Junior DevOps Engineer: Build & Automate Pipelines

Leidos LLC; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 126,000; Full time

Job summary

Kudu Dynamics, a Leidos owned company in Reston, Virginia, is seeking a Junior DevOps Engineer to support deployment and maintenance of development and production environments. You will work closely with software developers to improve deployment reliability and system health.

Requirements include 1–3 years in DevOps or infrastructure, Linux basics, Docker, GitLab CI/CD, and exposure to Terraform/Ansible. US Citizenship with TS/SCI and Counter-Intelligence Polygraph is required.

Qualifications

• US Citizenship with TS/SCI and Counter-Intelligence Polygraph clearance.
• 1–3 years of experience in DevOps, Systems Engineering, or Infrastructure Support.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field.
• Familiarity with Linux system administration.
• Experience with Docker or containerized applications.
• Basic experience with CI/CD tools such as GitLab CI/CD.
• Exposure to infrastructure automation tools such as Terraform or Ansible.
• Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools (Grafana, Prometheus, ELK, etc.).
• Experience troubleshooting deployment or environment issues.
• Understanding of networking fundamentals and system troubleshooting.
• Ability to work within an Agile Scrum team.
• Self-starter requiring moderate supervision.
• Intelligent, proactive, and driven to achieve results.

Responsibilities

• Support deployment and maintenance of development and production environments.
• Assist with CI/CD pipeline implementation and troubleshooting.
• Monitor system health, logging, and alerting platforms.
• Support container orchestration and infrastructure automation efforts.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure and deployment-related issues.
• Assist with onboarding users and environment access requests.
• Document operational procedures and deployment processes.
• Work closely with software developers to improve deployment reliability.

Skills

Linux administration

Docker

GitLab CI/CD

CI/CD pipelines

Terraform

Ansible

Grafana/Prometheus/ELK

Networking fundamentals

Agile Scrum

Self-starter

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

Docker

GitLab CI/CD

Terraform

Ansible

Grafana

Prometheus

ELK

Job description

Kudu Dynamics, a Leidos owned company in Reston, Virginia, is seeking a Junior DevOps Engineer to support deployment and maintenance of development and production environments. You will work closely with software developers to improve deployment reliability and system health.

Requirements include 1–3 years in DevOps or infrastructure, Linux basics, Docker, GitLab CI/CD, and exposure to Terraform/Ansible. US Citizenship with TS/SCI and Counter-Intelligence Polygraph is required.