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Leidos is seeking a highly qualified candidate for a Lead Software Engineer position supporting a global orchestration of a unified software defined network (SDN) for the Army. The ideal candidate will have experience working on complex systems. This position is in the DMV area with a hybrid work schedule.
Primary Responsibilities
- Lead and oversee execution of the full software development lifecycle, from planning, through implementation, to operational readiness utilizing an agile model that continually adds functionality and automation.
- Guide design, development, testing, deployment, production support and maintenance processes and identify opportunities to streamline through automation.
- Cultivate a culture of innovation and promote collaboration across teams and projects.
- Collaborate internally and with customer teams to understand software requirements and user stories to provide valid estimates and software design specifications.
- Coordinate with cybersecurity engineers to ensure all hardware and software components meet applicable requirements and policies.
- Collaborate with engineers and architects to test and evaluate hardware and software exchanges.
- Develop and execute automated test plans and strategies
- Design, implement, and validate code fixes
- Troubleshoot and resolve network configuration and environment issues.
- Provide transparent and regular status updates in requested format
- Ensure quality control of all developed and modified software
Basic Qualifications
- Master's degree and 12+ years of experience (Bachelor's and 20+ years)
- 5+ years of relevant Agile DevSecOps engineering experience leading the development of systems orchestration and/or automation testing, utilization of industry standard CI/CD pipelines and modern coding languages and frameworks
- 5+ years of relevant experience leveraging APIs and Web Services (SOAP and REST) to implement network automation and orchestration capabilities or experience creating and managing API dashboards
- Strong communication, presentation, and facilitation skills
- Customer service oriented
- Experience in a leadership role managing a team of developers while driving software standards and processes.
- Experience working across multiple disciplines to accomplish a common set of goals and expectations.
- Must possess an active Secret clearance to be considered.
Preferred Qualifications
- Possess a current DevOps Engineer Certification
- Two years of experience working within DoD network infrastructure.
- Two years of experience working with commercial internet services providers developing SDN orchestration playbooks.
Original Posting Date:
2025-01-07
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 $148,850.00 - $269,075.00
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.