentation and guiding systems through the ATO process.
Experience with integrating identify federation and multi-factor authentication into applications.
Experience with ArcGIS Online administration, Survey123 form development, ESRI and Trimble mobile apps.
 

Original Posting:

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:

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.