Appian Software Developer/Integrator

About the role

Leidos is designing, developing, deploying, and operating a DoD-wide Tasking, Collection, Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination (TCPED) workflow management platform for Open Source Intelligence (OSINT). As a TS/SCI cleared Appian Software Developer/Integrator on our team, you will play a critical role in ensuring the platform is built to maximize mission outcomes, is user-friendly, and adheres to IC standards, policies, and practices.

Responsibilities

• Work with a team of system integration engineers to successfully deploy release candidates to production environment.
• Participate in test, staging and production deployment.
• Integrate container-based-Appian using Kubernetes, Rancher, Helm and other DevOpsSec integration tools.
• Aid in the maintenance of services and procedures for a big data pipeline which includes Kafka, Elasticsearch, and several in-house written Python/Java microservices running on Kubernetes.
• Maintain individual project priorities, deliverables, and deadlines.
• Foster an environment of collaboration with the different team members in the goal of providing quality service and product to our customer.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree and 8+ years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 6+ years of prior relevant experience.
• Active Top Secret/SCI clearance and ability to obtain and maintain a Polygraph.
• Experience with Appian.
• Development and/or scripting experience, especially Python and Bash.
• Experience with DevOps practices and tools including Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) tools and practices, especially Gitlab or Jenkins.
• Experience with Agile practices.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Enthusiastic with the ability to work well on a team and a self-starter who can work on their own.

Qualifications

• Experience with systems at scale.
• Kafka or other message passing systems.
• Experience on a production/enterprise system.
• Cloud infrastructure experience.
• Appian certification.
• Experience with any of the following technologies: Java, Kubernetes, monitoring (e.g., Prometheus/Grafana), Appian integration with PostgreSQL or other DBs, Salt for deployment automation, GraphQLElasticsearch, Kibana, and Logstash, specifically admin experience, Helm and Helmfile.
• Possess at least one DoD 8570.01-M IAT Level II or higher certification, e.g., CCNA Security, CySA+, Security+ CE, SSCP, CISSP (or Associate).
• Ability to obtain Privileged User Account (PUA) certification per DoD 8570 policy #NMECDTP-Leidos.

Skills

• Experience with systems at scale.
• Kafka or other message passing systems.
• Experience on a production/enterprise system.
• Cloud infrastructure experience.
• Appian certification.
• Experience with any of the following technologies: Java, Kubernetes, monitoring (e.g., Prometheus/Grafana), Appian integration with PostgreSQL or other DBs, Salt for deployment automation, GraphQLElasticsearch, Kibana, and Logstash, specifically admin experience, Helm and Helmfile.
• Possess at least one DoD 8570.01-M IAT Level II or higher certification, e.g., CCNA Security, CySA+, Security+ CE, SSCP, CISSP (or Associate).
• Ability to obtain Privileged User Account (PUA) certification per DoD 8570 policy #NMECDTP-Leidos.

Benefits

Pay Range $107,900.00 - $195,050.00

Pay and Benefits

Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits.

About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

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Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.