Principal Full Stack Developer

$122,200 - $220,900/Yr

Leidos - Reston, VA

Full-time - Principal

Reston, VA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

We have an IMMEDIATE NEED for a Principal Full Stack Developer to provide Agile DevOps support to mission critical systems. As a Principal Full Stack Developer on this program, you will have the opportunity to build strong systems, software, and cloud environments and provide operations and maintenance for critical systems. The candidate will provide technical expertise and support in the design, development, implementation and testing of customer tools and applications. Based in a DevOps framework, participate in and/or direct major deliverables of projects through all aspects of the software development lifecycle including scope and work estimation, architecture and design, coding and unit testing. In this role, you will participate in software programming initiatives to support innovation and enhancement, using technologies such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Java, Python, SpringBoot, Hibernate, and Angular. You will be responsible for developing and directing software system validation and testing methods using Junit and Katalon, as well as developing and integrating custom software solutions to leverage automated deployment technologies. Additionally, you will develop, prototype, and deploy solutions within Commercial Cloud Solutions leveraging Infrastructure platform services. You will coordinate closely with team members, Product Owners, and Scrum Masters to ensure User Story alignment and implementation to customer use cases. Analyzing through proof of concept, performance, and end-to-end testing will be essential to effectively coordinate Infrastructure needs driven by developed software to meet customer mission needs. Supporting the Agile software development lifecycle following Program SAFe practices is also a key aspect of this position. You will utilize industry-leading DevOps tools like GitHub, Jenkins, and Unix bash scripting, and document and perform systems software development, including deployment of build artifacts across different environments leveraging GitFlow constructs. Communication of key project data to team members and building team cohesion and effectiveness will be crucial in this role. You will leverage the Atlassian tool suite like JIRA and Confluence to track activities and identify best practices and standard operating procedures, ultimately creating innovative solutions to meet the technical needs of customers.

Responsibilities

• Participate in software programming initiatives to support innovation and enhancement, using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Java, Python, SpringBoot, Hibernate, and Angular.
• Develop and direct software system validation and testing methods using Junit and Katalon.
• Develop and integrate custom developed software solutions to leverage automated deployment technologies.
• Develop, prototype and deploy solutions within Commercial Cloud Solutions leveraging Infrastructure platform services.
• Coordinate closely with team members, Product Owners and Scrum Masters to ensure User Story alignment and implementation to customer use cases.
• Analyze (through proof of concept, performance, and end-to-end testing) and effectively coordinate Infrastructure needs driven by developed software to meet customer mission needs.
• Support the Agile software development lifecycle following Program SAFe practices.
• Use industry leading DevOps tools like GitHub, Jenkins, Unix bash scripting.
• Document and perform systems software development, including deployment of build artifacts across different environments leveraging GitFlow constructs.
• Communicate key project data to team members and build team cohesion and effectiveness.
• Leverage Atlassian tool suite like JIRA and Confluence to track activities and identify best practices and standard operating procedures.
• Create innovative solutions to meet the technical needs of customers.

Requirements

• Proficient with common Agile practices, service-oriented environments, and development practices.
• Significant experience with Java, Angular, Spring and C2S.
• Significant experience in the software development lifecycle, with experience delivering within DevOps toolsets/practices.
• Experience utilizing software testing performance tools, such as Junit.
• Significant experience with scripting languages, such as Python, Bash.
• Significant experience working in an Agile development environment and tempo.
• Significant experience with development in Commercial Cloud Platforms (ex, AWS, Google Cloud, Azure).
• Experience with development leveraging cloud data services (ex: S3, RDS, EFS).
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal).
• Well versed with using version control systems.
• Well versed with using issue/problem tracking systems.
• Candidate must have Bachelor's degree with 12+ years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 6+ years of prior relevant experience. Additional years of experience can be accepted in lieu of a degree.
• Candidate must have an active TS/SCI with Poly.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience working on the customer's systems.
• Understanding of the customer's system development policies.
• Experience with structured analysis and design methodologies.