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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior AI Software Engineer - **Company:** Leidos, Inc. - **Location:** Alexandria, VA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $131,300.0 - $237,350.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Systems Engineering, Confluence, JIRA, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Collaborative Software, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Linux System Administration, Machine Learning, Windows Domain, Platform as a Service (PAAS), Scrum Methodology, Systems Development Life Cycle, Service-Oriented Architecture, Software Engineering, Virtualization Technology, Web Services, Zabbix, Cloud Platform System, Gitlab, Cloudformation, Information Technology, Terraform, Jenkins, User Accounts - **Published:** July 9, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9021908/senior-ai-software-engineer ## About the Role * Requires BS degree (Computer Science, Engineering or related field) and 12+ year's of prior relevant experience OR, MS with 10+ year's of prior relevant experience; OR 7 years of additional experience in lieu of degree * 9+ year's experience leading, designing and implementing distributed solutions and 7+ year's experience with cloud-based solutions (Cloud, SOA, Web-Services) including virtualization environment, network and operating system experience * Must possess and maintain a TS Security Clearance with the ability to obtain SCI with a CI Poly * DoD 8570 Certification Compliance (IAT Level 2/3) * Familiar with team collaboration tools (Jira, Confluence, RocketChat) * Experience in Cloud and PaaS environments * Subject Matter Expertise understanding across various AI technologies, * Familiar with the following: Jira, Confluence, Jenkins, Python, Gitlab, CloudFormation, Zabbix, ACAS, PostgreSQL, Scrum, Kanban, Terraform * Knowledge of SDLC and AGILE best practices * Windows Domain Administrator of user accounts and group policy objects and Linux administration * Leadership experience demonstrating a positive, willing attitude and excellent oral and written communication skills. * Ability to communicate effectively with executive-level leadership (internal and client) on high-impact organizational and program matters. * Demonstrates ability to adapt to new AI technologies and learn quickly * Understanding of SFH organization; Sea data and mission * Experience with NGA cloud-based architecture * AWS Solutions Architect, AWS Developer, Machine Learning * Experience with IC Cloud Architecture implementation methodologies * Native cloud templating services like AWS Cloud Formation * Experience with CI/CD Pipelines and projects ## Description The Leidos National Solutions team is seeking a to lead advanced development efforts and collaborate closely with pipeline engineering and deployment teams. The FS2 Sea task order supports multiple operational, cloud-deployed technologies, requiring a senior engineer capable of driving innovation across complex, mission-critical systems. We are looking for a highly motivated AI expert who can architect solutions, tackle sophisticated challenges across Sea-based systems and deliver capabilities that exceed current performance benchmarks through the integration of emerging AI technologies, advanced features, and next-generation methodologies. * Strong collaboration with team's in the design and implementation of AI architectures to include operational status, coding improvements, dashboard tooling including security. * Supports Leidos AI initiatives, providing insight into technologies, tooling and practices. * Designs, secures and automates AWS cloud initiatives while optimizing agent and customer experiences to full AI potential. * Optimize and enhance customer experiences, enhancing software development flows, quality metrics, KPIs, and Dashboards with AI. * Provides broad-based experience in the systems engineering lifecycle and applies experience/knowledge to cloud initiatives relating to architectural design and development. * Leads team's to deploy and configure services with AI tools * Ensures AI models, pipelines, and cloud-deployed services adhere to governance, compliance, and security standards, providing guidance on responsible AI implementation across mission systems. ## Related Videos - [Collaboration Quantified: Lessons from Open Source Developer Networks](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1422-collaboration-quantified-lessons-from-open-source-developer-networks) - [WeAreDevelopers LIVE - Modern DevOps for IoT Devices and More](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1805-wearedevelopers-live-modern-devops-for-iot-devices-and-more) - [AI Killed DevOps... 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