Description
Are you interested in improving and shaping the transportation industry by researching and developing cooperative driving automation software, smart infrastructure technology, and collaborative simulation tools ' Consider joining the Leidos team operating FHWA's Saxton Transportation Operations Laboratory (STOL), a USDOT research lab and smart garage focused on the improvement of transportation operations, safety, mobility, and environmental impacts .

In this role, you will work with:

• Connected Automated Vehicles (CAV) and related infrastructure.

• Cooperative Driving Automation (CDA) systems, including vehicle-to-infrastructure, vehicle-to-pedestrian, and vehicle-to-vehicle communication hardware and software.

• Advanced simulations of vehicles, pedestrians, and transportation infrastructure.

• Traffic optimization and intelligent transportation systems.

Learn about our work here:

STOL: https://highways.dot.gov/research/laboratories/saxton-transportation-operations-laboratory/saxton-transportation-operations-laboratory-overview

CARMA Platform: https://highways.dot.gov/research/operations/CARMA

V2X-Hub: https://highways.dot.gov/research/publications/operations/FHWA-HRT-22-047

Distributed Testing (VOICES):https://tinyurl.com/voices-sit1

About Saxton Transportation Operations Laboratory (STOL)

The STOL, located at FHWA's Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center in McLean, Virginia, focuses on improving transportation operations, safety, mobility, and environmental impacts. STOL supports the advancement of emerging technologies, including vehicle automation and communication . STOL provides a variety of services to boost the advancement and adoption of emerging technologies, including automation and communication in vehicles and on the roadside .

Role Summary: The e ngineer will be part of a larger systems and software development team that advances connected and automated vehicle technologies for FHWA via developing, testing, and demonstrating new capabilities associated with vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communication.

The engineer is expected to work on a full-time basis and report to FHWA's Turner Fairbank Highway Research Facility in McLean, VA.

• C ontinuous I ntegration and C ontinuous D eployment : Drive the program team toward automation and deployment best practices. Act as tool smith for the team's development, integration and deployment environment, including installing, configuring, integrating and maintaining multiple tools for maximum team productivity and ease of use.

• GitHub Administrator : Serve as the primary manager of the GitHub organizations, where our open source and private repositories reside ( https://github.com/usdot-fhwa-stol, https://github.com/usdot-jpo-ode, https://github.com/usdot-fhwa-OPS ). Act as the first point of contact for third party contributors to our repositories, performing triage and routing for their issues and pull requests. Report on metrics of open - source repository activity.

• Jira Administrator : Managing workflow and ticketing process on Jira, including maintaining automated interactions among Jira, Confluence and the continuous integration server. Managing public and private documentation stores on Confluence and internal document management facilities.

• Configuration and Release Manager : Create, modify , own and enforce strict adherence to software build and release processes, using modern best practices, and act as the initiator of formal release builds. Provide configuration status accounting and version management.

Required Qualifications:

• Education : Bachelor's degree in computer science , Information Technology, Network Engineering, or a related field. Advanced certifications (e.g., CCNA, CCNP, CCIE, CISSP) are highly preferred.

• Experience : Minimum of 5 years of experience in network engineering with a focus on design, operations, and security. Proven experience in DevOps practice, including CI/CD and infrastructure automation.

• Experience with Linux environment administration, configuration and deployment.

• Experience managing software continuous integration and deployment tool suites, such as GitHub Actions , CMake / CPack , Debian Package Repository, Maven, NPM.

• Experience creating, updating and deploying software using Docker and DockerHu b .

• Experience managing software configuration in a Git environment.

• Experience with issue tracking and management software, such as JIRA, GitHub, etc.

• Experience with AWS user and EC2 instance administration.

• Enjoys helping others, is self-motivated, takes ownership, takes initiative, and possesses a desire to learn and grow, while self-teaching with minimal guidance.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.

• Good oral and written communication skills, the ability to listen and accurately identify client needs and issues, must be proactive in actions and communications, and able to follow through on commitments and deliver quality products ahead of or on schedule.

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience in Agile methodology

• Experience in multiple software programming languages.

• Experience orchestrating and building software in an open-source environment

• Experience with networking

• Proficiency with networking protocols (e.g., TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, BGP, OSPF) and network hardware (e.g., routers, switches, firewalls).

• Strong knowledge of network security practices, tools, and methodologies.

• Familiarity with scripting languages (e.g., Python, PowerShell) for automation tasks.

• Ability to troubleshoot and resolve complex network and application issues.

• Test execution, setup and configuration, which may involve software installation, configuration manipulations at the application of operating system level, and occasional minor system administration.

• K nowledge of U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration's Operations Program

Original Posting Date: 2024-11-05While 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 $65,000.00 - $117,500.00
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.
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