Security Verification Test; SVT Software Engineer TS​/SCI Polygraph

Overview

Security Verification Test (SVT) Software Engineer. The selected individual will perform software development activities as a member of an agile development team focused on preparation and execution of verification tests of our software releases. Development includes turning agile stories into implementable concepts, through development, testing and deployment of new capabilities in this large, complex system. Following the Behavior Driven Development (BDD) pattern, developers are responsible for implementing robust testing leveraging DEVOPS automation and, where appropriate, use of test automation commercial tools.

Developers will have the opportunity to focus on developing customer domain specific language code and there are opportunities for Java, embedded C++, scripting languages, object-oriented modeling tools, low-level programming, serialization/deserialization, and dependency injection.

Leidos has a new and exciting opportunity for a Security Verification Test (SVT) Software Engineer in our Intel Sector's Cyber & Analytics Business Area (CABA). This role requires working with a talented team at the forefront of Security Engineering, Computer Network Operations, Mission Software, Analytical Methods and Modeling, Signals Intelligence, and Cryptographic Key Management.

• The SVT Software Engineer will be responsible for software development activities both individually and as a member of an agile team.
• Actively participate in Program Increment planning and related team activities.
• Analyze and study complex system requirements; use design software tools and formal specifications; provide support using data flow diagrams and other accepted design techniques with CASE tools.
• Apply sound software engineering principles to ensure developed code is modifiable, efficient, reliable, understandable, fault-tolerant, and reusable.
• Provide software process management and control throughout the coding portion of the software development process.
• Promote code reuse and cross-program collaboration while reducing maintenance costs by creating common functions and shared actions for developers and testers.
• Engineer, author, tune, and document automation scripts in a development environment and deploy to the test/production bench.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related discipline and at least 8 years of relevant experience. Additional experience may be substituted for a degree.
• Demonstrated experience with Java.
• Experience or familiarity with multiple of the following:
  Java/JEE, Python, C/C++, SQL, SOAP, WSDL, WADL, PERL, Power Shell, VBS, Eclipse, Postgres, Oracle, Jenkins.
• Experience with Web Application User Interface Development, knowledge of databases and structures, and/or experience working with JSON, HTML, XML, XSLT.
• Experience with technologies underlying cryptographic systems (symmetric and asymmetric cryptography, ASN.
  1 encoding, XML canonicalization, digital signatures).
• Experience developing on Windows and/or Linux operating systems.
• Professional experience with web services.
• Strong understanding of sound software development principles and practices.
• Ability to plan and prioritize personal tasking and communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-moving environment.
• Clearance Required:
  
  TS/SCI with Polygraph (up front).

• Experience with high level requirements management including requirements decomposition, secure systems engineering and development, trade-off analysis, interface control, and testing and continuous integration.
• Experience in software development on Agile teams using practices such as Pair Programming, TDD, Refactoring, and ATDD.
• Developing/integrating with custom defined Domain Specific Languages (DSL).
• Implementing structures in a scripting language that can be interpreted by a DSL.
• Experience with Object Software Modeling tools.
• Experience with developing real-time embedded software.
• Experience with JEE (EJB, JPA, JTA, JAX-B, JAX-RS, JAX-WS), SQL, application servers (Tomcat, Web Logic, JBoss), scripting.
• Experience with FITNesse, Mockito, Cucumber, Unified Functional Tester (UFT), Selenium.
• Experience with Behavior Driven Development (BDD).
• Secure software development (e.g., Layer 7 Policy).
• Experience with the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) methodology or SAFe Agilist Certification, or experience as a member of an agile team.
• Additional experience in J2EE, Python, C/C++, SQL, SOAP, WSDL, Postgres, Oracle, Mongo, Power Shell is a plus.

Pay Range
: $ - $

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