The Homeland Sector within Leidos is seeking a Full Stack Software Developer Team Lead, with strong systems, software, cloud, and Agile experience to support a complex program to provide Agile development. In this role the candidate will support the Passenger Systems Program Directorate (PSPD) within Customs and Border Protection (CBP). In this hands-on position, you will work collaboratively to architect, design, build, deliver, and enhance highly available, scalable, real-time systems. You will exercise your judgment in determining and recommending the best designs based on customer business objectives, timelines and other resource constraints. You will participate in and/or direct major deliverables of projects through all aspects of the software development lifecycle including scope and work estimation, architecture and design, coding and unit testing. The team lead will direct an Agile development team to successfully support all design, creation, maintenance, and testing of JAVA full stack applications.
This position REQUIRES the candidate to be in Ashburn, VA, twice a week
Primary Responsibilities:
• Guide team development efforts towards successful project delivery. Guide team development efforts towards successful project delivery.
• Directly guide, mentor, and coach a team of three senior developers. Directly guide, mentor, and coach a team of three senior developers.
• Monitor team performance; resolve impediments; develop and implement solutions for driving improvement. Monitor team performance; resolve impediments; develop and implement solutions for driving improvement.
• Coordinate schedule execution and plan program-wide software/architecture releases. Coordinate schedule execution and plan program-wide software/architecture releases.
• Lead Program Increment (PI) Planning from technical aspect. Grooming the objectives and provide technical details, work on architecture. Lead Program Increment (PI) Planning from technical aspect. Grooming the objectives and provide technical details, work on architecture.
• Lead cross-team collaboration in support of development, testing, and deployment efforts Lead cross-team collaboration in support of development, testing, and deployment efforts
• Brief customers on the development progress throughout the PI cycle on program status, including the status of testing, deployment, and release readiness Brief customers on the development progress throughout the PI cycle on program status, including the status of testing, deployment, and release readiness
• Maintain application posture for code coverage and ensure the CM process defined is working for the team. Maintain application posture for code coverage and ensure the CM process defined is working for the team.
• Build the front-end of applications through appealing visual design and define needs for build APIs. Build the front-end of applications through appealing visual design and define needs for build APIs.
• Maintain high standards of software quality using software development best practices and automated testing. Maintain high standards of software quality using software development best practices and automated testing.
• Identify and encourage areas for growth and improvement within the team. Identify and encourage areas for growth and improvement within the team.
• Collaborate with government customers on requirements development. Collaborate with government customers on requirements development.
• Analyze and resolve technical and application problems. Analyze and resolve technical and application problems.
• Lead developers are expected to be hands-on; to contribute and participate as a senior developer when needed Lead developers are expected to be hands-on; to contribute and participate as a senior developer when needed
Basic Qualifications:
• BA/BS and 12+ years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 10+ years of prior relevant experience OR 4 years of directly related experience in lieu of degree BA/BS and 12+ years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 10+ years of prior relevant experience OR 4 years of directly related experience in lieu of degree
• Must be able to maintain and obtain a CBP Background Investigation prior to start Must be able to maintain and obtain a CBP Background Investigation prior to start
• Must be a US citizen Must be a US citizen
• 8 years of hands-on experience using at least 6 the following, but not limited to: Angular, JavaScript, CSS, & HTML, Springboot, Material UI, JAVA etc. AWS Cloud, Amazon Elastic Kubernete Service (EKS), Ansible, GIT, Rafay RESTful Web Services, Hibernate Oracle/ MySQL/Postgres, microservices, Springboot, Java. 8 years of hands-on experience using at least 6 the following, but not limited to:
• Angular, JavaScript, CSS, & HTML, Springboot, Material UI, JAVA etc. Angular, JavaScript, CSS, & HTML, Springboot, Material UI, JAVA etc.
• AWS Cloud, Amazon Elastic Kubernete Service (EKS), Ansible, GIT, Rafay AWS Cloud, Amazon Elastic Kubernete Service (EKS), Ansible, GIT, Rafay
• RESTful Web Services, Hibernate RESTful Web Services, Hibernate
• Oracle/ MySQL/Postgres, microservices, Springboot, Java. Oracle/ MySQL/Postgres, microservices, Springboot, Java.
• CI/CD, Experience in Agile development, and UX/UI. CI/CD, Experience in Agile development, and UX/UI.
• Experience with wireframe software to formulate effective mockups. Experience with wireframe software to formulate effective mockups.
• Must be a self-starter, strong leader, and can work independently with little supervision. Must be a self-starter, strong leader, and can work independently with little supervision.
• Knowledge of software design patterns. Knowledge of software design patterns.
• Proficiency with MS Office Products (Word, Excel, Visio, & PowerPoint). Proficiency with MS Office Products (Word, Excel, Visio, & PowerPoint).
• Proficiency with common Agile practices, service-oriented environments, and better development practices. Proficiency with common Agile practices, service-oriented environments, and better development practices.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience with DevOps frameworks. Experience with DevOps frameworks.
• Experience with Jira, Confluence. Experience with Jira, Confluence.
Preferred Qualifications:
• Active DOD Top Secret or DHS CBP BI Active DOD Top Secret or DHS CBP BI
• Solid experience as a full stack Java developer. Solid experience as a full stack Java developer.
• AWS, Microservices, User experience , containerization, CI/CD AWS, Microservices, User experience , containerization, CI/CD
• Experience in AWS App Development. Experience in AWS App Development.
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Original Posting:
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:
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.