Backend Developer

Description

Job Description:

Leidos is seeking a Backend Developer for a critical and strategic new opportunity supporting the United States Space Force/Space Systems Center Enterprise Cross-mission Ground’s Defensive Cyber Operations for Space Branch (SSC/ECXCO).  SSC/ECXCO is designated as the responsible office to provide enterprise level DCO capability to the Space Enterprise. To accomplish the mission, applicant will be part of a team to prototype key defensive cyber features to include delivering space enterprise protection and threat detection, identification, protection, and response capabilities; Developing cyber solutions for the Enterprise Ground Service and future space systems; Providing operationally relevant cyberspace solutions through iterative development to meet mission needs today; Supporting legacy mission systems innovation/modernization during transition to Enterprise Ground Systems.  These capabilities are to be provided by Leidos via a small Agile SW Development team, co-located with the SSC/ECXCO customer in Colorado Springs, CO.  This is a full time position that must work at a customer location and no telework is allowed.  No clearance is required.

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead the development of software applications and/or tools that contain logical and mathematical solutions
• Conduct initial unit testing and/or early system integration testing of developed software applications
• Investigate problems identified during test
• Prepare operating instructions for the software application and/or tool
• Apply the appropriate standards, processes and principles in his/her daily activities
• Maintain requirements tracing through to test procedures, results and associated artifacts
• Participating in the design and creation of scalable software
• Writing clean, functional code on the back-end
• Build the back-end of applications through appealing visual design
• Develop and manage well-functioning databases and applications
• Write effective APIs
• Test software to ensure responsiveness and efficiency
• Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade software
• Create security and data protection settings
• Build features and applications with a mobile responsive design
• Write technical documentation

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or software engineering and 7+ years of experience
• Programming Language familiarity:  VBA
• Familiarity with Elastic Stack (ELK)
• Familiarity with Continuous integration (CI)/Continuous deliver (CD)
• Familiarity with cross-functional team leadership

Preferred Qualifications

• Holds an active TS/SCI security clearance
• Programming languages:  C, C#, C++, HTML, CSS, PHP, Java, JavaScript, Python, R, Perl
• Certified SAFe practitioner (SP), CISSP, and Certified Scrum Master
• Education:  Technical (STEM) Master’s degree
• Basic knowledge in the following:  SAFe DevOps, Git, GitHub, bash, Bitbucket, Kubernetes, Docker, Jenkins, Subversion, Kibana, ElasticSearch Web Services, continuous improvement.

Pay Range:

Pay Range $74,750.00 - $115,000.00 - $155,250.00