1 day ago
Base Salary
$131k - $237k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead, direct, coordinate, and provide technical direction for application development efforts.
- Plan, design, and oversee software development solutions and systems engineering activities, including requirements analysis, implementation planning, integration, testing, sustainment, documentation, deployment, and assessment.
- Lead the design and architecture of backend systems and services and drive scalability, reliability, and performance initiatives.
- Manage and prioritize the Agile scrum team backlog, decompose features into stories, refine acceptance criteria, and accept or reject completed work.
- Support SAFe program increment planning and execution using GitLab and collaboration documentation, and lead or participate in Agile ceremonies.
- Identify and remove impediments and dependencies while managing priorities, deliverables, and deadlines.
- Develop and review requirements, design, architecture, RFC, and system documentation.
- Coordinate with test teams on automated system integration testing and identify failed modules and components.
- Collaborate across development teams to deliver integrations with other systems and applications.
- Provide technical input on hardware/software trade-offs, reuse, COTS/GOTS adoption, and requirements decomposition.
- Mentor junior and mid-level engineers and promote collaboration and continuous process improvement.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, systems engineering, or a related field with 12–15 years of relevant experience, or a master's degree with 10–13 years of relevant experience; additional experience may substitute for a degree.
- Active Top Secret security clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain TS/SCI with Polygraph.
- Software development experience with languages such as Java or Python.
- Experience as a systems engineer, product owner, or similar role on an Agile software development team.
- Experience creating requirements and design documentation, including process flow diagrams.
- Experience managing and prioritizing product backlogs and facilitating scrum activities.
- Strong understanding of Agile methodologies and experience with GitLab, Jira, and Confluence.
- Strong communication, problem-solving, cross-functional collaboration, stakeholder management, and relationship-building skills.
- Preferred experience with Kafka or other message-passing systems, enterprise production systems, cloud infrastructure, Appian or low-code technologies, PostgreSQL, Docker, GraphQL, Keycloak, Kubernetes, Elasticsearch, AWS, Jenkins, CloudFormation, Terraform, Pulumi, and distributed systems.
- Preferred experience with infrastructure-as-code, security best practices, automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, Kafka stream processing, schema registries, Elasticsearch tuning, and production systems at scale.
- Preferred experience leading technical projects, mentoring engineers, and identifying technical debt and systemic improvements.
Benefits
- Work is primarily on-site at the client location in Bethesda, Maryland, with a flexible schedule and occasional remote work.
- The role supports professional development and offers the opportunity to contribute to a mission-focused national security program.
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About Leidos
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.