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Principal Python Software Engineer

Principal Python Software Engineer
Leidos
2 months 3 weeks ago

Description

Description We have an opportunity for a Software Engineer with knowledge in Python, R and SQL, along with strong systems, software, cloud, and Agile experience to support a complex program to provide Agile development and operations and maintenance for critical systems. Work directly with customers to understand customer needs, elicit requirements, develop a solution to those requirements, then demonstrate solution to customer and iterate on the solution. Based in DevOps framework, 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.

Primary Responsibilities

  • Independently interact with customer to understand pain points and elicit requirements
  • Develop, prototype and deploy solutions within Commercial Cloud Solutions leveraging Infrastructure platform services
  • Participate in software programming initiatives to support innovation and enhancement, using Python, Java, JavaScript, SpringBoot, Hibernate, Angular
  • Demonstrate proposed solutions independently to customer, then update solution based on customer feedback
  • Coordinate closely with team members, Product Owners, and Scrum Masters to ensure User Story alignment and implementation to customer use cases
  • Create innovative solutions to meet the technical needs of customers
  • Analyze (though proof of concept, performance, and end-to-end testing) and effectively coordinate Infrastructure needs driven by developed software to meet customer mission needs
  • Support the Agile software development lifecycle following Program SAFe practices
  • Use industry leading DevOps tools like GitHub, Jenkins, Unix bash scripting
  • Document and Perform systems software development, including deployment of build artifacts across different environments leverage GitFlow constructs
  • Communicate key project data to team members and build team cohesion and effectiveness
  • Leverage Atlassian tool suite like JIRA and Confluence to track activities
  • Apply and identify best practices and standard operating procedures

Basic Qualifications

  • Expert in using Python, R, and SQL
  • Experience in eliciting customer requirements
  • Experience with independent development in Commercial Cloud Platforms (ex, AWS, Google Cloud, Azure)
  • Experience in independently demonstrating developed solutions and updating solution based on customer feedback
  • Proficient with common Agile practices, service-orientated environments, and development practices
  • Expert in using Java, JavaScript and Angular
  • Expert in the software development lifecycle, with experience delivering within DevOps toolsets/practices
  • Direct experience utilizing software testing performance tools, such as Junit
  • Experience working in an Agile development environment and tempo
  • Experience with development leveraging cloud data services (ex: S3, RDS, EFS)
  • Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
  • Well versed with using version control systems
  • Well versed with using issue/problem tracking systems

Candidate Requirements

Candidate must have a BS degree and 12+ years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 10+ years of prior relevant experience.

Candidate must be US Citizen.

Candidate must have an active TS/SCI with Polygraph.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with SAFe development practices
  • Experience with Perl, Visual Basic, PL/SQL, and XQuery

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