Software Engineer SME

Leidos hiring for Software Engineer SME jobs in Mount Rainier, MD, US

Description

As the largest provider of IT services, Leidos develops and sustains large data and technology infrastructures and integrates complex law enforcement IT system for several US federal agencies.  At Leidos we offer engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals and growth.  This role would be serving a federal law enforcement agency from either the National Capital Region or Huntsville Alabama.

Responsible for the design, development, testing, and management of the application development projects in support of IT infrastructure. This includes the programmatic integration of third-party components, the introduction of new custom capabilities, modification of existing code, process improvement recommendation, and automation of operations and maintenance tasks. Develop and implement technical efforts to design, build, and deploy applications at the direction of lead architects, including large-scale data processing, computationally intensive statistical modeling, and advanced analytics. Participate in all aspects of the software development life cycle for all solutions, including planning, requirements, development, testing, and quality assurance. Duties include technical project milestone reviews, code architecture sessions, resource estimation, and development best practices knowledge transfer.

Be part of an agile team whose Automated Data Feeds, Enterprise Data Uploader and Magnum services provide connectivity to internal and external data sources for standard collection, tagging and submission to the unclassified and classified Data Lakes.

Primary Responsibilities:
oProvides technical/management leadership on major tasks or technology assignments.
oEstablishes goals and plans that meet project objectives.
oA Subject Matter Expert is an individual whose qualifications and/or expertise are exceptional and/or highly unique.
oHas domain and expert technical knowledge.
oPerforms the following kinds of functions: Initiates, supervises, and/or develops requirements from a project’s inception to conclusion for complex to extremely complex programs;
oProvides strategic advice, technical guidance and expertise to program and project staff;
oProvides detailed analysis, evaluation and recommendations for improvements, optimization development, and/or maintenance efforts for client-specific or mission critical challenges/issues;
oConsults with client to define need or problem supervises studies and leads surveys to collect and analyze data to provide advice and recommend solutions.
oDecision making and domain knowledge may have a critical impact on overall project implementation.
oMay supervise others.

Basic Qualifications:
oBachelor’s Degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems
oManagement, other related discipline, or equivalent experience; additional years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree
o12-15 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 10-13 years of prior relevant experience.
oAbility to work well within a small agile team environment
oStrong communication skills
oUS Citizenship

Preferred Qualifications:
oExperience to develop, maintain, and improve software systems using cloud-native development approaches, utilizing the backend technologies such as the Java Spring Framework and Spring Boot Extension, and frontend technologies such as Node.js, Vue.js, and React/Redux 
oExperience to design, develop, deliver, and sustain new and existing real-time search solutions using commercial and/or open-source software technologies, such as ElasticSearch, OpenSearch, and Apache SOLR
oSoftware development and maintenance of internal/external interfaces with systems that provide data (IC Data Services, OGA Systems on the Unclassified side, Internal Agency Systems, etc.)
oDOD Top Secret Clearance is required.
 

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.

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.