Splunk Engineer

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Job Description:

Are you ready to work on projects that can potentially change the world? Join us at Leidos, where your most important work is ahead!  You will be proud to say you work with Leidos because not only do we treat our employees like an important part of our business, everything we do is built on our commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our employees, and our communities.  You will enjoy great benefits such as 5 weeks of Paid Time Off, Flexible Schedules, Discounted Stock Purchase Plans, Education and Training Support and more! If this sounds like the kind of place where you can thrive, keep reading!

Program and Position Overview

As a Principal Software Engineer on you will join our large, multi-year contract that's mission is the development, integration, deployment and sustainment of large, collection systems. The work that's being done on this Leidos-led, prime contract is extremely important to the government and offers its team members the opportunity to work autonomously and explore new technologies. Join a tremendous technical team solving hard problems with true mission relevance on emerging technologies.

The Principal Engineer will use their rely on their extensive knowledge and expertise to set up the ingestion of various customer dataflows to include pre-processing data into a useable format. They will also support the development of Splunk dashboards.

To be successful in this role, the Principal Engineer should have the following knowledge, skills and abilities:

Ability to demonstrate a proven history of using Splunk to analyze and present SIGINT information.

Experience with processing and metrics tool used by the customer.

Knowledge of or willing to build working knowledge of Elastic Stack

Knowledge of or willing to build working knowledge of Ruby

Ability to construct a Kibana dashboard or Kibana Canvas workpad from scratch but will also modify existing ones.

In depth Linux experience

Knowledge of REST

Basic Qualifications    

Must have a background in SIGINT specifically in Survey and Signals.

Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related technical field

A minimum of 12 years of computer science experience with high-level language software programming. Bachelors degree in Computer Science will count toward two years of experience. Other related degrees will be considered on a case by case basis

Within the last 12 years, a minimum of 9 years experience with designing, coding, testing, and debugging software to run under either Microsoft Windows (XP or later) or UNIX (Solaris 8 or later, Redhat LINUX) Operating System

Within the last 12 years, a minimum of 7 years experience in at least one (1) of the specializations listed below:

Programming/Scripting Languages

Presentation (Client/Web)

Database Management

Web Technologies

Software Test/Integration

Systems Interfacing

Data Formatting

Middleware (Business Tier)

Frameworks

Candidate should have a proactive attitude, strong customer service skills and the ability to integrate into an existing team comprised of contractors and government customers.

Preferred Qualifications

Web development, React.js, Mongo, Java, and Spring

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About Leidos

Leidos is a Fortune 500^® information technology, engineering, and science solutions and services leader working to solve the world’s toughest challenges in the defense, intelligence, homeland security, civil, and health markets. The company’s 38,000 employees support vital missions for government and commercial customers. Headquartered in Reston, Va., Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $11.09 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2020. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

Pay and Benefits

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available here.

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Commitment to Diversity

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.