Lead DevSecOps Engineer — AI-Driven Hybrid Cloud

Society of Defense Financial Management; Gaithersburg, Northern (MD, KY); On-site; USD 87,000 - 157,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos seeks a Lead DevSecOps Engineer to join the Air Traffic Business Area, supporting the L-CAP platform. Hybrid role with 3 days onsite and 2 remote, located in Gaithersburg, MD or other eligible sites; remote option possible nationwide.

You will build CI/CD pipelines, manage Kubernetes clusters, and implement IaC with Terraform, ensuring secure, scalable deployments across environments in a SAFe/Agile setting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related discipline with 4+ years of experience (or Master’s with 2+ years) or equivalent experience.
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI, or GitHub Actions).
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes cluster management and container orchestration.
• Proficiency with Terraform or equivalent IaC tools.
• Strong experience with Docker and containerization.
• Solid Linux systems administration skills.
• Scripting in Bash and Python for automation.
• Experience with security scanning tools and DevSecOps practices.
• Understanding of networking, load balancing, and service mesh concepts.
• Familiarity with Agile/SAFe delivery and DevOps culture.
• Experience with software supply chain security tools (Sigstore, SLSA, SBOM generation).
• Knowledge of artifact management systems and build provenance tracking.
• Experience supporting internal developer platforms and developer experience initiatives.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust; U.S. citizenship required.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines enabling continuous integration, testing, and delivery for L-CAP.
• Manage Kubernetes clusters and container orchestration for platform service deployments.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code (IaC) using Terraform for repeatable environments.
• Integrate security scanning tools (SAST, DAST, SCA) into CI/CD pipelines for shift-left security.
• Manage container images, registries, and deployment artifacts across environments.
• Automate operational tasks including provisioning, scaling, and configuration management.
• Manage development, test, and production environments ensuring consistency and reliability.
• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions for platform observability.
• Collaborate with development teams to improve build times, deployment frequency, and reliability.
• Support incident response and troubleshooting of infrastructure and deployment issues.
• Implement software supply chain security controls including SBOM generation, artifact signing, and dependency vulnerability scanning.
• Manage artifact repositories and build provenance ensuring integrity of software deliverables throughout the pipeline.
• Support developer platform capabilities including self-service environment provisioning, documentation, and developer experience improvements.
• Embrace an AI-first engineering culture by actively adopting AI-assisted development tools, automation, and modern engineering practices.

Skills

CI/CD pipelines

Kubernetes management

SRE automation

Scripting (Bash, Python)

Security integration

Agile/SAFe

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/IT

Master’s degree (2+ yrs experience)

Tools

Jenkins

GitLab CI

GitHub Actions

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

ArgoCD

Flux

Job description

Leidos seeks a Lead DevSecOps Engineer to join the Air Traffic Business Area, supporting the L-CAP platform. Hybrid role with 3 days onsite and 2 remote, located in Gaithersburg, MD or other eligible sites; remote option possible nationwide.

You will build CI/CD pipelines, manage Kubernetes clusters, and implement IaC with Terraform, ensuring secure, scalable deployments across environments in a SAFe/Agile setting.