DevOps Engineer

Leidos LLC; Brookmont (MD); On-site; USD 117,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and Wellness programs

Paid Leave and Retirement

Competitive compensation

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a TS/SCI-cleared DevOps Software Engineer to join a high-energy team supporting the DOMEX Technology Platform for the DIA-NMEC. Most work is on-site in Bethesda, MD with a flexible schedule and occasional remote tasks.

You will design, deploy, and maintain a containerized microservices stack, improve CI/CD pipelines, and work with Kubernetes, Elasticsearch and Kafka in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in engineering or a related field.
• 8+ years of relevant DevOps/Software Engineer experience.
• Active TS/SCI clearance with ability to obtain/maintain Poly.
• DoD 8570.01-M IAT Level II or higher certification.
• Strong Linux and Kubernetes administration experience.
• Experience with containerized microservices and CI/CD tooling.
• Experience with Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain a containerized microservices stack.
• Support systems administration and DevOps practices across cross-functional teams.
• Enhance CI/CD pipelines and DevOps automation to accelerate development and reliability.
• Configure Kubernetes deployments using Helm for new features.
• Collaborate with Systems Engineers to architect solutions and document designs.
• Participate in Agile release planning, scrums, and design sessions.

Skills

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

GitLab CI/CD

Linux

Automation

DevOps practices

Team collaboration

Cloud fundamentals

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or related field

Tools

Elasticsearch

Kafka

Helm

ArgoCD

cert-manager

Kibana

SELinux

FApolicyd

Job 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.

Pay Range

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

Original Posting

September 9, 2026. 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 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 here.

Securing Your Data

Leidos will never ask you to provide payment-related information at any part of the employment application process. And Leidos will communicate with you only through emails that are sent from a Leidos.com email address.

Commitment and Diversity

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.

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 $17.2 billion for the fiscal year ended January 2, 2026. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.