Leidos has an exciting opportunity to hire a DevOps Engineer supporting the USAF Next Generation Mission Planning program. You’ll be joining a dynamic team taking Azure Cloud solutions for the DoD to the next level. In this opportunity you’ll help manage and design DevOps solutions supporting 40+ developer groups employing cutting-edge technology stacks. As part of the team, you’ll be tasked with implementing, managing and optimizing various pipeline solutions, with time to learn & train while driving speed & capability enhancements for our warfighters. Leidos provides a real work-life balance with 3-day weekends and flexible hours.
Primary Responsibilities
The successful candidate will be energetic, organized, eager to learn and comfortable working & speaking in a team environment, placing a high value on collaboration and team success.Core responsibilities include:
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Automating, integrating, and prototyping solutions in a DevSecOps environment
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Communicating clearly & frequently to support software developer teams via messaging applications
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Creating & maintaining documentation, wikis, & training materials for other DevSecOps engineers and developers
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Integrating microservices-based architectures into various environments (K8s, K3s, RKE2s)
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Mentoring less-experienced software developers on how to develop and integrate new capabilities within an AWS or Azure cloud-based DoD Mission Planning pipeline
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Providing Help-desk escalation support to software developer teams
Basic Qualifications
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U.S. Citizenship required (no dual or Green Card/Permanent Resident Card),
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Must be able to obtain a DoD Secret-level Security Clearance,
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Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a closely-related field,
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4+ years of software development or operations experience working on microservices-based architectures and Application Programming Interface (API) design,
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1+ years of working in a DevSecOps environment and familiar with DevSecOps best practices,
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Ability to work with both Linux & Windows Operating Systems,
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Bash/Shell Scripting Experience,
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Experience with Jenkins or comparable build automation tooling,
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Experience with one or more Kubernetes cluster types (e.g., AKS (most preferred), EKS, GKE, Openshift, K3s, RKE2s, Minikube),
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Experience with Docker containers.
Preferred Qualifications
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Experience with Kubernetes applications (e.g., Kubectl, Helm, Rancher),
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Experience with system monitoring stacks, such as:
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Prometheus / Grafana / Loki
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Elastic / Kibana
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Splunk
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Knowledge of software version control and repo tools (GIT and Bitbucket preferred),
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Experience with frontend web-application technologies (i.e., Node, NPM, React, Redux),
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Experience with Terraform or other Infrastructure-as-Code tools,
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Experience working in an Agile Development environment (SAFe Agile is a plus),
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Experience with Azure DevOps/Atlassian Tool Suite,
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Experience with Virtual Machine Technology (Hyper-V, VMware Workstation),
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Experience with Windows Subsystem for Linux,
Original Posting:April 24, 2025
For U.S. Positions: While 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 $85,150.00 - $153,925.00
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.
Top Skills
What We Do
We Are Leidos
For 50 years we have been tackling some of the biggest problems that face our nation and our world.
OUR MISSION
Through our culture of innovation and history of performance, we develop deep customer trust built on integrity and create enduring solutions that improve our world. Leidos is a science and technology solutions leader working to address some of the world’s toughest challenges in the defense, intelligence, homeland security, civil, and healthcare markets. The company’s 43,000 employees support vital missions for government and commercial customers. Headquartered in Reston, Va., Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $11.09 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2020.
Leidos was cited for the meaningful work employees perform that is challenging, impactful, and aligned with our customers’ missions as reasons professionals want to work and stay at our company. Leidos has also been named to lists including Forbes’ Best Employers for Diversity, Forbes’ America’s Best Employers for Women, Military Times Best for Vets Employers, and Ethisphere Institute’s World's Most Ethical Companies®.
Employees enjoy career enrichment opportunities available through mobility and development and experience rewarding relationships with supportive supervisors and talented colleagues and customers. Employees appreciate our flexible work environment, allowing for and encouraging a true work-life balance. Our professionals are also excited about our Employee Resource Groups, like the newly launched Collaborative Outreach with Remote and Embedded Employees (CORE), which strives to create an environment where every employee, regardless of location, feels fully engaged as a valued employee of Leidos.
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