Description
Leidos is seeking a Senior Software Developer , Scrum Master to join the Air Traffic Business Area within the Homeland Sector, supporting the development of the Leidos Common Automation Platform (L-CAP).
L-CAP is a mission-critical, future-ready automation platform built on a hybrid cloud data mesh architecture, enabling next-generation air traffic management capabilities.
This role operates within a SAFe/Agile framework as part of an Agile Release Train (ART) delivering iterative value across the program.
Approximately 50% of your time will be spent designing, developing, testing, and maintaining production software for the L-CAP platform, while the remaining 50% will be dedicated to serving as Scrum Master for an Agile development team on the ART.
Primary Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test, review, debug, deploy, and maintain production-quality cloud-native microservices while contributing to software architecture and technical design decisions
- Facilitate Agile ceremonies, remove impediments, promote continuous improvement, and help the team deliver predictable sprint and PI outcomes
- Guide the team through SAFe cadence including PI planning, iteration planning, backlog refinement, system demos, and inspect-and-adapt workshops
- Track and communicate team flow metrics, velocity, and PI objective progress, using data to drive continuous improvement
- Coordinate with the Release Train Engineer, Product Owner, management, and cross-functional stakeholders to communicate team status, risks, dependencies, and delivery progress
- Manage cross-team and cross-ART dependencies, escalating and resolving blockers that threaten committed outcomes
- Leverage modern DevSecOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, AI-assisted development tools, and engineering best practices to accelerate delivery of secure, high-quality software
- Support integration with legacy air traffic systems and next-generation platform components, including interface definition and troubleshooting
- Support deployment, operational troubleshooting, and resolution of critical issues in development, test, and production environments
- Uphold code quality standards, automated testing practices, and peer review discipline within the team
- Mentor junior engineers and foster collaboration across engineering teams to ensure successful sprint execution and program delivery
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related discipline with 8+ years of relevant experience, or a Master's degree with 6+ years of relevant experience; may also possess a Doctorate. (Equivalent Experience may be used in lieu of degree)
- 5+ years of experience designing, developing, testing, and reviewing production Java applications
- 2+ years of experience serving as a Scrum Master on a SAFe Agile team within a large-scale software development environment
- Experience designing and implementing microservices and RESTful APIs, including JSON, XML, and XSD
- Significant experience with the Spring Framework, Spring Boot, and Spring Security
- Experience with unit testing frameworks such as JUnit and Mockito
- Experience with modern web front-end technologies (React, JavaScript, HTML, CSS)
- Significant experience with Linux
- Significant experience with version control systems such as Git
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps practices
- Experience with common development tools and IDEs (IntelliJ, Eclipse, VS Code, etc.)
- Understanding of sound software development principles and practices
- Ability to effectively communicate verbally and in writing with both technical and non-technical audiences
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust
- U.S. citizenship required
- Successful completion of background investigations as required by the government customer
Benefits
No specific benefits mentioned.
Why Leidos?
You'll work on systems where performance, precision, and reliability matter , every second. This is not experimental AI for prototypes. This is disciplined, responsible AI applied to mission-critical software that supports national infrastructure.