Software Developer

Leidos is seeking a Software Developer to support the GSM-O II contract for DISA. This DevSecOps Engineer role is centered on building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, strengthening secure operations, and improving observability across an AWS, Kubernetes, and Elastic-based environment.

The position is primarily remote, with on-site support as needed near Scott AFB in IL or Ft. Meade in MD. A Secret clearance is required at the start of employment, along with a Security+ certification within the required timeframe.

What you’ll do

• Develop automated CI/CD build and deployment pipelines using Jenkins (CloudBees), Artifactory, Kubernetes (OpenShift), Docker, Ansible, and Bitbucket.
• Support deployment, configuration, testing, troubleshooting, maintenance, and updates/upgrades for Kafka and Elastic clusters and environments.
• Configure applications to integrate network data into an Elastic (ELK) stack hosted in an AWS cloud environment.
• Align application configuration with DoD security standards, including DoD Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs).
• Build and maintain centralized dashboards and observability solutions covering application health, performance, availability, security posture, infrastructure utilization, and cloud spend.
• Implement proactive monitoring, alerting, and automation using metrics, logs, and traces to improve incident detection, operational visibility, root cause analysis, and reliability.
• Drive cloud and infrastructure cost optimization through resource utilization analysis, rightsizing, idle resource identification, storage and compute optimization, and FinOps best practices.
• Manage enterprise certificate lifecycle operations, including provisioning, renewal, rotation, expiration monitoring, and automation to support secure and uninterrupted service delivery.
• Collaborate with DevOps, Security, Cloud, and Application Engineering teams to integrate security controls, compliance monitoring, automation, and operational standards into CI/CD and production environments.
• Work on an Agile team with daily scrums, demonstrating working software with a geographically distributed (remote) team.
• Create automated tests using Ansible, Selenium, JMeter, JUnit, and/or other applicable tools.
• Troubleshoot and resolve installation, infrastructure, and system issues.
• Independently identify, report, monitor, and mitigate technical risks.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant technical discipline, plus 4-8 years of prior relevant experience, or a Master’s with 2-6 years of prior relevant experience.
• Experience developing software in an Agile environment and the ability to learn new technologies quickly on a growing project.
• Ability to multi-task, self-assign work, and perform in a geographically distributed, fast-paced environment.
• Experience with distributed version control such as Git and Bitbucket.
• Experience developing on a Linux platform.
• Knowledge of software engineering principles, theories, and concepts.
• Strong communication skills for proactive collaboration, including articulating status and presenting to customers and program leadership.
• Demonstrated leadership, attention to detail, and strong organizational and documentation skills.
• Ability to obtain an interim DoD Secret security clearance prior to the start date.
• Ability to obtain a DOD 8570 IAT level II or higher certification within 60 days of start date, such as Security+ CE or CISSP.

Salary and location

• Location: Scott AFB, IL 62225 (remote)
• Compensation: USD 87,100 - 157,450 per year

Benefits

• Health and Wellness programs
• Income Protection
• Paid Leave
• Retirement