Software Architect

$122,200 - $220,900/Yr

Leidos - Washington, DC

Full-time - Senior

Remote - Washington, DC

10,001+ 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 within 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 support the NSC IT group in Washington, DC, focusing on the rapid delivery of innovative solutions and ensuring the reliability and consistency of software builds across various environments.

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 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.
• 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 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/frameworks 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 compensation
• Health and Wellness programs
• Life Protection
• Paid Leave
• Retirement plans