Kibana Software Engineer

Description

The Leidos Digital Modernization Group seeks a Software Developer to support the Enterprise Situational Awareness/Common Operational Picture (SA/COP) Team. The Leidos Digital Modernization Sector provides a diverse portfolio of systems, solutions, and services covering land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace for customers worldwide. Solutions for Defense include enterprise and mission IT, large-scale intelligence systems, command and control, geospatial and data analytics, cybersecurity, logistics, training, and intelligence analysis and operations support. Our team is solving the world’s toughest security challenges for customers with “can’t fail” missions.

Joint Management Tool (JMT) supports the effective planning, deployment, trouble management, and decommissioning of deployed and non-deployed Satellite Communications (SATCOM) resources, specifically those supporting Department of Defense (DoD), mission partner (other U.S. federal agency), and international partner missions. Through the implementation of automated workflows and dynamic user interfaces, the JMT system strives to streamline business processes and significantly reduce the recurrence and impact of human error by functioning as a homogenous platform through which SATCOM planners, provisioners, operators, and customers can seamlessly coordinate SATCOM requests.

As a key SA/COP team member, you will work as part of a fast paced, Agile development and implementation team to architect, design and develop a unified User Experience / User Interface (UX/UI) that provides a holistic single-pane-of-glass interface for an integrated solution on the ELK platform. You will also work with operational end users and support teams to perform requirements analysis, as well as design and development.

Primary Responsibilities

The successful candidate's primary responsibility will include:

• Researching, designing, developing and user-testing experiences and making strategic user-experience decisions while working closely with product owners, engineers, and stakeholders throughout the product lifecycle.
• Create Kibana visualizations and dashboards using React, JavaScript, and HTML.
• Design, develop, document, test, and deploy applications and UI prototypes in JavaScript, HTML, and CSS on the Kibana platform.
• Integrating UI components with CI/CD build/deployment pipelines that use Cloudbees/Jenkins, Artifactory, OpenShift/Kubernetes, Docker, and Bitbucket.
• Designing, developing, documenting, testing, and deploying applications and UI prototypes.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college in a relevant technical discipline and 8+ years of related experience obtained through any combination of coursework and internships.
• Software development experience with Python, Java, and SQL. Working knowledge of HTML and JavaScript.
• Experience with distributed version control software such as Git and Bitbucket.
• Knowledge of and ability to apply principles, theories, and concepts of Software Engineering.
• Experience developing software on a UNIX command line platform.
• Strong communication skills that enable proactive and effective collaboration with a virtual team.
• Ability to obtain interim Secret DoD Security clearance prior to start date.
• Ability to obtain Security+ certification or equivalent DoD 8570 IAT II certification within 14 days of start date.
• Must be able to commute to Scott AFB, IL, Ft. Meade, MD, or Ogden, UT two/three times per week for on-site support.
• 2+ years of demonstrable experience designing, developing, and deploying dashboards and reports using the Elastic stack, including Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana, and Beats.
• Experience in architecture, design, development, and delivery of data-driven operations capabilities within a DoD environment.
• Experience using project management tools such as Jira and Confluence to document requirements, acceptance criteria, and test cases.
• Experience working with a highly technical team in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and practices.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills are required to collaborate with customer representatives, domain experts, systems engineers, and architects.
• Candidate must be able to work with strict deadlines.
• Ability to collaborate with people from many different disciplines with varying degrees of technical experience.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to collaborate with and convey focused messages to stakeholders, customers, domain experts, program managers, and teammates.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with data visualization and dashboards.
• Elastic/Kibana Certified Engineer.
• Knowledge of Elastic stack security features, such as client authentication, SSL/TLS configuration, and role-based document filtering.
• Software design and development experience with JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and JSON/REST APIs in a cloud environment (AWS is a plus).
• Experience developing, building, and deploying software using Bitbucket, Git, Jenkins, Artifactory, and Ansible (or equivalent tools).
• Experience with big data applications.
• Experience with cloud-based AWS services.
• Experience designing, developing, and deploying solutions using DevOps/DevSecOps concepts.
• Experience developing and deploying software in a DoD environment (DISA experience is a plus), including experience building and deploying software applications that meet DoD security standards.
• Experience working remotely with a geographically dispersed team.
• Experience or familiarity with Agile development and testing methodology.
• Experience with DISA and DoD Networks.
• Experience with big data applications.
• Experience working remotely with a geographically dispersed team.
• Experience with DevOps/DevSecOps, Configuration as Code, Infrastructure as Code, and CI/CD implementation.
• Understanding of network routing devices and network device configurations.

Original Posting Date:

2024-09-12

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 $101,400.00 - $183,300.00

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.