Software Engineer II

Leidos is seeking a Software Engineer II to support the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Justice Programs (OJP) Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) in improving maintaining testing and supporting secure reliable accessible and user-centered digital products and services.

The Software Engineer II will provide hands-on software improvement across applications application programming interfaces (APIs) integrations automated testing automation and Development Security and Operations (DevSecOps) capabilities supporting OJP product teams. Under the guidance of senior engineers and technical leads the successful candidate will enhance existing software correct defects reduce technical debt strengthen automated testing and contribute to secure and maintainable solutions using modern Agile and DevSecOps practices.

Primary Responsibilities

• Develop modify test debug and maintain software components that support OJP digital products integrations APIs automation and internal platforms under established engineering guidance.
• Provide software improvements to existing applications and services by implementing approved enhancements defect corrections refactoring and technical-debt reduction activities.
• Translate assigned user stories acceptance criteria customer needs and technical requirements into working software using Agile product-team practices.
• Create and maintain automated unit integration regression API and data tests to improve release quality and reduce recurring defects.
• Participate in Git-based source-control workflows code reviews pull requests branching merging and configuration-management practices.
• Support continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines build automation security scanning artifact or container workflows and repeatable deployment processes using OJP-approved tools.
• Develop consume test and maintain APIs and web services through OJPs data-integration environment including WSO2 API Manager when assigned using applicable standards and protocols such as REST JSON XML SOAP and related technologies.
• Support API integrations with OJPs Identity and Access Management System (DIAMD) including integrations involving Okta and SailPoint and protocols such as SCIM OAuth 2.0 and SAML under the direction of senior technical staff and in coordination with the DIAMD team.
• Support cloud-hosted and containerized application environments and assist with deployment monitoring configuration security patching and troubleshooting activities in coordination with OJP networking and security teams.
• Investigate and resolve assigned help desk tickets software defects test failures and technical issues involving Data Integration and DevSecOps products escalating complex issues when appropriate.
• Participate in defect triage root-cause analysis corrective-action activities sprint reviews retrospectives backlog refinement and other Agile delivery activities.
• Create and maintain technical documentation configuration information user stories standard operating procedures test evidence and implementation notes needed to sustain supported products and services.
• Collaborate with software engineers architects DevOps engineers business analysts product managers and Government stakeholders to deliver secure compliant accessible and maintainable capabilities.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Software Engineering Information Systems Engineering or a related technical discipline or equivalent relevant experience consistent with applicable labor-category requirements.
• Minimum two (2) years of progressively responsible software engineering or application development experience.
• Experience developing enhancing debugging testing or maintaining enterprise or web-based applications across one or more application layers.
• Experience with modern source control and software-development practices including Git-based workflows code reviews and automated testing.
• Experience working in Agile development environments and participating in iterative planning backlog refinement sprint execution or Kanban delivery.
• Working knowledge of REST APIs JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) authentication and authorization concepts and common integration patterns.
• Working knowledge of continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) cloud platforms containers automation or Infrastructure as Code.
• Ability to troubleshoot software defects test failures integration issues or deployment problems and to document findings clearly.
• Strong analytical written communication problem-solving and team collaboration skills.
• Must satisfy the citizenship residency background-investigation and Public Trust requirements applicable to the task order.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting DOJ OJP or another Federal digital-service environment.
• Experience with one or more relevant tools or platforms such as Azure DevOps Jenkins Ansible Docker AWS GovCloud WSO2 API Manager Git-based repositories or Linux.
• Familiarity with API management and identity-integration technologies including SCIM OAuth 2.0 SAML Okta SailPoint or comparable technologies.
• Familiarity with security scanning application monitoring logging observability and coordinated vulnerability-remediation workflows.
• Familiarity with Section 508 accessibility secure software development Infrastructure as Code automated testing and DevSecOps practices.
• Relevant training or certifications in API management Azure DevOps GitHub cloud DevOps software engineering or related technologies.

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Original Posting:

September 30 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 $69550.00 - $125725.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand 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.

Required Experience:

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