Senior DevOps Engineer

Leidos; Den Haag; On-site; EUR 93,712 - 169,402; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to join our The Hague team, supporting NATO’s eAirC2 Programme Office. You will act as the senior technical authority for the MBSE tool suite used to design an AirC2 capability.

This multi-year programme emphasizes data-centric MBSE practices, system federation and rapid digital deliverables across a global SOS environment. You will integrate, customize, and administer the MBSE tools, enabling federation of data, automation, and real-time deliverables.

Qualifications

• Process optimization and automation experience.
• Hands-on experience with pipeline automation tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, Ansible).
• Demonstrated experience with languages including Python, PowerShell, JavaScript, Ruby, PHP, and Unix shell scripting.
• Fluent with Git and version control best practices, including branching and merging strategies.
• Demonstrated experience installing/configuring/troubleshooting Enterprise tools such as Sparx Enterprise Architect, Jira, Confluence, Git, Jama, Lemontree, Test Rail, SharePoint.
• Hands-on experience with VMware technologies (e.g., vSphere, Horizon, VDI).
• Fundamental background with software design patterns and programming languages.
• Excellent written and verbal English language skills sufficient for effective communications of complex topics with senior level leaders across the NATO community.
• Access to NATO Cosmic Top Secret (national clearance equivalent).
• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline with 12+ years of relevant system-of-systems engineering experience; or a master’s degree with 10+ years of prior relevant experience.
• Advanced soft skills and emotional intelligence to deal with high complexity, political influence, and a multi-cultural work environment.
• Leadership traits developed in an international work environment, self-motivation, and an orientation towards results through the relentless pursuit of continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Sustain and grow the GFE environment and infrastructure to support the MBSE tool suite.
• Perform custom integrations with the tool suite for interoperability and connectivity.
• Maintain and administer the integrated tool suite to ensure reliability and availability.
• Drive automation and technology insertion into the toolchain to boost efficiency and productivity.
• Extend the toolchain across the programme lifecycle, adding tools and interfaces as needed.
• Provide expertise to help the team produce real-time MBSE deliverables tailored to stakeholders.

Skills

Pipeline automation

Python

PowerShell

JavaScript

Ruby

Unix shell scripting

Git/version control

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Ansible

Automation tooling

Education

Bachelor of Science in Engineering/Computer Science

Master’s degree (preferred)

Tools

Sparx Enterprise Architect

Jira

Confluence

Jama

Lemontree

Test Rail

SharePoint

VMware vSphere

Horizon

VDI

Job description

Description

Leidos Inc. is looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to join our project team located in The Hague, Netherlands supporting NATO’s independent Programme Office for enhanced Air Command and Control (eAirC2). The selected candidate will serve as the senior technical authority for the Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) tool suite used by the independent Programme Office to develop an AirC2 capability design. This position offers a unique opportunity to join a high-profile team of international system-of-systems (SOS) subject matter experts and be a part of the engineering lifecycle from concept through delivery. This is a multi-year programme focused on data centric, MBSE practices and the injection of advanced technologies to enhance current mission capabilities. Come with a dream of your perfect integrated MBSE tool suite and the experience to make it a reality and enjoy working with our elite team in this international environment.

You will integrate, customize, and administer the MBSE tool suite for open, transparent and rapid technology assessment based on open architectures and system federation. The tools suite will produce digital deliverables, which include requirements, design, systems, behaviours, interfaces, architectural models, and operational processes. The tools suite will be configured to enable federation of data and systems at the speed and scale relevant to the Customer. System engineering activities will be performed from within the tool suite allowing for enhanced risk reduction, sustainment, integration, verification, and validation.

Primary Responsibilities

• Work closely with the technical team and customer to sustain and grow the GFE environment and infrastructure to ensure it continues to support the tool suite and user base.
• Perform custom integrations with the tool suite to ensure interoperability and connectivity at any level necessary.
• Perform day-to-day maintenance and administration of the integrated tool suite to ensure that the working environment is reliable and accessible at all times.
• Facilitate automation and technology insertion into the toolchain as necessary to drive ever-increasing efficiency, performance and productivity over time.
• Continuously build out the toolchain over the life of the programme to encompass the entire product management lifecycle. This includes the addition, integration, and automation of new tools and interfaces as the Programme identifies them.
• Provide expertise to assist the technical team in leveraging the tool suite to produce real-time, on-demand, digital MBSE product deliverables and perspectives tailored to the preferences of the stakeholder community.

Basic Qualifications

• Process optimization and automation experience
• Hands-on experience with pipeline automation tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, Ansible)
• Demonstrated experience with Languages including Python, PowerShell, JavaScript, Ruby, PHP, and Unix shell Scripting
• Fluent with Git and version control best practices, including branching and merging strategies
• Demonstrated experience installing/configuring/troubleshooting Enterprise tools such as: Sparx Enterprise Architect, Jira, Confluence, Git, Jama, Lemontree, Test Rail, SharePoint
• Hands-on experience with VMware technologies (e.g., vSphere, Horizon, VDI).
• Fundamental background with software design patterns and programming languages.
• Excellent written and verbal English language skills sufficient for effective communications of complex topics with senior level leaders across the NATO community
• Access to NATO Cosmic Top Secret (national clearance equivalent)
• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline with 12+ years of relevant system-of-systems engineering experience; or a master’s degree with 10+ years of prior relevant experience
• Advanced soft skills and emotional intelligence to deal with high complexity, political influence, and a multi-cultural work environment.
• Leadership traits developed in an international work environment, self-motivation, and an orientation towards results through the relentless pursuit of continuous improvement

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience working within an engineering team and supporting architects, engineers, developers, and MBSE activities.
• Expertise in Sparx Enterprise Architect or similar architecture tools and modeling languages (UML, SysML)
• Expertise in Artificial Intelligence technologies such as Agentic CLIs including Claude Code/Codex/Gemini CLI, ML, NLP, Expert Systems, etc.
• Professional cybersecurity certification such as Security+, or similar.
• Experience mentoring and developing junior team members
• A mature and compelling vision, along with an in-depth understanding of technical principles, theories, and concepts, for how to create a data centric system-of-systems capability for advanced command and control of a globally deployed and federated asset base.
• C2 domain knowledge in the aerospace defense sector

Pay Range: Pay Range $107,900.00 - $195,050.00

About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

Pay and Benefits

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.