Leidos
Software Engineer
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Job Description
Leidos Defense is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their team in San Diego, supporting the U.S. Navy’s AN/SQQ-89(V) Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) systems. This program modernizes Navy ships by replacing outdated sonar systems with updated AN/SQQ-89(V)15 systems, covering installation, logistics, quality checks, and training. The role focuses on modernizing the AN/SQQ-89(V) ASW Training System by transitioning Tactical Insertion (TI) hardware-based solutions to a scalable, virtualized Linux training platform. The engineer will work with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), KVM, Open vSwitch, Python, Ansible, and hardware passthrough technologies to support complex Navy training and simulation environments.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree with 4–8 years of relevant experience, or a Master's degree with 2–6 years of relevant experience.
- Experience with Linux systems engineering, virtualization, software development, or platform engineering.
- Experience administering Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) environments.
- Strong experience with KVM, libvirt, and virsh.
- Experience implementing and troubleshooting Open vSwitch (OVS).
- Experience with hardware passthrough technologies, including PCIe passthrough, VFIO, SR-IOV, and IOMMU configuration.
- Experience developing infrastructure automation using Ansible.
- Experience developing software and automation tools using Python.
- Strong understanding of Linux networking concepts, including VLANs, bridges, routing, bonding, and virtual switching.
- Experience troubleshooting integration issues across hardware, operating systems, networking, and applications.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting AN/SQQ-89(V)15 or AEGIS combat systems.
- Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE).
- Experience with high-performance networking and low-latency virtualized environments.
- Experience supporting GPU, FPGA, capture card, or other specialized hardware passthrough to virtual machines.
- Familiarity with distributed storage, NFS, iSCSI, and SAN technologies.
- Experience with FreeIPA, LDAP, Kerberos, and enterprise Linux identity management.
- Experience supporting RMF, STIG implementation, ACAS, and cybersecurity compliance initiatives.
- Active Secret or Top Secret clearance.
Skills & Technologies
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Employment Type
Full Time
Experience Level
Senior
Location
San Diego, CA
Posted
Today
Country
US