Software Engineer - Entry Level

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Job Summary:

Leidos is dedicated to making the world a safer place, focusing on helping customers in the Defense Industry. The Software Engineer role involves designing and developing mission-critical software for national defense, participating in various testing phases, and collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop and maintain mission-critical software in support of national defense, and intelligence gathering products for both airborne and ground-based systems

• Participate in laboratory, ground and flight testing to validate software

• Document and communicate proposed software solutions with integrated, cross-functional engineering teams in a fast paced highly technical environment

• Stay up to date on state-of-the-art programming techniques and software technologies

• Participate in software design and code reviews to ensure delivery of quality products and enhance skillsets

Qualifications:

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree and 2-4 years of prior relevant experience or a Master’s degree with less than 2 years of experience in software engineering, computer engineering or related field. Additional years of experience may be considered in lieu of degree.

• Experience programming in one or more of the following languages: C++, Java, Python

• Experienced in systems integration, maintenance, and troubleshooting of complex system problems

• Experience working in a SIL environment

• Ability to communicate effectively in writing and verbally from informal one-on-one discussions or in a small group environment.

• Work well within a team and independently with minimal supervision.

• Ability to work within a dynamic work environment, ability to handle multiple tasks at once (multi-task)

• Strong desire to grow and learn new technologies.

• Must be a US Citizen.

• Must be able to obtain and maintain a top-secret security clearance.

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills

Preferred:

• Active DoD TS/SCI clearance

• Familiar with Agile Methodologies, preferably SCRUM or Kanban

• Experience with Atlassian tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Bitbucket

• Experience with model and simulation environments to support simulation and test

• Experience with Live and Virtual Constructive environments to understand complex systems and troubleshooting points for integration

• Familiarity with DoD Open Architectures such as OMS and SOSA

• Experience with containerization technologies such as docker or podman

• Experience with Kubernetes

• Experience developing and deploying to offline environments

• Strong understanding of Linux systems

• Experience with Unit Testing and CI/CD

• Strong understanding of IP based network protocols such as TCP, UDP, and HTTP

• Prior experience working with the DoD

Company:

Leidos is a Fortune 500® innovation company rapidly addressing the world’s most vexing challenges in national security and health. Founded in 1969, the company is headquartered in Reston, Virginia, USA, with a team of 10001+ employees. The company is currently Public Company.