DevOps Engineer

Leidos; Bethesda (MD); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a TS/SCI-cleared DevOps Software Engineer to join a high-energy team supporting the DOMEX Technology Platform under the DIA-NMEC contract. The role involves building and deploying a containerized microservices stack, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps adoption across cross-functional teams, mostly on-site in Bethesda, MD with occasional remote tasks.

You will collaborate with systems engineers, developers, security, and operations to design scalable infra, configure Kubernetes with

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, CS, or Systems Engineering with 8+ years' experience; 6+ years with a Master's.
• Active TS/SCI clearance and ability to obtain/maintain TS/SCI with Poly.
• DoD 8570.01‑M IAT II+ certification required (or equivalent).
• PUA certification per DoD 8570 policy required.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain a full-stack, containerized microservices architecture.
• Support CI/CD pipelines and DevOps automation across teams.
• Configure and maintain Kubernetes deployments with Helm.
• Collaborate with Systems Engineers to architect new capabilities.
• Contribute to design docs, diagrams, and models.
• Participate in Agile release planning and scrums.

Skills

Team collaboration

Cross‑functional teamwork

Agile practices

DevOps culture

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/CS/Systems Engineering

Active TS/SCI clearance

DoD 8570.01-M IAT II+ certification (e.g., CCNA Security, CISSP)

Ability to obtain Privileged User Account (PUA) certification

Tools

Kubernetes

Helm

ArgoCD

GitLab CI/CD

Elasticsearch/Logstash/Kibana

Docker

Prometheus/Grafana

Nexus

SALT

Job description

Description

Leidos is looking for our next TS/SCI-cleared DevOps Software Engineer to join a high-energy team building and deploying a cutting-edge technology stack in support of the DIA-NMEC (National Media Exploitation Center) DOMEX Technology Platform (DTP). Under this 10-year contract containing multiple Task Orders, we support the DOMEX Data Discovery Platform (D3P) Modernization program as well as DIA-OSIC's mission to centralize and standardize Tasking, Collection, Processing, Exploitation and Dissemination (TCPED) of Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) across the DoD and IC enterprise.

While most work is conducted on-site at our client location in Bethesda, MD, we offer a flexible schedule and, occasionally, some tasks may be performed remotely.

What You'll Do

As a DevOps Software Engineer, you'll help design, deploy, and maintain a full-stack, containerized microservices architecture. You'll also support systems administration, installation, configuration, and the broader adoption of DevOps best practices across cross-functional engineering teams. In this fast-paced environment, you'll collaborate closely with systems engineering, architecture, development, security, operations, and integration teams.

You will work closely with a multi-disciplinary team of developers, other software integrators and system administrators to:

• Deploy, triage and maintain a production big data pipeline built on Kubernetes, Elasticsearch, and Kafka
• Enhance and maintain CI/CD pipelines and DevOps automation to accelerate development and improve reliability
• Design and support scalable, redundant infrastructure across physical and virtual environments
• Use Helm to configure Kubernetes deployments for new features and evolving requirements
• Partner with Systems Engineers to architect solutions for new capabilities
• Contribute technical input to engineering documentation, diagrams, and models
• Participate in Agile release planning, scrums, design sessions, bug triage, and related team activities

What You Bring

You're enthusiastic, collaborative, and comfortable working with teammates across a range of technical backgrounds. You also meet the following qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience) with 8+ years of relevant experience; 6+ years with a Master's
• Active TS/SCI clearance and ability to obtain/maintain a TS/SCI with Polygraph
• Possess at least one DoD 8570.01-M IAT Level II or higher certification, e.g., CCNA Security, CySA+, Security+ CE, SSCP, CISSP (or Associate)
• Ability to obtain Privileged User Account (PUA) certification per DoD 8570 policy
• Strong Linux proficiency, specifically knowledgeable about sysctls for K8s environments and experience with FApolicyd and SELinux
• Hands‑on experience with containers and Kubernetes (e.g., Ingress/Gateway API, Helm chart design/build, pod disruption budgets, affinity/anti‑affinity rules, familiarity with external‑secrets, ArgoCD, cert‑manager, eck (elastic search))
• Experience with GitLab pipeline development (e.g., integration of GitLab CI/CD components, code quality reports, coverage/test reports)
• Familiarity with Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana
• Demonstrated success working in cross‑functional engineering environments

You will wow us even more if you have some of these:

• Experience with systems at scale
• Experience/knowledge of key Agile processes and techniques
• Experience with development, e.g., Bash, PowerShell, SALT, Python, Groovy, Java
• Experience supporting an enterprise or production system
• Experience with any of the following technologies:
  • Kafka or other message passing systems (AMQP, JMS)
  • Kubernetes monitoring, e.g., Prometheus/ Graphana
  • GPU-based Kubernetes
  • SALT for deployment automation
  • Nexus

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