# Software Developer

**Company**: Leidos
**Location**: Valparaiso, FL
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $87,100.00 - $157,450.00
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Aerospace & Defence

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## Description

The Defense Sector at Leidos is seeking a motivated and talented Software Engineer to join our team on-site at Eglin AFB, FL, in support of the Joint Staff J6 Joint Assessment Division (JAD).

As a JAD Software Engineer, you will work alongside other experienced software engineers, data scientists, and analysts, applying your skills to solve real-world challenges in a dynamic and impactful environment.

**Primary Responsibilities:**

- Support system engineering life cycle for software and hardware data collection components, including designing, developing, maintaining, testing, and deploying software solutions.

- Write clean, well-documented, and testable code following established coding standards.

- Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to peers.

- Participate in an agile development environment with sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives.

- Write documentation, including technical specifications and user guides.

- Design and implement database schemas and develop triggers and queries to support analysis.

- Work on automating processes, creating scripts, and improving efficiency of workflows.

- Proactively identify areas for improvement and suggest innovative solutions.

- Research and explore new technologies and create prototypes to demonstrate their potential.

- Interact with customers and functional peer groups to gain cooperation regarding solution design and approaches to operations.

**Example Project Areas:**

- Web Development: Building and improving web applications using React for user interfaces.

- Backend Development: Developing and maintaining backend services using C# and MySQL relational databases.

- Specialized Data Parsing & Interpretation: Develop software to parse and interpret data adhering to specific military standards.

- Networking and Data Protocol Interfacing: Design, implement, and test code to interface with different data protocols, such as TCP/IP, HTTP/HTTPS, UDP, gRPC, Serial Communications, and Custom Protocols.

- Desktop application development: Debug or develop new features in standalone Windows desktop applications.

**Basic Qualifications:**

- US Citizen with at least an active Secret clearance and the ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret clearance.

- Bachelor's degree with 4+ years of experience or Master's degree with 2+ years of experience.

- Strong understanding of fundamental programming concepts and data structures.

- Proficiency in at least one programming language, such as C#, Java, C++, or JavaScript.

- Familiarity with relational databases (e.g., MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL).

- Familiarity with version control systems, such as Git.

- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.

- Strong communication and teamwork skills.

- Ability to learn quickly and adapt to new technologies.

- Current baseline certification meeting IAT-2 (e.g. CompTIA Security+)

- Professional writing and oral presentation skills and Microsoft Office proficiency

**Preferred Qualifications:**

- US Citizen with an active Top Secret clearance and the ability to maintain that clearance during your employment with Leidos.

- Experience with web development frameworks, such as React, Angular, or Vue.js.

- Experience with cloud platforms, such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.

- Experience with Agile development and software testing methodologies.

- Understanding of networking fundamentals including IP addressing, ports, sockets, and network layers.

- Familiarity with data serialization formats, such as JSON, XML, and Protobuf.

- Experience with data archival and recovery activities

- Some experience with APIs and client/server architecture is beneficial.

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## Skills

### Required
- C#
- Java
- C++
- JavaScript
- MySQL
- PostgreSQL
- Git
- CompTIA Security+

### Nice to have
- React
- Angular
- Vue.js
- AWS
- Azure
- GCP
- Agile development
- JSON
- XML
- Protobuf

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