Software Engineer
LeidosVirginia, United States
Posted February 10, 2026
107900 - 195050 USD
Full Time
About the Company
Leidos is a Fortune 500® innovation company rapidly addressing the world’s most vexing challenges in national security and health. The company's global workforce of 48,000 collaborates to create smarter technology solutions for customers in heavily regulated industries. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $15.4 billion for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2023. Leidos was cited for the meaningful work employees perform that is challenging, impactful, and aligned with our customers’ missions as reasons professionals want to work and stay at our company. Leidos has also been named to lists including Forbes’ Best Employers for Diversity, Forbes’ America’s Best Employers for Women, Military Times Best for Vets Employers, and Ethisphere Institute’s World's Most Ethical Companies®. Employees enjoy career enrichment opportunities available through mobility and development and experience rewarding relationships with supportive supervisors and talented colleagues and customers. Employees appreciate our flexible work environment, allowing for and encouraging a true work-life balance. Our professionals are also excited about our Employee Resource Groups, like the Collaborative Outreach with Remote and Embedded Employees (CORE), which strives to create an environment where every employee, regardless of location, feels fully engaged as a valued employee of Leidos. Your most important work is ahead, visit careers.leidos.com for our latest opportunities.
Job Description
The Intelligence Sector at Leidos has an opening for a Software Engineer in Herndon, Virginia. The selected candidate will use their experience to support the DIA’s SITE III JIOC mission. They will design, develop, and test software, participate in acceptance criteria development, and use Open Source and COTS tools to automate testing.
Requirements
- Agile software methodology
- Software engineering design best practices
- Active TS/SCI with polygraph or TS with SCI eligibility and ability to obtain a polygraph
- Bachelor’s degree in an area applicable to the position with 8+ years of relevant experience or a Master’s degree with 6+ years of relevant experience or a PhD with 5 years of relevant experience
- Programming language experience including Java, JavaScript, and Python
- Experience in RHEL and ORACLE environments
- AWS technologies: PostgreSQL, Oracle
- Experience using modern techniques such as REST, JSON, Spring, Spring Boot, JavaScript, Ember.js frameworks
- Ability to work independently and in a team environment
- Experience with Docker, KeyCloak, Wildfly, Tomcat, ArcGIS, Fid
- Experience using Git, Jenkins, Gitlab
- Experience with EC2, S3
- Understanding of and experience with network administration and security protocols on various domains
- Experience with Joint Intelligence Operations Command (JIOC) applications and/or intelligence data
- Experience within the DIA (Defense Intelligence Agency) or other DoD security domains