TS/SCI Platform Ops Engineer - Secure, Scalable OSINT

Leidos LLC; Brookmont (MD); Hybrid; USD 107,900 - 195,050; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Health and Wellness programs

Income Protection

Paid Leave and Retirement

Job summary

Leidos LLC is seeking a Platform Operations Engineer to join a mission‑focused team delivering a modern, containerized tech stack for OSINT TCPED workflows. The role emphasizes reliability, observability, and incident response across a large data platform running on Kubernetes, Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL, and Kafka.

The ideal candidate possesses TS/SCI clearance, DoD 8570 IAT II+ certifications, and hands‑on experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS).

Qualifications

• BS in Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience) with 8+ years of relevant experience
• 6+ years with a Master’s
• Active TS/SCI clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a polygraph
• At least one DoD 8570.01 M IAT Level II+ certification (e.g., Security+ CE, CySA+, CCNA Security, SSCP, CISSP (or Associate))
• Ability to obtain Privileged User Account (PUA) certification
• Experience with Kubernetes, GitLab pipelines, Linux, and containerized environments
• Experience supporting enterprise scale production systems
• Experience with cloud services (preferably AWS) and cloud infrastructure
• Familiarity with Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL, Logstash, Kibana, and Keycloak
• Demonstrated success in cross functional coordination and execution
• Strong communication skills and the ability to perform under pressure during incidents

Responsibilities

• System Reliability & Performance — Ensuring uptime, performance, and capacity planning for a large scale big data production platform with a microservice architecture running on Kubernetes, Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL, Kafka, and technologies such as Java, Python, React, and low code tools like Appian
• Monitoring & Observability — Leveraging monitoring tools to proactively detect and resolve issues
• Incident Response — Leading triage, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and post incident reviews
• SLIs & SLOs — Defining and tracking reliability metrics
• SAFe Agile — Participating in release planning, scrums, design sessions, bug triage, and cross team coordination

Skills

Kubernetes

GitLab pipelines

Linux

AWS cloud

Elasticsearch

PostgreSQL

Logstash

Kibana

Keycloak

Java

Python

SAFe Agile

Terraform

CloudFormation

Education

BS in Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or related field

Master’s degree

Tools

Appian

SALT

PowerShell

Job description

Leidos LLC is seeking a Platform Operations Engineer to join a mission‑focused team delivering a modern, containerized tech stack for OSINT TCPED workflows. The role emphasizes reliability, observability, and incident response across a large data platform running on Kubernetes, Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL, and Kafka.

The ideal candidate possesses TS/SCI clearance, DoD 8570 IAT II+ certifications, and hands‑on experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS).