Leidos Digital Modernization Sector is looking for a Senior Software Developer to work on the Army Global Unified Network (AGUN) – Increment 1 (INC1) program. The Global Enterprise Network Modernization – OCONUS (GENM-O) is a critical mission provider responsible for keeping the Army connected through global network modernization projects. The Army Global Unified Network (AGUN) - Increment 1 (INC1) will unify the next generation of Army transport to comply with the Joint Regional Security Stack (JRSS) divestiture mandate. A phased systematic approach is required to provide individual sites with standardized, updated technology systems to ensure the Army’s Information Technology (IT) infrastructure is equipped to provide soldiers with cutting-edge technology to ensure applications, data, and enterprise services are accessible, trusted, and interoperable across the globe. A successful candidate should have proven ability to lead, problem solve, and deliver superior results as part of a high performing team in a fast-paced environment. On this program, you will have the opportunity to build strong systems and software utilizing cloud capabilities to support a complex program. Based in DevOps framework, you will participate in and/or direct major deliverables throughout all aspects of the software development lifecycle including scope and work estimation, architecture and design, coding, unit testing, and operations network services.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Participate in software programming initiatives to support innovation and enhancement
• Solve higher level and larger scope technical problems * Develop, prototype, and deploy solutions within Commercial Cloud Solutions leveraging Infrastructure platform services
• Broad understanding of system development, operations and maintenance
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and system administration experience
• Coding skills to be able to automate infrastructure and deployment functions
• Experience with DevOps pipeline and IaC-based tools/frameworks such as CloudFormation, Terraform, Jenkins, and GitLab.
• Understand advanced software development practices, and have a solid knowledge of and experience with one or more of the following: Bash, YAML, JSON, Terraform, Ansible, and Python
• Experience with AWS CLI
• Coordinate closely with team members, Product Owners and Scrum Masters to ensure User Story alignment and implementation to customer use cases
• Document and perform systems software development, including security artifacts, testing artifacts, and deployment of build artifacts across different environments leveraging GitOps constructs
• Communicate key project data to team members and build team cohesion and effectiveness.
• Create innovative solutions to meet the technical needs of customers.
• Work from established DevSecOps requirements to support complex software and hardware systems' rapid development, security, testing, validation, and fielding.
• Create and implement the processes and tools to deliver an automated, CI/CD pipeline based DevSecOps system capable of supporting VM and container applications for AGUN SDN Capabilities and Network Management.
• Participate in software programming initiatives to support innovation and enhancement,
• Solving higher level and larger scope technical problems
• Develop, prototype and deploy solutions within Commercial Cloud Solutions leveraging Infrastructure platform services
• Individual must have a broad understanding of system development, operations and maintenance
• Coding skills to be able to automate infrastructure and deployment functions

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree and 2-4 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with less than 2 years of related experience. A combination of education and experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Demonstrated experience working within the Agile framework.
• 8570 IAT II and Operating System certification

What we would like you to know:

• Support the development life cycle of platform architectural design, deployment and debugging.
• Building a release pipeline to enable fast, but safe delivery of critical network infrastructure software to Production.
• Develop & Maintain sound version control best practices-based CM systems (GIT), including branching and merging strategies.
• Serve as a technical lead for an Agile team and actively participate in all Agile ceremonies.
• Participate in all team ceremonies including planning, grooming, product demonstration and team retrospectives.
• Ability to automate release deployments across development, test, staging, Quality Assurance and production stacks using a combination of scripting languages and other automation toolkits.
• Maintain / upgrade/ patch tracking and documentation software (Confluence / Jira).
• Create, Assist, and Implement design and maintenance web service infrastructure and deployments.
• Identify processes and capabilities that can be streamlined and automated.
• Assist with support and operations where necessary.
• Leverage programming Languages such as Python, Terraform, Ansible, and Bash.
• Proficient with DevOps or Site Reliability Engineering methodologies.
• Ability to have a holistic view of service development and deployment architecture.
• Understanding of SLA requirements and role of high availability architectures, performance optimization, and monitoring techniques.
• Set up and configure a continuous integration environment by leveraging Configuration Management, containerization, serverless technologies, and Kubernetes.
• Experience working cross functionally across multiple teams.
• Experience with Agile and DevSecOps concepts and best practices.
• Fundamental background in software design patterns and programming languages. Preferred Qualifications:
• Relevant DoD and/or Industry work experience in DOD Enterprise Network.
• Understanding in Network Management and Monitoring.
• Direct experience with API integrations between applications.
• Experience managing/monitoring AWS cloud and virtualized servers for optimal performance while working in a Platform as a Service (PaaS) environment.
• Excellent problem solving, analytical skills and technical troubleshooting skills. * Clarity and precision in verbal and written communications.
• Strong knowledge of Linux and Linux environments.

Experience with two (2) or more of the following

• Atlassian products (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, etc.).
• VMware tools. o CI/CD pipeline tools like Jenkins, and GitLab.
• OpenShift, Docker and container orchestration tools like Kubernetes.
• ELK (Kibana a plus).
• Knowledge of security practices, networking protocols, firewalls, and zero trust Security.
• Prior experience working within Army’s IT infrastructure.

Original Posting Date:

2024-08-16

While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

Pay Range $65,000.00 - $117,500.00

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.