Principal Software Engineer Security Clearance

Position: Principal Software Engineer with Security Clearance
Location: Annapolis Junction

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- Description Leidos has a new and exciting opportunity for a Principal Software Engineer in our Intelligence Sector's, Cyber & Analytics Business Area (CABA). Our talented team is at the forefront in Security Engineering, Computer Network Operations (CNO), Mission Software, Analytical Methods and Modeling, Signals Intelligence (SIGINT), and Cryptographic Key Management. At Leidos, we offer competitive benefits, including Paid Time Off, 11 paid Holidays, 401K with a 6% company match and immediate vesting, Flexible Schedules, Discounted Stock Purchase Plans, Technical Upskilling, Education and Training Support, Parental Paid Leave, and much more.

Join us and make a difference in National Security! Leidos is seeking a Software Engineer to join a small Agile development team supporting the modernization and enhancement of a mission-critical enterprise application. The successful candidate will contribute to the evolution of a Java-based application with an Angular front end and Postgre

SQL backend, currently deployed on Apache Tomcat. The team is modernizing the platform through adoption of Spring Boot, containerization, microservices architecture, and eventual migration to AWS cloud services. The ideal candidate is experienced in modern software development practices and has hands-on expertise with Java, RESTful APIs, cloud-native architectures, document parsing, and application modernization efforts. This position is part of a highly collaborative Scrum team consisting of three developers and one tester, delivering capabilities on a four-week sprint cadence.

Primary Responsibilities
* Analyze user and system requirements to design and implement software solutions.

* Develop, test, debug, and maintain Java and Angular applications.

* Design, develop, and maintain RESTful APIs, service integrations, Postgre

SQL database interactions, queries, and data access components.

* Support application modernization efforts, including migration to Spring Boot, decomposition of monolithic functionality into microservices, and application containerization initiatives.

* Implement and maintain document parsing and data processing capabilities while supporting cloud migration initiatives.

* Collaborate within an Agile/Scrum team to deliver software capabilities on a four-week sprint cadence.

* Participate in code reviews, troubleshooting, testing activities, continuous process improvement, technical documentation, and utilization of Git Lab CI/CD, Jira, and Confluence to support development and delivery activities.

Required Qualifications
* Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related discipline from an accredited college or university. Candidates without Bachelor's degrees will be considered on a case by case basis and require 4 additional years of related experience.

* Fourteen (14) or more years of experience as a Software Engineer on programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity.

* Experience developing software using Java and developing web applications using Angular or similar front-end frameworks.

* Experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs and working with Postgre

SQL or other relational database technologies.

* Experience with application modernization and software architecture evolution.

* Experience working within Agile/Scrum development teams and creating and maintaining technical documentation.

* Security Clearance Requirement:
Active TS/SCI with Polygraph.

Preferred Qualifications
* Experience migrating applications to Spring Boot.

* Experience containerizing applications using Docker or similar technologies and designing and implementing microservices architectures.

* Experience deploying or migrating applications to government AWS cloud environments, including AWS services such as Fargate and Aurora Postgre

SQL.

* Experience implementing and maintaining Git Lab CI/CD pipelines and utilizing Jira and Confluence.

* Experience with document parsing, data extraction, content processing frameworks. KQW conmd 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…