Appian Software DeveloperIntegrator
Bethesda, MD - USA
Job Summary
Are you ready to join Leidos all-star team Through training teamwork and exposure to challenging technical work let Leidos show how to accelerate your career path.
Leidos is designing developing deploying and operating a DoD-wide Tasking Collection Processing Exploitation and Dissemination (TCPED) workflow management platform for Open Source Intelligence (OSINT). As a TS/SCI cleared Appian Software Developer/Integrator on our team you will play a critical role in ensuring the platform is built to maximize mission outcomes is user-friendly and adheres to IC standards policies and practices.
We integrate off the shelf and new development efforts to sustain and enhance existing architecture and by leveraging cloud-based computing artificial intelligence (Al) machine learning (ML) and cross-domain transfer systems to provide cutting edge requirements management task coordination data exploitation enrichment triage and analytics capabilities to Defense and Intelligence Community members. Our program advances the state of the art in mission-focused big data analytics tools and micro-service development spanning the breadth of Agile sprints to multiyear research and development cycles. While the work is primarily conducted on-site at our client location in Bethesda MD we offer a flexible schedule and occasionally some tasks may be performed remotely. Percentage of remote work will vary based on client requirements/deliverables.
Key Responsibilities include:
- Work with a team of system integration engineers to successfully deploy release candidates to production environment.
- Participate in test staging and production deployment.
- Integrate container-based-Appian using Kubernetes Rancher Helm and other DevOpsSec integration tools
- Assist in the maintenance of services and procedures for a big data pipeline which includes Kafka Elasticsearch and several in house written python/java micro services running on Kubernetes
- Monitor automated system integration tests to identify failed modules and components
- Manage individual project priorities deliverables and deadlines
- Foster an environment of collaboration with the different team members in the goal of providing quality service and product to our customer
To be successful in this role you need these skills (required):
- Bachelors Degree and 8 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 6 years of prior relevant experience
- Must possess an Active Top Secret/SCI clearance and ability to obtain and maintain a Polygraph
- Experience with Appian
- Experience with containerization
- Development and/or scripting experience especially Python and Bash
- Experience with DevOps practices and tools including Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) tools and practices especially Gitlab or Jenkins
- Experience with Agile practices
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Enthusiastic with the ability to work well on a team and a self-starter who can work on their own
You will wow us even more if you have these skills:
- Experience with systems at scale
- Kafka or other message passing systems
- Experience on a production/ enterprise system
- Cloud infrastructure experience
- Appian certification
- Experience with any of the following technologies:
- Java
- Kubernetes monitoring e.g. Prometheus/ Grafana
- Appian integration with PostgreSQL or other DB
- SALT for deployment automation
- GraphQL
- Elasticsearch Kibana and Logstash specifically admin experience
- Helm and Helmfile
- Possess at least one DoD 8570.01-M IAT Level II or higher certification e.g. CCNA Security CySA Security CE SSCP CISSP (or Associate)
- Ability to obtain Privileged User Account (PUA) certification per DoD 8570 policy
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Original Posting:
June 22 2026For 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 $107900.00 - $195050.00The 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.
Required Experience:
IC
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.