Software Engineer

Job Description:

Leidos National Security Sector combines technology-enabled services and mission software capabilities in the areas of cyber, logistics, security operations, and decision analytics to support our defense and intel customers’ mission to defend against evolving threats around the world. Our team’s focus is to ensure our customers have the right tools, technologies, and tactics to keep pace with an ever-evolving security landscape and succeed in their pursuit to protect people and critical assets.

The Intelligence Production Solutions Division (IPSD), part of the Decision Advantage Solutions Business Area, is currently seeking a, is currently seeking a Software Engineer (SWE) for the Chinook Program on the Advanced Analyst Augmentation Analytical Cloud Enablement System (4ACES) team. The responsibilities for this position include all aspects of the software development lifecycle including scope and work estimation, architecture and design, coding, and automated testing within an Agile model.

The position combines software development and Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) administration skills, providing on-the-job training (OJT) where you will configure, document and configuration control Databricks resources (e.g., users, workgroups, compute pools, clusters, and related JSON) and AWS resources (e.g., S3 buckets and IdAM policies). Using software development skills, you will support automation opportunities (e.g., new reports; administration productivity tools) and service metrics collection and reporting. The position supports multiple Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) Databricks deployments (shards) with 400+ users and data scientists located worldwide. You will collaborate with customers, user workgroups, and vendors to manage the 4ACES platform.

Top Secret Security Clearance Required.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Support general maintenance, adaptive maintenance, defect resolution (DR), and COTS/GOTS/FOSS activities.
• Provide support for installations and deployments.
• Assist the Systems Engineer (SE) with debugging any issues when the core COTS products require upgrading.
• Participate in the complete software development lifecycle, operating within well-defined parameters.
• Take ownership of delivering enhancements within a system or application.
• Break down sizable tasks into manageable units for execution and provide LOE estimations.
• Collaborate with fellow software engineers to create and document optimal technical designs.
• Ensure team compliance with Agile processes and best practices.
• Build software solutions where the solution is not clearly defined but always prioritizing customer needs.
• Resolve obstacles for the development team, working collaboratively with the Product Owner, technical leadership, and other engineers.

Basic Qualifications:

• US citizenship is required per contract.
• Candidates must possess an active Top-Secret clearance with the ability to obtain a Polygraph to be considered for this role.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field and 4-8 years of prior relevant experience or Master’s with than 2-6 years of prior relevant experience
• Hands-on experience with the following technologies:
  • Web:  HTML, CSS, and REST APIs
  • Object-oriented Programming:  Python (Pandas, Boto3, PySpark, MLOps), Java, C++, or similar language
  • Databases: Amazon RDS
  • Operating System: Linux
  • Version Control System:  Git
• Experience developing and testing automation scripts.
• Experience documenting work instructions and configurations.
• Proficiency writing SQL queries (DML and DDL) to retrieve and update data.
• Experience with transforming data and join/merge with other data sets sharing a common key.
• Experience with manipulating data with Microsoft Excel, especially transforming and graphing data.
• Experience developing Microsoft PowerPoint presentations, importing images and graphs.
• Awareness of software security and systems that handle sensitive data.
• Must have or willing to obtain within 6 months Security+ CE (or similar), required for privileged user (admin) access.
• Understanding of modern software design patterns and coding standards.
• Hands-on experience architecting, developing, and delivering complex software systems into production.
• Working knowledge of Agile development and continuous integration/continuous delivery methodologies and tools.
• Strong, self-motivated desire to learn new programming languages, tools, frameworks, and techniques.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with scripting languages such as Bash, and Bash Scripting.
• Experience with Databricks, Jupyter Notebook, Scala, Microsoft Power Query and Power Pivot.
• Software Architectures:  Client-Server, Microservices, Model-View-Controller.
• Cloud Exposure:
  • Multi-cloud architectures: AWS, IBM, Google, Azure, and Oracle.
  • Specific AWS Services: Compute (EC2, Lambda), Storage (S3, EBS), Security, Identity & Compliance (IAM, IdAM, KMS), SQS, SNS, and CloudFormation.
  • Certifications such as AWS DevOps Engineer or similar.
• Knowledge of continuous integration and delivery tools: Jenkins, GitLab, and Docker.

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.