Lead DevOps Engineer – Kubernetes, IaC & Secure Pipelines

L3Harris Technologies, Inc.; Salt Lake City (UT); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

L3Harris Technologies in Salt Lake City is seeking a Lead DevOps Engineer to lead the development pipelines, manage Linux infrastructure, and drive automation across secure environments. You will architect and maintain Kubernetes clusters, collaborate with a multidisciplinary team, and ensure end-to-end encryption and secure communications.

The role emphasizes leadership, architecture decisions, and hands-on work in both unclassified and classified settings, with travel under 10% and a 9/80

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field; 9+ years of relevant experience, or graduate degree with 7+ years; in lieu of a degree, 13+ years of experience.
• Ability to obtain a U.S. security clearance; willingness to work in secure/classified environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead DevOps team to design and deploy software development pipelines.
• Architect, implement, and maintain Kubernetes-based deployments for scalable applications.
• Automate DevOps processes through scripting and IaC (Salt, Ansible, Puppet).
• Ensure secure development and deployment in air-gapped environments.

Skills

DevOps leadership

Linux systems

Kubernetes

Git & CI/CD

Scripting (Python, Bash)

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

Graduate Degree

Tools

Salt

Ansible

Puppet

Jenkins

Gitlab-CI

Artifactory

Job description

L3Harris Technologies in Salt Lake City is seeking a Lead DevOps Engineer to lead the development pipelines, manage Linux infrastructure, and drive automation across secure environments. You will architect and maintain Kubernetes clusters, collaborate with a multidisciplinary team, and ensure end-to-end encryption and secure communications.

The role emphasizes leadership, architecture decisions, and hands-on work in both unclassified and classified settings, with travel under 10% and a 9/80