Leidos

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Chantilly, VA

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Role family: Engineering
Seniority: Mid level
Stated salary: $131,300 per year
Country: US
Work mode: On-site / unstated
First seen by hirly: 27 Sept 2026

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Leidos is seeking a Software Developer for a 200+ FTE technical development program supporting the Sponsor’s Entitlement Programs as well as IdAM /ICAM, Authentication, Authorization, Attributes and Digital Policy Management. The Software Developer will work with a large team of developers, software engineers and data engineers. The successful candidate will support continuity of our customer’s mission by helping to modernize and implement industry standards while ensuring secure, reliable, and uninterrupted availability of IT systems.

Primary Responsibilities:

List daily duties and/or specific job responsibilities.
Maintain and modernize legacy applications
Ability to write/develop custom scripts to install and configure code in EC2 instances
Leverage Amazon Web Services
Design and utilize custom ETL Methodology
Develop RESTful API (spring boot)
Develop Java and Angular (Typescript) applications leveraging Elasticsearch
Conduct unit testing and peer code reviews
Utilize automated testing frameworks (Selenium)
Possess strong communication, design, and documentation skills
Possess strong organization, time, and workflow management skills
Collaborate with internal/external teams to deliver technically sound solutions
Ability to methodically think through technical challenges in a collaborative team environment in order to provide technically sound solutions
Work within the parameters of Agile & Scrum methodologies
Mentor junior developers on community best practices

Required Quals:

Active TS/SCI with Polygraph
BS degree and 12+ years of prior relevant experience. Additional experience in lieu of degree.
Full Stack Development
Experience in multiple programming languages (Java, spring boot, Angular (Typescript), and the Cloud / Amazon Web Services)
Experience in reading and developing solutions to satisfy customer requirements and specifications
Experience working in Command Line (RH Linux)
Experience developing custom ETL methodology
Knowledge of Confluence, Jira, Git, and Jenkins

Desired Quals:

Experience with Identity and Accessibility development practices
Experience with containerization and modular development
Experience with automation methodologies like selenium
Experience with automation services such as Rundeck
Familiarity with UI/UX Design
Certification - Amazon Web Services (AWS)

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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.

Original Posting:

September 17, 2026

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

Pay Range $131,300.00 - $237,350.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

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