Senior DevOps Engineer - Cloud Automation & Platform

Jobtailor; Maryland; On-site; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a DevOps Engineer for the Intelligence Sector’s Cyber & Analytics Business Area (CABA). You will focus on platform architecture, automation, and cloud infrastructure to support a mission-critical program for Warfighter operations.

Responsibilities include building release pipelines, automating deployments, and configuring tools like Puppet, Ansible, Jira, and Confluence, with emphasis on security, PCI compliance, and scalable architectures across AWS and PaaS environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering or Computer Science and 8+ years of technical experience including 5 years in DevOps.
• Experience with Git and version control best practices.
• Strong Linux (RHEL/CentOS) and Windows system administration.
• Experience integrating Jenkins/Bamboo, Docker, and Kubernetes for automated deployment.
• Experience with caching technologies and databases (Memcache/Redis, MySQL, Elasticsearch).
• Familiarity with security practices, networking, PCI compliance.
• Experience with AWS cloud or virtualized servers in PaaS environments.
• Programming in Ruby, C/C++, Go, Python, or Java; understanding of OOP.
• Clearance: Top Secret/SCI with Polygraph.

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 and maintaining web service infrastructure and deployments.
• Identify and implement process improvements through automation and streamlining.

Skills

Git & version control

Linux (RHEL/CentOS)

Windows system administration

Jenkins/Bamboo

Docker

Kubernetes

Caching technologies (Memcache/Redis)

MySQL (Clusters, Replication, Tuning)

Elasticsearch (Kibana)

Security practices & PCI compliance

AWS cloud / PaaS environments

Agile development

Programming: Ruby / C/C++ / Go / Java

Object-oriented programming

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering or Computer Science

Tools

Puppet

Ansible

Confluence

Jira

Job description

Leidos is seeking a DevOps Engineer for the Intelligence Sector’s Cyber & Analytics Business Area (CABA). You will focus on platform architecture, automation, and cloud infrastructure to support a mission-critical program for Warfighter operations.

Responsibilities include building release pipelines, automating deployments, and configuring tools like Puppet, Ansible, Jira, and Confluence, with emphasis on security, PCI compliance, and scalable architectures across AWS and PaaS environments.