Software Engineering & AI Intern

Leidos a leading defense intelligence and technology company is seeking motivated and aspiring software engineering students for ourSummer 2027 Internship Program (Starts May 2027). As aSoftware Engineering & AI Intern you will join ourDigital Sectoron the Global Solutions Management Operations II (GSM-O II) contract. This contract includes the Operations Sustainment Maintenance Repair and Defense of the Defense Information System Network (DISN) in support of the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA). This role is primarily remote with mandatory periodic on-site requirements at either Scott AFB IL or Ft. Meade MD.

Your Opportunity:

We are looking for highly motivated driven and capable candidates to join our GSM-O Global Automation and Intelligent Network Solutions (GAINS) Team! This summer you will do more than observeyou will help build intelligent systems that operate at mission-critical scale. You will work with high-volume data engineer real-time pipelines using technologies such as Kafka and Elastic and apply predictive machine learning and generative AI to detect emerging problems and advance towardclosed-loop self-healing networks. You will gain hands-on experience with AWS Databricks Watson AIOps and cybersecurity automation building the technical experience and portfolio-ready accomplishments that can accelerate your career.

What Youll Do (Potential Projects & Learning Opportunities):

• Design develop document test and deploy software written in Python JavaScript Java and SQL.
• Create Kibana visualizations and dashboards to provide information to users and support staff.
• Develop Kafka system integrations between Elasticsearch/Logstash and other systems such as Databricks.
• Develop and apply AI/ML and automation capabilities.
• Assist with the deployment configuration testing troubleshooting maintenance updates/upgrades of Kafka and Elastic clusters and environments.
• Develop automated tests using Ansible Selenium JMeter Junit and/or other applicable tools.
• Develop automated CI/CD build/deployment pipelines using Jenkins Artifactory Kubernetes DockerAnsible and Bitbucket.
• Work with an Agile team attend daily scrums and demonstrate working software while collaborating with a geographically distributed (remote) team.
• Troubleshoot and resolve installation infrastructure and system issues.
• Proactively and independently identify report monitor and mitigate technical risks.
• Frequently communicate and collaborate with other team members to ensure successful completion of project objectives.

What Youll Bring (Required):

• Citizenship & Clearance:Must be a U.S. to obtain an interim Secret DoD Security clearance prior to your start date is required(selected candidates will be sponsored for the required clearance).
• Education:Currently pursuing a degree in a relevant discipline such as Computer Science Software Engineering or Data Science.
• Technical Foundation:Software development experience with Python Java and SQL and a working knowledge of HTML and JavaScript.
• Version Control:Experience with distributed version control software such as Git and Bitbucket.
• Platform Knowledge:Experience developing software on a UNIX command line platform.
• Teamwork:Strong communication skills that enable proactive and effective collaboration with a virtual team.
• Location:This position is primarily remote butregular on-site support at Scott AFB IL or Ft. Meade MD is mandatory for periodic project must have reliable transportation and the capability to report on-site to their designated facility within a reasonable timeframe when requested by management.

What We Want (Desired):

• Certifications:Obtaining aCompTIA Securitycertification (or equivalent DoD 8570 IAT II certification) before the start date isstrongly encouraged.
• Hands-On Experience:Full software lifecycle experience (design development test deployment) especially in a containerized environment (Kubernetes/Docker).
• Familiarity with:
  • Web development using UI frameworks like React.
  • Designing and building DevOps pipelines with tools like Bitbucket Jenkins and Ansible.
  • Developing software in a cloud environment (AWS is a plus).
  • Atlassian tools including JIRA and Confluence.
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools and concepts (large language models predictive analytics) to support the development of self-healing and auto-ticketing capabilities.

If youre looking for comfort keep scrolling. At Leidos we outthink outbuild and outpace the status quo because the mission demands it. Were not hiring followers. Were recruiting the ones who disrupt provoke and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. Were already at step 30 and moving faster than anyone else dares.

The 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.