The Digital Modernization sector at Leidos seeks a Senior Software Architect for the Global Solutions Management – Operations II (GSM-O II) contract. The selected candidate will be a key member of a dedicated team supporting the NSC IT group in Washington DC> working hands-on with a team of software engineers, and will provide technical expertise in Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD), SecDevOps and Software Configuration Management in support of the specialized applications and rapid delivery of innovative solutions for this customer.
This role works out of the NEOB in Washington DC and is primarily on-site.
The Digital Modernization sector provides a diverse portfolio of systems, solutions, and services covering IT systems and cyberspace for customers worldwide. Solutions for Digital modernization include enterprise and mission IT, large-scale intelligence systems, command and control, geospatial and data analytics, cybersecurity, logistics, training, and intelligence analysis and operations support. Our team is solving the world’s toughest security challenges for customers with “can’t fail” missions.
The GSM-O II Program includes the Operations, Sustainment, Maintenance, Repair, and Defense of the Defense Information System Network (DISN) within the DOD Information Network (DODIN) in support of the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA). It also includes support to other key tasks for DISA, including the transformation of DISA’s operational mission through innovation and support to DISA’s mission partners.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Develop automated CI/CD build/deployment pipelines using Cloudbees/Jenkins, Artifactory, OpenShift/Kubernetes, Docker, Ansible and Bitbucket.
- Lead software configuration management (SCM) release planning and version control, providing SCM support throughout a software product's life cycle (initial software development through promotion to Test, QA and Production Environments).
- Provide technical direction, leadership, guidance and training on CM processes to a team of software engineers, ensuring congruence of the various infrastructure, software, configurations and interfaces maintained under configuration control
- Plan and manage parallel software development and release cycles as well as provide SCM for a large distributed development network with remote partners, ensuring the consistency and reliability of software builds.
- Develop automated tests using Ansible, Selenium, JMeter, Junit and/or other applicable tools.
- Design, develop, document, test and deploy software written in Python, JavaScript, Java and SQL.
- Assist with the deployment, configuration, testing, troubleshooting, maintenance, updates/upgrades of Kafka and Elastic clusters and environments.
- Work with an Agile team, attend daily scrums and demonstrate working software while collaborating with a geographically distributed (remote) team, communicating and collaborating frequently with teammates to ensure successful completion of project objectives.
- Troubleshoot and resolve installation, infrastructure and system issues.
- Proactively and independently identify, report, monitor, and mitigate technical risks.
Basic Qualifications:
- DoD TS/SCI clearance prior to start date
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college in a related discipline and 8-12 years of prior relevant experience.
- Strong working knowledge of Git and experience with development workflows in Bitbucket or an equivalent tool.
- Experience designing, building and deploying DevOps pipelines with Bitbucket, Git, Jenkins, Artifactory and Ansible (or equivalent tools).
- Experience designing and implementing application deployment pipelines and developing software in a containerized environment with Kubernetes and Docker (OpenShift experience is a plus).
- Full software lifecycle automation experience (design, development, test, deployment), including deployment to a production environment.
- Experience designing and building automated software testing pipelines using Ansible, Selenium, JMeter, Junit and/or other applicable tools.
- Experience in UI/UX Design technologies, front - end technologies/ framework and libraries like Flex, jQuery, HTML, DHTML, JavaScript, ES6, Bootstrap 4.0, Material Design, JSON, CSS, XML/XSLT, AJAX
- Expert in Visualization and ETL tools using DTS, SSIS, PowerBI, Crystal Reports, Plotly, Chart.JS, D3.js.
- Experience with MVC4, WCF, Blazor, GitHub, React 16/18, NodeJS, Angular 14, VueJS,
- Experience with NativeScript, HTML5, TFS, Git, Jenkins, Docker, Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), TFS, xUnit, Nunit.
- Experience in Azure and AWS Cloud computing -Azure Functions, Apps, Blob Storage, Logic Apps, Data Lake Analytics, Data Lake Storage, Data Factory, Table Storage, U-SQL Active Directory, Apache, VMs
- Experience with Databases ( Oracle, MS SQL TSQL, MongoDB, CosmosDB, OLAP, Data Warehousing, Business Objects)
- Previous SCM experience, including release planning, managing software baselines, merging branches, and producing software builds
- Experience designing, developing and deploying software in a cloud environment.
- Strong experience working on a UNIX command line platform.
- Strong communication skills that enable proactive and effective collaboration with a virtual team, including the ability to clearly articulate status and present to both customers and program leadership.
- Security+ certification or equivalent DoD 8570 IAT II certification within 60 days of start date
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience developing and deploying software in a DoD environment (DISA experience is a plus), including experience building and deploying software applications that meet DoD security standards and updating applications and code to meet security scans and security implementation guidelines (e.g. STIGs).
- Experience with Atlassian tools, including Bitbucket integrations with JIRA and Confluence.
- Experience integrating code review systems into the SCM process.
- Experience with static code analysis, particularly security scans.
- Experience working remotely with a geographically dispersed team.
- Experience working as part of an Agile software development team.
Original Posting Date:2024-11-08
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 $122,200.00 - $220,900.00
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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