Kibana Dashboard Engineer

The Leidos Digital Modernization Sector is seeking a skilled Kibana Dashboard Engineer to join our Enterprise Situational Awareness/Common Operational Picture (SA/COP) Team. As a key member of our team, you will work on architecting, designing, and developing a unified User Experience/User Interface (UX/UI) for an integrated solution on the Kibana platform.

• Research and design user experiences, making strategic decisions while working with product owners, engineers, and stakeholders throughout the product lifecycle.
• Conduct usability studies and identify solutions for issues with the existing experience, tracking success and iterating to improve performance.
• Conduct UX research interviews, prototype reviews, surveys, and usability sessions.
• Develop personas, user flows, scenarios, user stories, goal/task analysis, system workflows, and other key tools of user-centered design.
• Translate concepts into user flows, wireframes, and work collaboratively to create mockups and prototypes that lead to intuitive user experiences.
• Apply visual design principles, including visual hierarchy, proximity, similarity, font selection, and color theory, and demonstrate an understanding of visual, layout, content organization, and accessibility guidelines.
• Design, support development, document, test, and deploy applications and UI prototypes written by software teams in JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.
• Support the creation of Kibana visualizations and dashboards using React, JavaScript, and HTML.

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college in a relevant technical discipline and 4+ years of related experience obtained through any combination of coursework and internships.
• Active Interim Secret DoD Security clearance.
• Ability to obtain Security+ certification or equivalent DoD 8570 IAT II certification within 14 days of the start date.
• 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 commute to Scott AFB, IL, Ft. Meade, MD, or Ogden, UT two/three times per week for on-site support.
• 2+ years of UX/UI architecture, design, development, and delivery experience, strong documentation skills with a proven ability to develop architecture diagrams and wireframes.
• 1+ 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 working with a highly technical team and in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
• Experience with JIRA, Confluence, and Git repo.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to collaborate with customer representatives, domain experts, systems engineers, and architects.
• Ability to work with strict deadlines.
• Ability to work well/collaborate with people from many different disciplines with varying degrees of technical experience.
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and practices.
• High attention to detail and accuracy.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

• Experience with data visualization and dashboards.
• Elastic/Kibana Certified Engineer.
• 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.
• Knowledge of 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 with DevOps/DevSecOps, Configuration as Code, Infrastructure as Code, and CI/CD implementation.
• Understanding of network routing devices and network device configurations.

Leidos is a leading provider of innovative solutions in the defense, intelligence, and civil markets. We are committed to delivering exceptional value to our customers and making a positive impact on the world.

We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from diverse candidates. If you are passionate about working with a dynamic team and making a difference, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity.