Leidos

Junior Software Engineer

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7 days ago
St. Louis, MO, USA +5 moreEntry Level
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Base Salary

$70k - $126k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Develop, modify, test, and deploy software supporting a GEOINT mission under senior-engineer guidance.
  • Implement features from established requirements and technical designs while writing clean, maintainable, documented code.
  • Participate in code reviews, unit and integration testing, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and application-component integration.
  • Work with REST APIs, databases, application services, secure containerized applications, and cloud platforms.
  • Participate in Agile sprints, stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives, and requirements refinement with mission users and product managers.
  • Use Git and CI/CD processes, maintain technical documentation, and support deployment and application sustainment.
  • Support DevSecOps pipelines and ensure software meets security and accreditation standards.
  • Complete tasks prioritized by the team product owner.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field with 2–4 years of relevant experience, or a master’s degree with less than 2 years of relevant experience; equivalent experience may substitute for the degree.
  • U.S. citizenship is required by contract.
  • Active Top Secret/SCI clearance and the ability to successfully pass a polygraph examination are required.
  • Experience with HTML, CSS, JSON, Ajax, REST APIs, Python, Java, or JavaScript.
  • Experience with front-end or back-end frameworks such as React, Angular, Vue.js, jQuery, Spring Boot, Django, Node.js, Flask, or Svelte.
  • Experience with cloud platforms, relational databases, Windows or Linux, Git, CI/CD tools, Agile collaboration tools, Docker, and Kubernetes.
  • Understanding of software design patterns, coding standards, secure coding, and government accreditation processes such as RMF and STIGs.
  • Experience architecting, developing, and delivering complex software systems into production.
  • Preferred qualifications include Intelligence Community or customer-contract experience, UI/UX experience, OpenSearch/Elasticsearch, multi-cloud architectures, specified AWS services, geospatial tools and standards, and Terraform or Ansible.

Benefits

  • The position may be performed in Tucson, AZ; Gaithersburg, MD; Alexandria, VA; Chantilly, VA; Englewood, CO; or St. Louis, MO.
  • The posting states a pay range of $69,550.00–$125,725.00.
  • The role provides technical guidance and learning opportunities while supporting a real operational national-security mission.

Tech Stack

AngularAnsibleAWSAzureCSSDjangoDockerElasticsearchFlaskGitGitLab CI/CDGoogle CloudHTMLIBM CloudJavaJavaScriptJenkinsjQueryKubernetesLinuxMicrosoft SQL ServerMySQLNode.jsOracle CloudPostgreSQLPythonReactSpring BootSvelteTerraformVue.jsWindows

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About Leidos

10,000+ employees

Leidos builds and operates technology and engineering solutions for defense, intelligence, civil, and health agencies, including systems integration, cyber, enterprise IT, sensors, and healthcare IT. It primarily sells through government contracts and long-term programs, plus managed services and mission software. Founded in 1969 and headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos is a Fortune 500 public company on the NYSE; customers include U.S. defense and intelligence agencies and civil bodies such as the FAA.

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