Software Developer/Agile Team Lead

Leidos hiring for Software Developer/Agile Team Lead jobs in Herndon, VA, US

Description

We have an IMMEDIATE NEED for a Software Developer who will also work as the Agile Team Lead to provide leadership to our program and development team for of our mission critical Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ICAM) system. As a Software Development Lead on this program, you will have the opportunity to guide our efforts to build strong, secure services and capabilities and utilizing cloud capabilities in support of an Enterprise cybersecurity program. Based in DevOps framework and using agile software methodologies, you will define/refine the processes and approach for, ensure the quality of, and/or provide direction for major deliverables throughout all aspects of the software development lifecycle. You will work closely with the Operations team and the program technical leadership. This is a hybrid role with both remote and coming into the office located in Chantilly, VA. ***The preferred candidate needs to be local to the DC/Maryland/VA area to be able to come into the office as needed.***

Responsibilities:

• Provide technical stewardship to the Agile Development Team (ADT)
• Define, document, maintain, and communicate processes, practices, security, and configurations (PPS&C) to guide the program’s SW Development
• Determine and facilitate configuration and availability of the DevSecOps infrastructure and development, integration, and test resources
• Ensure SW Development environments and infrastructure meet development and test needs
• Assist the ADT to meet sprint objectives by ensuring technical challenges and roadblocks are addressed and removed.
• Ensure inter-ADT communication and dependency coordination occurs tied to execution of Program Increment Epics and Stories and issue resolution
• Ensure the quality of the software and solutions produced by the ADTs
• Collaborate with other technical leads (on-program and external) to facilitate process improvements and technical innovation
• Ensure baseline updates have been properly prepared for deployment
• Communicate with technical leadership, ADT leads, and release train engineer impacts to the ADTs to fast track critical and high priority efforts.
• Identify to the Chief Software Engineer ADT skill deficiencies that are impacting successful execution of development efforts
• Responsible for verifying code meets standards defined in the PPS&C.
• Communicate status to customer and program leadership of ongoing ADT SW development efforts
• Recommend and coordinate key information related to the need and description of off-cycle releases
• Investigate and determine resolution of development process / execution related issues
• Assist program leadership in evaluation of technical personnel and determining ADT composition
• Plan, coordinate, and lead end of Sprint and Program Increment Demos
• Maintain documentation of the program’s software baseline

Required Qualifications:

• Candidate must have BS degree with 4+ years of prior relevant experience
• 3-4 years of experience working in an Agile software development environment as a technical contributor
• Experience serving as a technical lead with small software development teams
• Experience briefing customers and stakeholders
• Excellent written and oral communications skills, to include presentation of technical material to non-technical audiences
• Thorough understanding of the Agile software development process (SAFe Agile preferred) and its key processes, milestones, and roles.
• Demonstrated proficiency with Java, JavaScript, Python, or other modern programming language
• Experience with deploying, configuring, administering, and troubleshooting software (both custom and COTS/FOSS) in a Linux environment
• Experience working in an Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud computing environment; similar for MS Azure is desired
• Experience integrating custom code with 3rd party software products/platforms (for example, development of custom plugins for a commercial or open-source product)
• Experience with version control systems such as git or Subversion
• Understanding of DevSecOps concepts and tools
• Must be willing to obtain a Top Secret clearance and eligible for SCI
• All candidates must be US Citizens

Preferred Qualifications:

• Understanding of SSL/TLS and PKI concepts
• Familiarity with one or more common identity and access management protocols/standards, just as OAuth, SAML, LDAP, SCIM, or OIDC

• Prior knowledge of (or experience with) the Oracle Identity and Access Management (IAM) suite (including OAM, OUD, and OHS), API Gateways, Apache web servers and/or proxy servers, and application servers is a major plus
• Direct experience with multiple of the following and a desire to learn the others:
  • Database setup and integration, both relational and NoSQL (Oracle DB, MySQL, CouchDB)
  • DevOps automation tools (Ansible, Chef, Puppet)
  • Source control and Agile development tools (Git, Maven, Jenkins, Bitbucket, Jira, Confluence)
  • Analytics and search engines (Elasticsearch, Splunk, Apache Solr)

Clearance Requirements*

Must be willing and able to obtain a TS/SCI with polygraph within the customer’s timeline after hire. Applicants selected will be subject to a U.S. Government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Due to the nature of work performed within our facilities, U.S. citizenship is required.

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.

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.