Senior DevOps Engineer: Cloud Automation & Security

Leidos; New York (NY); On-site; USD 131,000 - 237,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

11 paid Holidays

401K with 6% company match

Flexible schedules

Sign-on bonus $25,000

Job summary

Leidos in the United States seeks a Senior DevOps Engineer to join the Intelligence Sector’s Cyber & Analytics Business Area. You will design, implement, and automate platform architectures, improve deployment pipelines, and optimize cloud infrastructure across Linux and Windows environments.

This senior role requires strong scripting, experience with Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, and security practices, plus a Top Secret/SCI with Polygraph clearance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering or Computer Science with 12+ years of experience.
• Fluent with Git and version control best practices.
• Strong Linux (RHEL) and Windows system administration.
• Experience with Jenkins/Bamboo, Docker, and Kubernetes for automated deployments.
• Experience with caching, MySQL clusters, and Elasticsearch is a plus.
• Clearance: Top Secret/SCI with Polygraph.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Git

Linux

Windows Admin

CI/CD (Jenkins/Bamboo)

Docker

Kubernetes

Caching: Memcache/Redis

MySQL clustering

Elasticsearch

Security & PCI

AWS cloud

Agile

Programming: Ruby / Python / Java / Go

Education

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

Tools

Puppet

Ansible

Confluence

Jira

Job description

Leidos in the United States seeks a Senior DevOps Engineer to join the Intelligence Sector’s Cyber & Analytics Business Area. You will design, implement, and automate platform architectures, improve deployment pipelines, and optimize cloud infrastructure across Linux and Windows environments.

This senior role requires strong scripting, experience with Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, and security practices, plus a Top Secret/SCI with Polygraph clearance.