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As a result, the candidate must have excellent communication skills and be flexible with regards to teamwork and tasking.
This position is for a software engineer to join a small development team. This engineer will be responsible for participating in all aspects of the software development life cycle including requirements definition and analysis, coding and implementation, system test, and documentation generation and support. The ideal candidate will have strong problem solving skills, and must be able to communicate effectively and work in a collaborative team environment. This includes being experienced in recommending creative and sound technical solutions as well as reviewing and critiquing proposed technical solutions. Ability to self-motivate and work independently is a must.
The program is made up of CONUS and OCONUS teams who regularly interact across varying time zones. As a result, the candidate must have excellent communication skills and be flexible with regards to teamwork and tasking. A demonstrated ability to perform in cross-functional teams to achieve results in a timely manner is desired.
This is a technical position to support a wide variety of mission activities performed both locally and OCONUS. Candidates should have a background in software engineering best practices, object-oriented concepts and design, test driven development and unit testing frameworks like JUnit, Java build environments, library dependency management, configuration management and integrated development environments (IDE) like VS Code, Eclipse, or IntelliJ.
Actively participate in requirements identification, definition and analysis
Create detailed design documentation
Develop and test software to include writing meaningful unit tests
Propose changes to current Java infrastructure
Participate in code reviews with peers
Prepare and produce software components that are deployable with associated deployment documentation
Support production systems by helping to troubleshoot issues by analyzing log files and associated data
Clearance Requirement: Must have an active and in-scope TS/SCI With Poly to be considered
Bachelor’s degree in software engineering, computer science, or related subject and at least 12 years of experience OR Master’s degree in software engineering, computer science, or related subject and at least 10 years OR 16 years relevant work experience with a combination of college coursework and certifications in lieu of degree
Java, Java EE, Java Secure Sockets, Spring, JPA or Hibernate
Tomcat (or similar app server)
Experience using REACT or other JAVASCRIPT technologies - with additional experience using HTML, CSS, Building and Consuming RESTful web services
Scripting languages (Python and/or Bash)
Agile software development and tools like Jira
MySQL database (or similar relational database experience)
git (experience with version control systems)
VS Code, Eclipse, or IntelliJ IDE
Ant with Ivy or comparable build tools like Maven or Gradle
Linux (RHEL/Rocky) command line experience
Cloud development experience helpful
Willingness to travel OCONUS to support software deployments and upgrades
Experience with cloud development including storage technologies, serverless functions and accessing cloud APIs
Experience with Android app development and security best practices
Familiarity with Linux system administration (RHEL/Rocky)
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September 28, 2026
For U.S. Positions: 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 $131,300.00 - $237,350.00
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.
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