Senior DevOps Engineer - Cloud Automation & Security (Sign-On $25k)

Leidos; Columbia (MD); On-site; USD 131,000 - 237,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO and holidays

401K with company match

Flexible schedules

Discounted stock purchase

Parental leave

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to lead platform architecture, automation, and cloud infrastructure across Linux and Windows environments. You will design deployment pipelines, automate multi-environment releases, and optimize systems for performance and security within a fast-paced, collaborative team.

The role requires strong scripting/programming skills (Ruby, C/C++, Go, Python, or Java) and experience with AWS and modern CI/CD tools.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or Masters in Engineering or Computer Science with 12+ years of technical experience.
• Fluent with Git and version-control best practices (branching/merging).
• Strong Linux (RHEL 6/7/8, RHCSA/RHCE, CentOS) and Windows admin skills.
• Experience integrating Jenkins/Bamboo, Docker, and Kubernetes for automated deployment (preferred).
• Experience with caching tech (Memcache, Redis) and MySQL/Elasticsearch.
• Familiar with security practices, networking, firewalls, and PCI compliance.
• Experience with Agile environments and AWS cloud or PaaS environments.
• Programming in Ruby, C/C++, Go, Python, or Java; OOP concepts.

Responsibilities

• Support the development lifecycle: design, deployment, debugging.
• Build and maintain release pipelines for fast, secure production delivery.
• Automate deployments across environments via scripting and toolkits.
• Configure sites/applications with Puppet/Ansible; maintain Confluence/Jira.
• Design/maintain web service infra and deployment processes.
• Identify and implement automation-driven process improvements.

Skills

Git

Linux

Windows Admin

Agile

Programming Languages

Security & Networking

AWS Cloud

Education

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

Tools

Puppet

Ansible

Jenkins

Bamboo

Docker

Kubernetes

Confluence

Jira

Memcache/Redis

MySQL

Elasticsearch

Job description

Leidos is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to lead platform architecture, automation, and cloud infrastructure across Linux and Windows environments. You will design deployment pipelines, automate multi-environment releases, and optimize systems for performance and security within a fast-paced, collaborative team.

The role requires strong scripting/programming skills (Ruby, C/C++, Go, Python, or Java) and experience with AWS and modern CI/CD tools.