Software Engineer
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Job Location:
Sterling, MA - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 85150 - 153925
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
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 sustainably. 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.
The National Security Sector at Leidos currently has an opening for a Software Engineer. The program delivers a comprehensive integrated mission control software tool combining custom code and integrated COTS products for a Department of Homeland Security customer.
Primary Responsibilities:
Support the development life cycle of platform architectural design deployment and debugging
Support a release pipeline to enable fast but safe delivery of critical business software to Production
Develop & Maintain sound version control best practices-based CM systems (GIT) including branching and merging strategies
Actively participate in all Agile ceremonies. Participate in all team ceremonies including planning grooming product demonstration and team retrospectives.
Ability to automate release deployments across development test staging Quality Assurance and production stacks using a combination of scripting languages and other automation toolkits
Maintain / upgrade/ patch tracking and documentation software (Confluence / Jira)
Create Assist and Implement design and maintenance web service infrastructure and deployments
Analyze service stack and make recommendations for further improvements
Identify processes and capabilities that can be streamlined and automated
Communicate effectively to help bridge stakeholder and development requirements
Assist with support and operations where necessary
Leverage programming Languages and shell scripting for automation
Proficient with DevOps or Site Reliability Engineering methodologies.
Ability to have a holistic view of service development and deployment architecture
Act in the capacity to support deployment and operations when necessary
Set up and configure a continuous integration environment by leveraging Configuration Management containerization serverless technologies and Kubernetes.
Architect and develop bestpractices for software build tools (Gradle Maven ANT Shell) and continuous integration tools (Jenkins Bamboo) and infrastructure automation (Amazon Web Services VMWare Puppet Chef ansible etc.)
Work cross functionally across multiple teams
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor s degree or higher is required in either Engineering (i. e. Computer Software Systems etc.) or Computer Science with a minimum of five (5) years of related experience.
Experiencing migrating complex legacy applications into a modern dev ops framework
Must be fluent with Git
Strong knowledge of Linux and Linux environments (Redhat)
5 years working in an Agile dev environment
Experience integrating CD/CI pipelines for automated deployment preferred
Knowledge of security practices networking protocols firewalls etc
5 years of system architecture required with a demonstrated ability to read the code and understand the coding logic to assist in troubleshooting
Familiarity with software development life cycle models agile and DevOps programming methodologies.
Fluent in object oriented programming and experience in Java.
Ability to successfully work with customers developers testing project management and support staff
Excellent problem solving analytical skills and technical troubleshooting skills
Clarity and precision in verbal and written communications
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with MySQL
Experience acquiring in-depth understanding of large complex software systems to isolate defects reproduce defects assess risk and understand varied customer deployments.
Experience managing/monitoring AWS/Azure cloud and virtualized servers for optimal performance while working in an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) environment
Proficient automating network infrastructure configuration using Software Defined Networking
At Leidos we dont want someone who fits the moldwe want someone who melts it down and builds something better. This is a role for the restless the over-caffeinated the ones who ask whats next before the dust settles on whats now.
If youre already scheming step 20 while everyone else is still debating step 2 good. Youll fit right in.
Original Posting:
October 7 2025For 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:
Pay Range $85150.00 - $153925.00The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand 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.
Key Skills
- Spring
- .NET
- C/C++
- Go
- React
- OOP
- C#
- Data Structures
- JavaScript
- Software Development
- Java
- Distributed Systems
About Company
Leidos is an innovation company rapidly addressing the world's most vexing challenges in national security and health. Our 47,000 employees collaborate to create smarter technology solutions for customers in these critical markets.
