SKILLS REQUIRED:

• Degree in Computer Science or Technical Science or similar
• Experience in software development projects; front-end and backend development
• Experience in unit, integration, system, and regression testing
• Strong hands-on coding experience in Java programming language and other e.g., Java/JavaScript, Python, Perl
• Experience in frameworks like: React, Spring boot, Spring MVC, Angular, Vue.js, and Java Spring
• Experience in software development tools e.g., Jira, Confluence, Git, SVN, Jenkins, Packer
• Experience and interest in designing and building solutions using cloud platform such as AWS, GCP or Azure
• Strong interest in growing own technical skills
• Ability to be an innovative, resourceful, and collaborative problem solve
• Integration experience working with XSLT / XHTML / IBM WebSphere MQ / IBM Sterling OMS

WE ALSO VALUE PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE IN SOME OF THE FOLLOWING AND INTEREST TO GROW ON THE OTHERS:

• Experience and/or interest in container technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, and Openshift
• Knowledge of UNIX or Linux environments
• J2EE, Restful Webservices, Node.js
• Advanced proficiency in Build Management, Configuration & Release Management, Design & Build Enablement
• Integration experience working with XSLT / XHTML / IBM WebSphere MQ / IBM Sterling OMS

CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS:

• BPSS Pre-screening required to Start
• SC required for the role (must be eligible for SC clearance)

WHAT WE DO FOR YOU:

At Leidos we are PASSIONATE about customer success, UNITED as a team and INSPIRED to make a difference. We offer meaningful and engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals, all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance.

We provide an employment package that attracts, develops and retains only the best in talent. Our reward scheme includes:

• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• 33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays)
• Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme)
• Flexible Working Scheme

WHO WE ARE:

The Logistics Commodities & Services Transformation (LCST) Programme for the UK Ministry of Defence is a critical effort to enhance and improve the UK’s defence supply chain. The programme provides essential services such as storage and distribution for the MOD’s materiel, including a global freight service and the procurement and inventory management of 70,000 commodity NATO Stock Number (NSNs).
Working together as Team Leidos we are helping to transform the UK’s defence supply chain by providing an integration of a complex mixture of services, at low risk, using a modern suite of systems that will deliver one version of the truth. For the first time, the MOD will see the whole picture, as it is happening.

ROLE OVERVIEW:

As a Developer at Leidos, you will participate in implementing full lifecycle solutions for modern application and system platforms from requirements analysis, platform selection, technical architecture design, application design and development all the way till testing, and deployment
Your key responsibilities will be in implementing end-to-end projects on cloud, you will participate in development, designing, building integrations to various systems, and overall testing.

MAIN DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Act as a developer, integrator, and analyst for complex and technically difficult assignments; collaborate with other developers working on production issues.
• Participate in application walkthroughs and in peer code reviews for conformance to standards
• Create and maintain appropriate documentation
• Consistently apply Information Technology software standards and help to establish department specific standards
• Building Java Programs to support the business needs working in tandem with a complex IT solution
• A good understand of Build and Deployment best practice
• Practical and pragmatic approach – willing to get ‘hands on’ to deliver what is needed