DevSecOps Engineer

Leidos; Bethesda (MD); Hybrid; USD 87,000 - 157,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos in Bethesda, MD seeks an energetic DevSecOps/Platform Engineer to architect and maintain large-scale simulation systems for US Navy programs. You will manage cloud environments, implement secure CI/CD pipelines, and mentor junior engineers while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

The role emphasizes Kubernetes, IaC, and security practices within a hybrid remote/on-site setting, with clear expectations for leadership and delivery excellence.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in DevSecOps, platform engineering, or related field.
• Experience with Kubernetes, Git, Istio, Helm, Ansible, IaC tools, and Docker/Podman.
• Proficient in Linux (RHEL/ Rocky) and AWS environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain cloud-native platforms and CI/CD pipelines.
• Implement security, IaC, and compliance across development and production.
• Collaborate with engineers and leadership to improve traditional workflows.

Skills

Kubernetes

Git

Istio

Helm charts

Ansible

OpenTofu

Terraform

Docker

Podman

RHEL/ Rocky Linux

AWS

GitLab

Artifactory

Jenkins

Python

Bash

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

GitLab

Artifactory

Jira

Confluence

SonarQube

Jenkins

Keycloak

Job description

Description

Leidos’ High Fidelity Simulation Business Area is responsible for architecting and implementing large-scale System of Systems solutions in support of world class simulation, training, and analysis products for the US Navy. You will get to work with state-of-the art technology developing the most sophisticated and “game changing” trainers the US Navy deploys. You will be constantly learning new skills and be encouraged and supported to develop the career you want to achieve. The hallmark of Leidos is empowered employees doing meaningful work. Join Leidos for a career, not just a job.

Leidos is seeking an energetic, motivated, self-starter for this technically sophisticated and challenging engineering position, developing a variety of naval training and simulation systems such as CIAT - Combined Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) and Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Trainer - YouTube.

You will serve as an integral part of a development team that is focused on building and maintaining state-of-the-art Simulation Systems for our US Navy customers. You will administer DevSecOps and Configuration Management (CM) practices, tools and techniques for the use by the team, to increase our ability to deliver trainers more quickly and with improved quality. You will be responsible for setting up cloud environments to be used by development teams for continuous integration and development of Navy systems in both the public cloud and on-premises in private clouds. You will work directly with the management team to help standardize these same practices across our entire development group and demonstrate the effectiveness and value of modern DevSecOps and CM to our Navy customers. Come join us as a front-line leader who can help to shape the future of our team and our incredible products!

Remote/Telework

This position allows at least 75% remote work. Candidate must be local to the office and able to work onsite as needed to accomplish required tasks for the role.

Core Responsibilities

Kubernetes and Containers

• Design, deploy, and maintain Kubernetes-based platforms such as AWS EKS and RKE2.
• Deploy and manage containerized applications using Docker or Podman.
• Develop, maintain, and troubleshoot Helm charts and Kubernetes manifests.
• Configure and support Istio service mesh, Kubernetes networking, ingress, service discovery, configmaps, secrets, and workload security.

Infrastructure Automation

• Design, deploy, and maintain infrastructure using OpenTofu or Terraform.
• Develop Ansible automation for system configuration, software deployment, patching, and operational tasks.
• Build reusable infrastructure modules, automation roles, templates, and deployment patterns.
• Apply infrastructure-as-code principles, including version control, peer review, testing, and controlled promotion.
• Support infrastructure provisioning and configuration across development, test, and production environments.

CI/CD and Software Factory Operations

• Design, implement, and maintain secure CI/CD pipelines using GitLab and GitLab Runners, or Jenkins.
• Integrate automated build, test, security, packaging, and deployment stages.
• Install, configure, troubleshoot, and integrate GitLab, GitLab Runners, Jenkins, Keycloak, Red Hat Identity Management or LDAP, Artifactory, Mattermost, Jira, Confluence, and SonarQube.
• Establish secure Git workflows, including branching, merge requests, code reviews, tagging, releases, and change control.
• Create reusable pipeline templates and shared CI/CD components.

