AWS DevOps Engineer - SAFe, Cloud Automation, UK Clearance

Leidos; United States; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension Scheme

Private Healthcare

33 days leave

Flexible benefits

Flexible working

Job summary

Leidos is seeking DevOps Engineers to support UK programmes in 2026. Responsibilities include scrum participation, requirements analysis, risk mitigation, and cross-functional collaboration across Agile teams. Cross-training in systems engineering, software development, security, and testing is expected.

You will work with AWS-based databases, CI/CD pipelines, and IaC tools, ensuring alignment with Leidos standards. Strong English communication and eligibility for UK clearance are required.

Qualifications

• Experience with AWS, SAFe and software delivery lifecycles.
• Knowledge of database design, migration and performance tuning.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools and IaC practices.
• Ability to translate user stories into engineering deliverables.

Responsibilities

• Design, create, and maintain databases in client/server environments.
• Plan and execute migrations to AWS-based databases.
• Configure databases for performance, resilience, backup and security.
• Develop and maintain runbooks and system documentation.
• Collaborate with Agile teams to deliver software in AWS and DevOps tooling.

Skills

AWS

Jira

Confluence

Python

CI/CD

SAFe

GitFlow

Bash scripting

Security

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Jenkins

Bitbucket

COGNOS

SQL

Job description

Leidos is seeking DevOps Engineers to support UK programmes in 2026. Responsibilities include scrum participation, requirements analysis, risk mitigation, and cross-functional collaboration across Agile teams. Cross-training in systems engineering, software development, security, and testing is expected.

You will work with AWS-based databases, CI/CD pipelines, and IaC tools, ensuring alignment with Leidos standards. Strong English communication and eligibility for UK clearance are required.