Lead DevSecOps Engineer: Cloud, CI/CD & Kubernetes

Leidos Inc

Gaithersburg (MD)

On-site

USD 87,000 - 157,000

Full time

13 days ago

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Job summary

Leidos is seeking a Lead DevSecOps Platform Engineer to join the Air Traffic Business Area, supporting the modernization of FAA flight service and air traffic systems. The role focuses on designing, implementing, and improving secure software delivery platforms and automated pipelines.

You will enable automated build, test, security scanning, deployment, and release processes, integrating security throughout the SDLC while collaborating with engineers, security teams, and solution architects to

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field with 4-8 years of relevant experience.
Experience designing, implementing, and maintaining secure CI/CD pipelines supporting enterprise software development.
Experience developing and administering GitLab CI/CD pipelines, including GitLab Runners, pipeline templates, variables, artifacts, deployment workflows, and pipeline optimization.
Experience administering GitLab repositories, merge requests, branching strategies, repository permissions, and source code management workflows.
Experience developing Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or similar technologies.
Experience deploying containerized applications (Docker, Kubernetes) using Helm or comparable tools.

Responsibilities

Own the implementation and operation of software delivery pipelines, from build through production release.
Develop, administer, and maintain automated build, test, deployment, and release workflows using GitLab CI/CD, GitLab Runners, AWS CodePipeline, AWS CodeBuild, and related automation technologies.
Administer GitLab platform infrastructure (projects, groups, runners, repositories, and permissions), and develop reusable CI/CD templates and pipeline libraries adopted across Agile teams.
Integrate automated security capabilities into software delivery pipelines, including SAST, SCA, container image scanning, secrets detection, IaC scanning, and software supply chain security.
Design and maintain automated deployment strategies for Kubernetes-based applications utilizing Helm, GitOps methodologies, and progressive deployment techniques.
Collaborate with Cloud Systems Owners to ensure cloud platforms effectively support automated software deployment, scalability, operational monitoring, and application reliability.
Partner with software development teams to improve build reliability, deployment consistency, release quality, and developer productivity through automation and self-service engineering capabilities.
Work closely with cybersecurity teams to integrate security throughout the software development lifecycle and ensure compliance with organizational security requirements.
Troubleshoot build failures, deployment issues, pipeline performance, dependency management, and software delivery problems across development, integration, and production environments.
Develop and maintain pipeline documentation, deployment procedures, release management processes, operational guidance, and engineering standards.
Participate in Agile ceremonies while supporting multiple software development teams through automation, continuous integration, and continuous delivery.