Jr. Software Engineer Security Clearance Required

Description

Leidos is currently seeking a Software Engineer (SWE) to join the Visualizing Enterprise Geospatial Analytics (VEGA) team on the Sustainment for Analysis Services (SAS) Program. This opportunity will provide professional growth that is singularly focused on providing world class solutions to our customer in an exciting, collaborative, and inclusive environment. You will be challenged and provided a tremendous opportunity for growth in a customer-facing, fast-paced, and rewarding environment.

Position can also be performed in the following locations:

• Alexandria, VA
• St. Louis, MO
• Tucson, AZ

Clearance Level Required:

Top Secret/SCI with Polygraph

Primary Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, troubleshoot, and debug mission critical software source code using modern software development languages and tools such as Java, JavaScript, C#, and Python.
• Participate in the full software development lifecycle, working within broadly defined parameters.
• Use Agile development tools such as Jira, Confluence, and Bitbucket/Git to manage work and collaborate with your team.
• Support creation and updating of all relevant documentation and specifications for design, development, and testing.
• Identify potential roadblocks and develop around them.
• Plan and estimate development tasks and work to improve performance metrics.
• Develop maintainable code that matches specification.
• Own delivery of small parts of a system or application.
• Work closely with other engineers to develop the best technical design and approach for new product development.
• Build software solutions where the solution is not always well defined but always considers the customer first.

Basic Qualifications:

• US citizenship is required per contract.
• Bachelor's degree and less than 2 years of experience in a relevant field.
• Experience with Java, JavaScript, C#, Python, and object-oriented programming.
• Experience with software frameworks including Django and React.
• Solid understanding of software development process fundamentals.
• Strong, self-motivated desire to learn new programming languages, tools, frameworks, and techniques.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with basic web technologies including HTML, CSS, REST, JSON, and Tomcat.
• Familiarity with web application technologies and deployment environments, including Docker, Kafka, and Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with scripting languages such as JavaScript, Python, Bash, PL/SQL, SQL, PHP.
• Familiarity with Agile management tools such as Jira, Bitbucket, GitLab, Confluence.
• Knowledge of a version control system (e.g., Git, and Jenkins).
• Familiarity with an issue/problem tracking system (e.g., Jira).
• Familiarity with multiple operating systems (Windows, Linux, etc.).
• Familiarity with at least one Relational Database Management System (Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, etc.).
• Familiarity with NoSQL databases (MongoDB, etc.).
• Knowledge of Agile Development methodologies.

This position has a target range for compensation of $75,000 - $90,000. This is a firm fixed price contract and does not allow for negotiations outside of this target range.

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.