DevOps Platform Engineer/Linux Systems Administrator

Leidos; Brookmont (MD); Hybrid; USD 87.000 - 157.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Competitive compensation

Health and Wellness programs

Income Protection

Paid Leave and Retirement

Zusammenfassung

Leidos is seeking a TS/SCI-cleared DevOps Platform Engineer/Linux Systems Administrator to support the DOMEX Technology Platform for a 10-year program at Bethesda, MD. You will manage a Kubernetes-based platform and shared runtime services, implementing automation, CI/CD, and security hardening.

You will collaborate across engineering, security, and operations teams to deploy, monitor, and scale production data pipelines, with on-site work and occasional remote options.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Sciences, Systems Engineering, or related field, with 4+ years of relevant experience.
• Active TS/SCI clearance with ability to obtain/maintain TS/SCI with CI Polygraph.
• DoD 8140.03-M IAT Level II or higher certification (e.g., CySA+, Security+CE).
• Ability to obtain Privileged User Account certification per DoD 8140 policy.
• Kubernetes administration with Helm or equivalent tooling.
• Linux administration, networking, and system hardening.

Aufgaben

• Deploy, troubleshoot, monitor, and maintain the platform for a production big-data pipeline built on Kubernetes, Elasticsearch, and Kafka.
• Administer Linux-based applications, including installation, configuration, patching, upgrades, performance monitoring, troubleshooting, and hardening.
• Integrate with underlying infrastructure for availability, reliability, security, and performance.
• Design and support scalable, redundant application infrastructure across physical and virtual environments.
• Contribute to engineering documentation, diagrams, and models.
• Participate in Agile release planning, scrums, design sessions, bug triage, and related activities.

Kenntnisse

Kubernetes administration

Linux system administration

Scripting (Bash/Python)

Troubleshooting

Communication skills

Ausbildung

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

Tools

Helm

Terraform

Ansible

Bash

Python

Gitlab

Nexus

ArgoCD

Kafka

Elasticsearch

Redis

Jobbeschreibung

Leidos is looking for our next TS/SCI-cleared DevOps Platform Engineer/Linux Systems Administrator to join a high-energy team deploying and maintaining common application-runtime capabilities in support of the DIA-NDOC (National Digital Exploitation OSINT Center) DOMEX Technology Platform (DTP).

This role is part of a 10-year program supporting the DOMEX Data Discovery Platform (D3P) Modernization effort, where you’ll contribute to mission-critical capabilities alongside a collaborative, innovative, and growth-oriented team.

While the majority of work is performed on-site at our customer location in Bethesda, MD, we offer a flexible schedule and occasional opportunities for remote work.

As a Platform Engineer, you’ll operate and maintain the organization’s Kubernetes-based application platform and shared runtime services, including Elastic and Redis by performing platform configuration, monitoring, troubleshooting, security hardening, capacity management, version upgrades, and automation to provide reliable, secure, and scalable platform services.

You’ll also support the implementation of automation, continuous integration and delivery, and DevOps best practices across cross‑functional engineer teams. In this fast-paced environment, you’ll collaborate closely with systems engineering, architecture, development, security, operations, and integration teams. You will work with a multidisciplinary group of developers, integrators, and system administrators to:

• Deploy, troubleshoot, monitor, and maintain the platform for a production big-data pipeline built on Kubernetes, Elasticsearch, and Kafka.
• Administer and maintain Linux-based applications, including installation, configuration, patching, upgrades, performance monitoring, troubleshooting, and system hardening.
• Integrate with the underlying physical and virtual infrastructure, ensuring system availability, reliability, security, and performance.
• Design and support scalable, redundant application infrastructure across physical and virtual environments.
• Contribute technical input to engineering documentation, diagrams, and models.
• Participate in Agile release planning, scrums, design sessions, bug triage, and related team activities.

To be successful in this role you need the following (required qualifications): 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 Sciences, Systems Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience) with 4+ years of relevant experience;
• 2+ years with a Master’s Active TS/SCI clearance and ability to obtain/maintain a TS/SCI with CI Polygraph;
• Possess at least one DoD 8140.03-M IAT Level II or higher certification, e.g., CySA+, Security+CE, etc.;
• Ability to obtain Privileged User Account (PUA) certification per DoD 8140 policy;
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes administration and operations Helm or comparable Kubernetes package/configuration-management tools;
• Troubleshooting pod failures, networking issues, image pulls, scheduling constraints, and application connectivity;
• Experience with Linux command-line administration and troubleshooting, including processes, filesystems, networking, permissions, logs, certificates, and system resource analysis;
• Experience supporting or administering at least one shared data or application platform service, such as Elastic, Redis, message queues, API gateways, or similar distributed services;
• Familiarity with infrastructure and platform automation tools, such as Terraform, Ansible, Helm, Bash, Python, or equivalent;
• Working knowledge of platform security practices;
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools and practices;
• Ability to create and maintain clear technical documentation;
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and communication skills

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

• Knowledge of Agile methodologies
• Development experience (Bash, PowerShell, SALT, Python, Groovy, Java, etc.)
• Familiarity with: Kafka or other messaging systems
• GPU-based Kubernetes
• SALT for deployment automation
• Helm/Helmfile
• CI/CD tools such as Gitlab, Nexus, ArgoCD

Pay and Benefits

Pay Range $87,100.00 - $157,450.00

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.

Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available here.

• competitive compensation
• Health and Wellness programs
• Income Protection
• Paid Leave and Retirement

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.

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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.