Senior DevOps Engineer: Automate, Deploy & Scale in AWS

Leidos LLC; College Park (MD); On-site; USD 154,000 - 278,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a highly experienced engineer to support development, deployment, and automation for complex platforms. You will design and optimize release pipelines and automation, contribute to both Linux and Windows environments, and integrate tools like Jenkins, Docker, and Kubernetes.

Strong security and cloud experience are essential. Applicants should have a senior level background with 12+ years in engineering, and a degree in engineering or computer science.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in Engineering or Computer Science with 12+ years related experience.
• Git and version control best practices; Agile development experience.
• Linux (RHEL/CentOS) and Windows system administration experience.
• Experience with Jenkins/Bamboo, Docker, Kubernetes for automated deployment.
• Experience with caching technologies (Memcache/Redis), MySQL, and Elasticsearch.
• Security practices, networking, firewalls, PCI compliance; 5+ years in AWS/PaaS.
• Proficiency in at least one programming language (Ruby/C/C++/Go/Python/Java).

Responsibilities

• Support the development lifecycle including platform design, deployment, and debugging.
• Build and maintain a release pipeline for fast, secure delivery to production.
• Automate deployments across environments using scripting languages and toolkits.
• Configure sites/applications via Puppet and Ansible, and maintain Confluence/Jira.
• Assist in designing/maintaining web service infrastructure and deployments.
• Identify and implement process improvements through automation and streamlining.

Skills

Programming languages (Ruby/C/C++/Go/P

Education

Bachelor’s degree or Masters Degree in Engineering or Computer Science

Tools

Jenkins/Bamboo

Docker

Kubernetes

Puppet

Ansible

Confluence

Jira

Git

Memcache

Redis

MySQL

Elasticsearch

Job description

Leidos is seeking a highly experienced engineer to support development, deployment, and automation for complex platforms. You will design and optimize release pipelines and automation, contribute to both Linux and Windows environments, and integrate tools like Jenkins, Docker, and Kubernetes.

Strong security and cloud experience are essential. Applicants should have a senior level background with 12+ years in engineering, and a degree in engineering or computer science.