Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. They are seeking a Junior-Level Software Engineer to design, build, test, and maintain scalable software systems, focusing on both front-end and back-end services while collaborating with the development team.
Responsible for writing and maintaining source code, creating and maintaining software applications and applying frameworks involved in a software release
Duties include computer programming, documenting, managing configuration, testing, and bug fixing involved in creating and maintaining applications and frameworks involved in a software release life cycle and resulting in a software product
Expertise in one or more programming language is required
Works on day-to-day objectives with limited impact beyond the scope of own work area/ project team. Works under supervision on less complex projects/ assignments
Solves simple, routine technical problems following established procedures and policies. Develops products, solutions, processes using basic principles, theories and concepts within own technical specialty
Communicates with peers to explain facts, basic analysis, processes and practices related to area
Qualification
Required
Typically requires a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, related field, or prior relevant, equivalent experience in software development and up to 2 years of relevant experience
Must hold an active Secret security clearance
Expertise in front end web application development in one or more programming languages is required
Java
JavaScript
Spring Boot
Knowledge of working with relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, etc.)
Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
Experience with Agile project management software such as Jira, Confluence, etc
Familiarity with containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes
Experience with version control systems such as Git
Knowledge of software architecture, design patterns, and system scalability
Preferred
Experience with frontend frameworks (React, Angular, or Vue)
Experience building RESTful APIs and microservices interfaces
Knowledge of infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tools (Hashicorp Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible)
Experience with observability tools (Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, Elastic Search)
A working knowledge and experience with the following are preferred as they will be used to complete Software Engineering tasks: SAFe 6, EDB Postgres, an IDE such as Eclipse or IntelliJ, Git, Python, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Argo, Docker, Red Hat Linux, SQL Developer, Jira, Bitbucket, OpenShift, SmartBear ReadyAPI, SoapUI, LoadUi, Java, Spring, Maven/Gradle, ActiveVOS, Camel, NEIM XML, EBTS, SecDevOps
Benefits
Competitive compensation
Health and Wellness programs
Income Protection
Paid Leave
Retirement
Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations.