DevSecOps and Continuous Authorization

• Integrate security practices into all stages of the software development lifecycle.
• Implement automated static application security testing, software composition analysis, dependency scanning, container image scanning, infrastructure-as-code scanning, secrets detection, license compliance, and software quality gates.
• Support secure software supply chain practices, including artifact integrity, provenance, and traceability.
• Support cATO, continuous monitoring, and automated compliance evidence collection.
• Translate security and compliance requirements into technical controls, pipeline checks, and operational procedures.
• Support vulnerability remediation, patch management, configuration compliance, and security assessment activities.

Linux and Cloud Operations

• Administer and troubleshoot Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) or Rocky Linux systems.
• Troubleshoot processes, services, networking, DNS, storage, permissions, package management, logging, and system performance.
• Apply system hardening and operational security practices.
• Design, deploy, and maintain cloud infrastructure in Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• Support cloud networking, identity and access management, compute, storage, monitoring, and security services.
• Develop procedures for backup, recovery, upgrades, patching, and incident response.

Collaboration and Technical Leadership

• Collaborate with developers, cybersecurity engineers, system administrators, cloud engineers, and technical leadership.
• Lead troubleshooting for complex platform, pipeline, networking, authentication, and deployment issues.
• Participate in architecture reviews, design sessions, code reviews, incident response, and root-cause analysis.
• Establish reusable engineering standards and operational practices.
• Mentor junior DevSecOps engineers and provide technical guidance.
• Maintain technical documentation, diagrams, runbooks, and standard operating procedures.

Required Education

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or Computer Science, Math or the Sciences, Network Engineering, Systems Software, Information Technology, or a related technical degree.

Required Experience

• You must have U.S. Citizenship and be eligible to obtain a U.S. Government granted security clearance. Employment is contingent upon receiving an interim Secret security clearance.
• You must have 5+ years of experience in DevSecOps, platform engineering, systems engineering, cloud engineering, software engineering, or a related field.
• You must have professional experience with Kubernetes, Git, Istio or similar K8s service mesh, Helm charts, Ansible, OpenTofu or Terraform, and Docker or Podman.
• You must have experience administering and troubleshooting Linux systems, particularly RHEL or Rocky Linux.
• You must have experience designing, deploying, securing, or operating infrastructure in AWS.
• You must have experience administering, integrating, or troubleshooting multiple software factory applications listed in this description (e.g. GitLab, Artifactory, etc.)
• Practical experience with Git workflows, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code (IaC), container delivery, automated security testing, vulnerability management, continuous monitoring, and cATO.
• Experience writing automation using Bash, Python, etc.
• You must be able to diagnose complex technical problems across multiple infrastructure and application layers.
• You must be able to communicate technical concepts clearly and produce high-quality documentation.
• You must currently hold or be able to obtain certifications for Security+, entry‑level Linux such as Linux+ or LPI Linux Essentials, and entry‑level AWS such as AWS Cloud Practitioner.

Desired Experience

• Certifications for Kubernetes, Network+, or CCNA.
• Operating RKE2 Kubernetes clusters and software factories in air‑gapped, disconnected, or highly restricted environments.
• Monitoring tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, and Loki.
• Security tools such as Falco, AWS GuardDuty and Inspector.
• UDS CLI and UDS packages.
• Zarf for packaging, deploying, and managing applications in disconnected or air‑gapped environments.
• Zero‑trust architecture, software bills of materials, artifact signing, image signing, provenance, or supply chain verification.
• Deploying, securing, or maintaining AI and large language model platforms.
• Policy as code, automated compliance enforcement, and observability platforms.
• Supporting regulated, defense, classified, healthcare, financial, or other highly controlled environments.
• Atlassian Software Development and Collaboration products (Jira, Confluence).

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Pay Range

Pay Range $87,100.00 - $157,450.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand 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.

About 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 $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

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 at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

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.

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