Senior Software Engineer

Description

Leidos is a Fortune 500 company bringing a mix of innovative technology and sector expertise to customers in the national security, engineering, and the health industries. At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customers' success. We empower our teams, contribute to our communities, and operate sustainable. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community.

Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide the way we do business.

The Leidos Digital Modernization Sector is seeking a qualified and trained Software Engineer, Sr. for a role in an engineering support services program for U.S. Army customers at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD. The Software Engineer, Sr. is responsible for performing the software engineering function, including the design, development, testing, troubleshooting, and debugging of software programs for enhancements and new software-intensive systems and products to bring about the successful completion of the CYBERTRON program goals and objectives.

The CYBERTRON program delivers highly skilled engineering services to the U.S. Army C5

ISR Center in their mission of cybersecurity research and development and cryptographic modernization.

• Design, code, test, debug and document software in a variety of programming languages.
• Analyze and/or code computer software using the latest programming languages and techniques.
• Perform software requirements analysis, analysis of hardware compatibility, development of software products and tools used for design, development and maintenance of infrastructure, and platforms.
• Create strategies for developing IT systems and applications.
• Evaluate alternative approaches and select optimal approaches.

• Must be a US Citizen and possess a Secret Clearance
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, electronics engineering or other engineering/technical discipline or 10+ years of relevant experience.
• Appropriate DoD 8750 certification (Security+ or higher).
• Have experience in a variety of software programming languages.
• Have experience in a variety of business systems and applications.
• Also have experience in designing, testing, debugging and documenting software.
• Requires expert knowledge of and ability to apply advanced technical principles, theories, and concepts.

• Eligible for TS / SCI
• Experience supporting Army programs

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo - because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 - and moving faster than anyone else dares.

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Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit

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