Leidos Holding
Software Development Lead
Leidos Holding, Chantilly, VA
Description
We have an IMMEDIATE NEED for a Senior Software Developer to provide leadership to our program and development team for of our mission critical Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ICAM) system. As a Software Development Lead on this program, you will have the opportunity to guide our efforts to build strong, secure services and capabilities and utilizing cloud capabilities in support of an Enterprise cybersecurity program. Based in DevOps framework and using agile software methodologies, you will define/refine the processes and approach for, ensure the quality of, and/or provide direction for major deliverables throughout all aspects of the software development lifecycle. You will work closely with the Operations team and the program technical leadership. The candidate needs be local to the DC/Maryland/VA area to be able to come into an office most days.
Responsibilities:
Basic Qualifications:
Preferred Qualifications:
Requires an active Top Secret security clearance upon hire and must meet SCI eligibility. Must be willing and able to obtain a polygraph within the customer's timeline after hire.
Original Posting Date: 2024-08-23While 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 $122,200.00 - $220,900.00
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.
About Leidos Leidos is a Fortune 500® innovation company rapidly addressing the world's most vexing challenges in national security and health. The company's global workforce of 47,000 collaborates to create smarter technology solutions for customers in heavily regulated industries. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $15.4 billion for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2023. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com .
Pay and Benefits Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available here .
Securing Your Data Beware of fake employment opportunities using Leidos' name. Leidos will never ask you to provide payment-related information during any part of the employment application process (i.e., ask you for money), nor will Leidos ever advance money as part of the hiring process (i.e., send you a check or money order before doing any work). Further, Leidos will only communicate with you through emails that are generated by the Leidos.com automated system - never from free commercial services (e.g., Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail) or via WhatsApp, Telegram, etc. If you received an email purporting to be from Leidos that asks for payment-related information or any other person a l information (e.g., about you or your previous employer), and you are concerned about its legitimacy, please make us aware immediately by emailing us at [email protected] .
If you believe you are the victim of a scam, contact your local law enforcement and report the incident to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission .
Commitment to Diversity All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.
We have an IMMEDIATE NEED for a Senior Software Developer to provide leadership to our program and development team for of our mission critical Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ICAM) system. As a Software Development Lead on this program, you will have the opportunity to guide our efforts to build strong, secure services and capabilities and utilizing cloud capabilities in support of an Enterprise cybersecurity program. Based in DevOps framework and using agile software methodologies, you will define/refine the processes and approach for, ensure the quality of, and/or provide direction for major deliverables throughout all aspects of the software development lifecycle. You will work closely with the Operations team and the program technical leadership. The candidate needs be local to the DC/Maryland/VA area to be able to come into an office most days.
Responsibilities:
- Provide technical stewardship to the Agile Development Teams (ADTs).
- Define, document, maintain, and communicate processes, practices, security, and configurations (PPS&C) to guide the program's SW Development
- Identify and facilitate configuration and availability of the DevSecOps infrastructure and development, integration, and test resources
- Ensure SW Development environments and infrastructure meet development and test needs
- Assist the ADT to meet sprint objectives by ensuring technical challenges and roadblocks are addressed and removed.
- Ensure inter-ADT communication and dependency coordination occurs tied to execution of Program Increment Epics and Stories and issue resolution
- Ensure the quality of the software and solutions produced by the ADTs
- Collaborate and assist O&S, Consumer Integration, Deployment, and Development teams in troubleshooting integration, test, and operational issues tied to the software baseline
- Collaborate with other technical leads (on-program and external) to facilitate process improvements and technical innovation
- Ensure baseline updates have been properly prepared for deployment
- Communicate with technical leadership, ADT leads, and release train engineer impacts to the ADTs to fast track critical and high priority efforts.
- Identify to the Chief Software Engineer ADT skill deficiencies that are impacting successful execution of development efforts
- Responsible for verifying code meets standards defined in the PPS&C.
- Communicate status to customer and program leadership of ongoing ADT SW development efforts
- Recommend and coordinate key information related to the need and description of off-cycle releases
- Investigate and determine resolution of development process / execution related issues
- Assist program leadership in evaluation of technical personnel and determining ADT composition
- Plan, coordinate, and ensure end of Sprint Demo occurs
- Plan, coordinate, and ensure ADT's support end of PI Demo for customer
- Maintain documentation of the program's software baseline
Basic Qualifications:
- Candidate must have BS degree with 12+ years of professional experience; 10 or more with Masters
- 4-5 years of experience working in an Agile software development environment as a technical contributor
- Must have at least a Top Secret clearance and eligible for SCI
- Experience serving as a technical lead with a large software development team (15-20 developers) comprised of smaller, product focused teams.
- Experience briefing customers and stakeholders
- Excellent written and oral communications skills, to include presentation of technical material to non-technical audiences
- Thorough understanding of the Agile software development process (SAFe Agile preferred) and its key processes, milestones, and roles.
- Demonstrated proficiency with Java, JavaScript, Python, or other modern programming languages desired
- Experience with deploying, configuring, administering, and troubleshooting software (both custom and COTS/FOSS) in a Linux environment
- Experience working in an Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud computing environment; similar for MS Azure is desired
- Experience integrating custom code with 3rd party software products/platforms (for example, development of custom plugins for a commercial or open-source product)
- Experience with version control systems such as git or Subversion
- Understanding of DevSecOps concepts/tools, and how they would apply in practice
- U.S. citizenship is required
Preferred Qualifications:
- Understanding of SSL/TLS and PKI concepts
- Familiarity with one or more common identity and access management protocols/standards, just as OAuth, SAML, LDAP, SCIM, or OIDC
- Prior knowledge of (or experience with) the Oracle Identity and Access Management (IAM) suite (including OAM, OUD, and OHS), API Gateways, Apache web servers and/or proxy servers, and application servers is a major plus
- Direct experience with multiple of the following and a desire to learn the others:
- Database setup and integration, both relational and NoSQL (Oracle DB, MySQL, CouchDB)
- DevOps automation tools (Ansible, Chef, Puppet)
- Source control and Agile development tools (Git, Maven, Jenkins, Bitbucket, Jira, Confluence)
- Analytics and search engines (Elasticsearch, Splunk, Apache Solr)
- Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) certification (e.g. Certified SAFe Agilist) or Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
- An active cybersecurity, cloud, and/or network product certification (e.g. CISSP, AWS)
- Mobile development
Requires an active Top Secret security clearance upon hire and must meet SCI eligibility. Must be willing and able to obtain a polygraph within the customer's timeline after hire.
Original Posting Date: 2024-08-23While 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 $122,200.00 - $220,900.00
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.
About Leidos Leidos is a Fortune 500® innovation company rapidly addressing the world's most vexing challenges in national security and health. The company's global workforce of 47,000 collaborates to create smarter technology solutions for customers in heavily regulated industries. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $15.4 billion for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2023. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com .
Pay and Benefits Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available here .
Securing Your Data Beware of fake employment opportunities using Leidos' name. Leidos will never ask you to provide payment-related information during any part of the employment application process (i.e., ask you for money), nor will Leidos ever advance money as part of the hiring process (i.e., send you a check or money order before doing any work). Further, Leidos will only communicate with you through emails that are generated by the Leidos.com automated system - never from free commercial services (e.g., Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail) or via WhatsApp, Telegram, etc. If you received an email purporting to be from Leidos that asks for payment-related information or any other person a l information (e.g., about you or your previous employer), and you are concerned about its legitimacy, please make us aware immediately by emailing us at [email protected] .
If you believe you are the victim of a scam, contact your local law enforcement and report the incident to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission .
Commitment to Diversity All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.