Application Architect

Description

Come join one of our high performing teams responsible for building the next-generation enterprise APIs and modern responsive user interfaces. We serve the Social Security Administration (SSA) and their mission to meet the changing needs of the public, positively impacting at least 65 million American lives per month. Be part of the mission solution and help lead SSA's Digital Modernization Strategy.

We are a team of forward-looking professionals in need of a strong candidate with these key required skills:API Design, API management and development skills, knowledge pf programming languages, cloud infrastructure, application patters, and agile methodologies. Do you have most of these key required skills, education, or experience? Do you want to learn more about our telework posture? Are you an US citizen, US resident, or Visa candidate and think you might fit? We recommend you apply and start the conversation today! Join us in supporting our SSA contracts in Woodlawn, Maryland.

Team Culture:

Your passion and values might be a good fit for our teams if you answer "yes" to the following questions:

• Are you looking for a company that puts employees first, with a focus on career, flexibility, and well-being?
• Do you enjoy collaborating with colleagues and teammates and believe that the best ideas are fostered in an inclusive environment?
• Are you searching for a team with a strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive for daily mission success?
• Are you comfortable with proactive outward communication and technical leadership?
• Do you enjoy being a catalyst, solving complex problems, and providing innovative solutions?
• Do you have the flexibility, creativity, and resilience to pivot the mission for success?
• Do you have the courage to make tough ethical decisions with pride, transparency, and respect?

Mentorship & Career Growth:

Our teams are dedicated to supporting new team members in an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. Experienced engineers will be assigned to new hires for one-on-one mentoring, collaborative code reviews, and coaching on customer engagement to help each new hire successfully onboard and demonstrate their skills. Projects and tasks are assigned in a way that leverages your strengths and will help you further develop your skillset.

Foundation for Success (Basic Qualifications):

This experience is the foundation a candidate needs to be successful in this position:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field plus 8 years of experience or 15 years of related industry experience.
• Masters or Doctorate degree may substitute for required experience.
• 7+ years of experience in an Agile development team, preferably Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) and Agile methodologies.
• 4+ years of combined experience with API management, governance, architecture, and security.

Factors to Help You Shine (Required Skills):

These skills will help you succeed in this position:

• Familiarity with enterprise applications, integration patterns and reference architecture
• API First design practices and principles
• API management and governance
• Understanding of storage and network infrastructure
• API Development: REST, SOAP, OAUTH, WebMethods
• Programming Languages:Including but not limited to Java, J2EE, HTML, CSS, Javascript, NodeJS, MDE Tools (Jenkins, UCD, Bitbucket, SonarQube, Black duck), CDC tools
• Cloud infrastructure: AWS (Amazon Web Services), and Azure
• Application Patterns: Service Locator, Microservice Patterns, Event-Driven Microservices Architecture
• Databases: RDBMS and NoSQL
• Agile methodology: Scrum, Kanban, Sprints, Retrospective sessions
• Excellent communication, documentation, and presentation skills

How to Stand Out from the Crowd (Desired Skills)

Showcase your knowledge of modern development through the following experience or skills:

• Participate in Technical R&D discussions to enable continued innovation
• Act as a trusted advisor and assist in the design of solution to solve customer challenges
• Assess technology innovations and trends impacting operations
• Demonstrate a application architecture aptitude
• Serve as a Subject Matter Expert for API components
• Participate in Technical R&D discussions to enable continued innovation
• Act as a trusted advisor and assist in the design of solution to solve customer challenges
• Assess technology innovations and trends impacting operations
• Serve as Subject Matter Expert for API design, development, and modernization
• Possess ability and experience to mentor, supervise, and manage team members.
• Possess proficiency with Office applications Word, Excel, Visio, Project and PowerPoint

Day to Day Responsibilities:

At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customers' success. We empower our teams and contribute to our communities. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community. Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide the way we do business. If this sounds like a mission you want to be a part of, keep reading!

Every position we take is more rewarding when you know the why behind it.Know your work makes a difference to support those who need it most. If your passion is enabling life changing service to those around, you this is the place for you. Find you passion in a team environment where all members are valued regardless of contractor or employee status. We are excited for you to take your place in our Leidos Family.

Find your "Why" with us!

• Support the API Center of Excellence (CoE)
  • Iterate on the Chief Architect's API Directive to ensure that development community feedback is incorporated
  • Support further advances in API strategy
• Analyze API Needs
  • Working with the API CoE team, apply the already developed rubric for API prioritization to the API demand to determine which APIs should be developed and in what priority
  • Research and apply best practices to API needs supporting IT modernization
  • Groom the API backlog as needed
• Develop APIs
  • Serve as the Forward Engineering Team, developing enterprise APIs that will be consumed by various products and workflows
  • Coordinate handoff of APIs to the data owners for maintenance
• Provide Status reporting the Work Activity
• Prepare and maintain Work Activity Work Plans
• Participate in scrum meetings
• Provide:
  • Weekly status updates
  • API backlog updates
  • APIs for enterprise use as determined with the API CoE
  • Executive Summary reports
  • Executive Presentations
• All other duties as assigned or directed

Education & Qualifications

• Master's degree and 6+ years of experience in a training-related field or bachelor's degree and 8+ years of experience in a training-related field
• Must be able to obtain a Public Trust

Leidos' Health Group is recognized as a Top 10 Health IT provider. We draw on decades of success to deliver a range of solutions and services designed to meet the healthcare challenges of today. From the research bench to the patient bedside, we are a company of scientists, engineers, and technologists delivering a broad range of impactful, customizable, and scalable solutions to hospitals and health systems, biomedical organizations, and every U.S. federal agency focused on health. Leidos works with customers across the continuum of care to improve clinical, operational, and financial outcomes with innovative solutions that advance the next generation of care. Our mission is to contribute to creating a healthier world. Begin your journey of a flourishing and meaningful career, share your resume with us today! ITSSCII

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.

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