Senior Software Engineer
Company: Leidos
Location: Herndon
Posted on: April 1, 2026
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Job Description:
The Intelligence Sector at Leidos currently has an opening for a
Senior Software Engineer in Herndon, Virginia. This is an exciting
opportunity to use your experience supporting the DIA’s SITE III
JIOC mission. Key Responsibilities: • The selected candidate should
have experience with agile software methodology, and software
engineering design best practices. The candidate will work within a
cross-functional Scrum team, and will be responsible for developing
software, participating in acceptance criteria development,
creating scripts, and utilizing Open Source and COTS tools to
automate testing, documenting instructions, and participating in
integration activities. • Designs, develops, documents, tests and
debugs applications software and systems that contain logical and
mathematical solutions. • Confers with systems analysts, engineers,
programmers, and others to design system and to obtain information
on project limitations and capabilities, performance requirements
and interfaces. • Designs, develops, and modifies software systems,
using scientific analysis and mathematical models to predict and
measure outcomes and consequences of design. • Coordinates software
system installations and monitors equipment functioning to ensure
specifications are met. • Performs software engineering and
development activities associated with supporting, maintaining, and
enhancing software. • Develops and integrates bug fixes and new
feature enhancements using DIA standard development tools and
processes (e.g., Eclipse, VS Code, Gitlab). REQUIRED Clearance:
Active TS/SCI with polygraph, or TS with SCI eligibility and
ability to obtain a polygraph Required Qualifications: • A
Bachelor’s degree in an area applicable to the position with 12
years of relevant experience OR a Master’s degree with 10 years of
relevant experience OR a PhD with 8 years of relevant experience;
an additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of a
degree requirement. • Programming Language Experience including –
but not limited to –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. • Experience
with Docker, KeyCloak, Wildfly, Tomcat, ArcGIS, Fid • Ability to
work independently and in a team environment. Desired
Qualifications: • 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 highly
desired 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: February 10, 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.
Keywords: Leidos, Severn , Senior Software Engineer, IT / Software / Systems , Herndon, Maryland
