Software Engineer

Description

Job Description:

The Defense Group at Leidos currently has an opening for a full-time telework Software Engineer position. This is an exciting opportunity to use your experience helping the Defense Civilian HR Management System (DCHRMS) program. This program supports large HR data systems for our customer, the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).

The role will support all sustainment activities for a .NET system running across multiple environments. This will include following a continuous software development life cycle and applying agile methodologies to quickly meet stakeholder needs. This will include daily scrums and weekly rhythms to facilitate fixes and information gathering as well as ongoing collaboration with other parts of DMDC. The role will be working on a small Leidos team with embedded DMDC employees and will regularly interface with a large number of external government stakeholders across the DMDC enterprise. Work will include application and database changes, code and unit testing, cyber remediations, audit support, technical inquiries, architectural exchanges, documentation updates, system triage, and ad hoc requests from users and DMDC. The candidate should expect a dynamic work environment with new priorities and processes each week. We want someone who already has the necessary clearance and expertise so they can support the team immediately. This position will report to the DCHRMS Application Support Manager.

Primary Responsibilities

• Design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance of .NET applications and SQL Server databases

• Ensure uninterrupted day-to-day operations

• Perform cybersecurity remediation and big fixes for the application and underlying software

• Perform analysis of software requirements

• Support the full software development lifecycle

• Support upgrades, patches, and migrations

• Troubleshooting operational and development issues

• Create and update required documentation

• Manage code, database, script, and documentation baselines

• Collaborate regularly with teammates, management, and customers

• Recommend and follow best practices

• Triage support for operational issues

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree with 6 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 4 years of prior relevant experience

• Holds an active investigation (Tier 5) in order to be adjudicated to the IT-I level Position of Trust

• Active Security+ certification

• Proficiency with .NET Framework 4.6, MVC 4, VB.NET, C#, Entity Management Framework 6, SQL Server, Razor pages, jQuery, other JavaScript libraries, iTextSharp PDF, and other related technologies

• Willing to obtain additional technology certifications as necessary

• Willing to work occasional nights and weekends

• Ability to ramp up quickly on a new system

• Good communication and collaboration skills

• Demonstrated responsiveness and patience when working with stakeholders

• Excellent multitasking ability

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous knowledge of the Federal Wage System (FWS) and associated processes

• Previous experience supporting the Wage and Salary Division (WSD)

• Familiarity with cloud-based technologies like Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, AWS, etc.

• Familiarity with Oracle SQL or similar database languages

• Familiarity Agile scrum development processes and tools

• Familiarity with full-stack development processes and tools

• Familiarity with DevSecOps processes and tools

Pay Range:

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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About Leidos

Leidos is a Fortune 500® technology, engineering, and science solutions and services leader working to solve the world’s toughest challenges in the defense, intelligence, civil, and health markets. The company’s 47,000 employees support vital missions for government and commercial customers. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $14.4 billion for the fiscal year ended December 30, 2022.   For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

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