DevOps Engineer Expert - Leidos

OpenTalent; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a DevOps Engineer in Chantilly, VA for a 200+ FTE program delivering modern ICAM solutions. You will help build scalable cloud-enabled systems and participate in the full software development lifecycle, from architecture and design to deployment and testing.

Responsibilities include automating workflows with GitHub and Jenkins, scripting with Unix bash, and coordinating with engineers and product owners to align user stories with customer needs.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI with polygraph is required.
• BS degree with 12+ years of relevant experience; more accepted.
• Experience delivering DevOps within the SDLC; CI/CD practices.
• Experience with testing tools such as J-Meter.
• Cloud development on AWS, Oracle Cloud, Google Cloud or Azure.
• Experience with cloud data services (e.g., S3, OpenSearch).
• Strong communication skills, written and verbal.
• Proficiency with version control systems like Git.

Responsibilities

• Participate in software programming initiatives to support innovation and enhancement.
• Design, develop, troubleshoot, and debug automation solutions for development, test and production environments.
• Break down high-level requirements into executable tasks for implementation.
• Recommend process, program and automation improvements for the project.
• Develop, prototype and deploy Cloud solutions leveraging infrastructure services.
• Coordinate with team members, Product Owners and Scrum Masters for user story alignment.
• Analyze performance and end-to-end testing to meet customer mission needs.
• Use DevOps tools like GitHub, Jenkins, and Unix scripting to deliver artifacts.

Skills

Security clearance TS/SCI with Poly

DevOps practices

CI/CD automation

Automation scripting

Strong communication

Cloud fundamentals

GitHub / Git

Jenkins

Atlassian Jira/Confluence

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

AWS

Oracle Cloud

Google Cloud

Azure

OpenSearch

S3

Git

JMeter

Unix Bash

Jenkins

GitHub

Job description

Description

Leidos is looking for a DevOps Engineer on a 200+ FTE technical development program responsible for delivering modern Identity Access Credential Management (ICAM) solutions. As a DevOps Engineer on this program, you will have the opportunity to build strong systems and software utilizing cloud capabilities to support a complex program. Based in DevOps framework, you will participate in and/or direct major deliverables throughout all aspects of the software development lifecycle including scope and work estimation, architecture and design, coding and unit testing.

Primary Responsibilities

• Participate in software programming initiatives to support innovation and enhancement,
• Solving higher level and larger scope technical problems
• Design, develop, troubleshoot, and debug automation solutions for development, test and production environments.
• Ability to take high level requirements from senior engineers and program management and break the work down into smaller tasks for implementation.
• Makes process, program and automation recommendations to the project or program.
• Develop, prototype and deploy solutions within Commercial Cloud Solutions leveraging Infrastructure platform services
• Coordinate closely with team members, Product Owners and Scrum Masters to ensure User Story alignment and implementation to customer use cases
• Analyze (through proof of concept, performance, and end-to-end testing) and effectively coordinate Infrastructure needs driven by developed software to meet customer mission needs
• Use industry leading DevOps tools like GitHub, Jenkins, Unix bash scripting
• Document and perform systems software development, including deployment of build artifacts across different environments
• Communicate key project data to team members and build team cohesion and effectiveness.
• Leverage Atlassian tool suite like JIRA and Confluence to track activities and document procedures
• Apply and identify best practices and standard operating procedures
• Create innovative solutions to meet the technical needs of customers.

Required Skills;

• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph
• Requires a BS degree and 12+ years of prior relevant experience. Additional experience in lieu of degree.
• Expert in the software development lifecycle, with experience delivering within DevOps toolsets/practices and continuous integration / continuous development
• Direct experience utilizing software testing performance tools, such as J-Meter
• Experience with development in Commercial Cloud Platforms (ex, AWS, Oracle Cloud, Google Cloud, Azure)
• Experience with development leveraging cloud data services (ex: AWS S3, OpenSearch, EFS, etc.)
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
• Well versed with using version control systems such as git