Hybrid TS/SCI DevOps Engineer - AWS, Kafka, ELK

Leidos; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a DevOps/Platform engineer for an on-site program in Washington, DC with early-stage telework options. You will build automated CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Artifactory, Kubernetes/OpenShift, Docker, Ansible, and Bitbucket, and help deploy/apply changes to Kafka and Elastic stacks in an AWS cloud.

You will configure DoD-compliant environments, create dashboards for monitoring and cost, and collaborate with cross-functional teams in an Agile setting to deliver reliable

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant technical discipline; 8–12 years of prior experience or Master's with 6–10 years of experience.
• Active TS/SCI clearance (required).
• Willingness to complete and maintain customer screenings.
• Current Security+ or higher/equivalent.
• Experience developing software in Agile environments.
• Ability to work in a distributed team and multi-task.

Responsibilities

• Develop automated CI/CD build/deploy pipelines using Jenkins, Artifactory, Kubernetes/OpenShift, Docker, Ansible and Bitbucket.
• Assist with deployment, configuration, testing, and maintenance of Kafka and Elastic clusters in AWS.
• Configure apps to integrate network data into Elastic (ELK) stack in AWS cloud.
• Meet DoD STIGs and security standards in configurations.
• Develop centralized dashboards and observability for health, performance, security, and cloud spend.
• Implement proactive monitoring, alerts, and automation to improve reliability.
• Cost optimization through right-sizing and FinOps practices.
• Manage certificate lifecycle operations to ensure secure service delivery.
• Collaborate with DevOps/Sec/Cloud/Apps teams to embed security in CI/CD.

Skills

CI/CD pipelines

Kubernetes/OpenShift

Docker

Ansible

Bitbucket

Elastic/ELK

Kafka

AWS

Python/Java

SQL/JSON

JavaScript

Git

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

Git

Bitbucket

Jenkins

Artifactory

OpenShift

Job description

Leidos is seeking a DevOps/Platform engineer for an on-site program in Washington, DC with early-stage telework options. You will build automated CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Artifactory, Kubernetes/OpenShift, Docker, Ansible, and Bitbucket, and help deploy/apply changes to Kafka and Elastic stacks in an AWS cloud.

You will configure DoD-compliant environments, create dashboards for monitoring and cost, and collaborate with cross-functional teams in an Agile setting to deliver reliable