Software Architect

$122,200 - $220,900/Yr

Leidos - Washington, DC

Full-time - Senior

Remote - Washington, DC

1,001-5,000 employees

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Senior Software Architect at Leidos will play a crucial role in the Digital Modernization sector, specifically supporting the Global Solutions Management - Operations II (GSM-O II) contract. This position involves hands-on collaboration with a team of software engineers to provide technical expertise in Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD), SecDevOps, and Software Configuration Management. The architect will be responsible for developing innovative solutions and ensuring the rapid delivery of specialized applications for the NSC IT group in Washington, DC.

Responsibilities

• Develop automated CI/CD build/deployment pipelines using Cloudbees/Jenkins, Artifactory, OpenShift/Kubernetes, Docker, Ansible and Bitbucket.
• Lead software configuration management (SCM) release planning and version control, providing SCM support throughout a software product's life cycle.
• Provide technical direction, leadership, guidance and training on CM processes to a team of software engineers.
• Plan and manage parallel software development and release cycles, ensuring the consistency and reliability of software builds.
• Develop automated tests using Ansible, Selenium, JMeter, Junit and/or other applicable tools.
• Design, develop, document, test and deploy software written in Python, JavaScript, Java and SQL.
• Assist with the deployment, configuration, testing, troubleshooting, maintenance, updates/upgrades of Kafka and Elastic clusters and environments.
• Work with an Agile team, attend daily scrums and demonstrate working software while collaborating with a geographically distributed team.
• Troubleshoot and resolve installation, infrastructure and system issues.
• Proactively and independently identify, report, monitor, and mitigate technical risks.

Requirements

• DoD TS/SCI clearance prior to start date.
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college in a related discipline and 8-12 years of prior relevant experience.
• Strong working knowledge of Git and experience with development workflows in Bitbucket or an equivalent tool.
• Experience designing, building and deploying DevOps pipelines with Bitbucket, Git, Jenkins, Artifactory and Ansible (or equivalent tools).
• Experience designing and implementing application deployment pipelines and developing software in a containerized environment with Kubernetes and Docker.
• Full software lifecycle automation experience (design, development, test, deployment), including deployment to a production environment.
• Experience designing and building automated software testing pipelines using Ansible, Selenium, JMeter, Junit and/or other applicable tools.
• Experience in UI/UX Design technologies, front-end technologies/framework and libraries like Flex, jQuery, HTML, DHTML, JavaScript, ES6, Bootstrap 4.0, Material Design, JSON, CSS, XML/XSLT, AJAX.
• Expert in Visualization and ETL tools using DTS, SSIS, PowerBI, Crystal Reports, Plotly, Chart.JS, D3.js.
• Experience with MVC4, WCF, Blazor, GitHub, React 16/18, NodeJS, Angular 14, VueJS.
• Experience with NativeScript, HTML5, TFS, Git, Jenkins, Docker, Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), TFS, xUnit, Nunit.
• Experience in Azure and AWS Cloud computing - Azure Functions, Apps, Blob Storage, Logic Apps, Data Lake Analytics, Data Lake Storage, Data Factory, Table Storage, U-SQL Active Directory, Apache, VMs.
• Experience with Databases (Oracle, MS SQL TSQL, MongoDB, CosmosDB, OLAP, Data Warehousing, Business Objects).
• Previous SCM experience, including release planning, managing software baselines, merging branches, and producing software builds.
• Experience designing, developing and deploying software in a cloud environment.
• Strong experience working on a UNIX command line platform.
• Strong communication skills that enable proactive and effective collaboration with a virtual team.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience developing and deploying software in a DoD environment (DISA experience is a plus).
• Experience with Atlassian tools, including Bitbucket integrations with JIRA and Confluence.
• Experience integrating code review systems into the SCM process.
• Experience with static code analysis, particularly security scans.
• Experience working remotely with a geographically dispersed team.
• Experience working as part of an Agile software development team.

Benefits

• Competitive salary range of $122,200 - $220,900 per year.
• Opportunities for professional development and training.
• Work in a collaborative and innovative environment.