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This hands-on technical position will be responsible for designing, implementing, maintaining, and improving cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps automation within a Microsoft Azure environment.\nThe ideal candidate will have strong technical expertise in Azure, GitHub, CI/CD technologies, and cloud infrastructure automation. The DevOps Technical Lead will collaborate closely with development, QA, security, and deployment teams to improve development efficiency, system reliability, and operational capabilities while supporting ongoing application modernization initiatives.\nCANDIDATE MUST:\nBe a U.S. Citizen or Green Card holder with the ability to obtain a Public Trust.\n*Please be advised that during the interview, you will be required to keep your camera on, and your interviewer will be taking your picture for identification purposes.\nPrimary Responsibilities\nServe as a hands-on technical lead for DevOps engineering activities, providing technical guidance and implementing solutions to complex infrastructure and automation challenges.\nDesign, develop, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines to support automated application builds, testing, and deployments.\nConfigure, maintain, and troubleshoot Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure and services.\nAdminister and maintain GitHub repositories, branching strategies, access controls, and integration with CI/CD pipelines.\nDevelop and maintain infrastructure automation, configuration management, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions.\nSupport containerized applications and microservices infrastructure, including Docker and Kubernetes environments.\nCollaborate with the Deployment Lead to ensure reliable, repeatable, and efficient deployment processes.\nTroubleshoot infrastructure, pipeline, and application environment issues across development, QA, and production environments.\nImplement and improve monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability capabilities to support system reliability and performance.\nPartner with development, QA, and security teams to integrate automated testing, security scanning, and quality controls into CI/CD pipelines.\nSupport incident investigation, root-cause analysis, and implementation of corrective actions for infrastructure and operational issues.\nIdentify and implement opportunities to improve DevOps automation, infrastructure reliability, and operational efficiency.\nDevelop and maintain technical documentation, configuration standards, and DevOps best practices.\nPrimary Responsibilities\nServe as a hands-on technical lead for DevOps engineering activities, providing technical guidance and implementing solutions to complex infrastructure and automation challenges.\nDesign, develop, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines to support automated application builds, testing, and deployments.\nConfigure, maintain, and troubleshoot Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure and services.\nAdminister and maintain GitHub repositories, branching strategies, access controls, and integration with CI/CD pipelines.\nDevelop and maintain infrastructure automation, configuration management, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions.\nSupport containerized applications and microservices infrastructure, including Docker and Kubernetes environments.\nCollaborate with the Deployment Lead to ensure reliable, repeatable, and efficient deployment processes.\nTroubleshoot infrastructure, pipeline, and application environment issues across development, QA, and production environments.\nImplement and improve monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability capabilities to support system reliability and performance.\nPartner with development, QA, and security teams to integrate automated testing, security scanning, and quality controls into CI/CD pipelines.\nSupport incident investigation, root-cause analysis, and implementation of corrective actions for infrastructure and operational issues.\nIdentify and implement opportunities to improve DevOps automation, infrastructure reliability, and operational efficiency.\nDevelop and maintain technical documentation, configuration standards, and DevOps best practices.\nBasic Qualifications\nBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related technical discipline, with 8+ years of relevant experience. Additional experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.\nDemonstrated hands-on experience implementing and supporting DevOps solutions in Microsoft Azure environments.\nStrong experience designing, developing, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps Pipelines, or comparable technologies.\nStrong experience with GitHub, including repository administration, branching strategies, pull request workflows, and access management.\nExperience with Azure cloud services, infrastructure configuration, networking, and troubleshooting.\nExperience with Docker and Kubernetes or comparable container orchestration technologies.\nProficiency in scripting and automation using PowerShell, Bash, Python, or similar languages.\nExperience implementing infrastructure automation using Terraform, Bicep, or comparable IaC tools.\nExperience troubleshooting complex infrastructure, application environment, and CI/CD pipeline issues.\nExperience implementing monitoring, logging, and observability solutions.\nExperience supporting production incident investigation, root-cause analysis, and performance troubleshooting.\nDemonstrated ability to independently solve technical problems and provide technical guidance to other engineers.\nStrong communication and collaboration skills.\nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience supporting federal government systems, particularly CDC or HHS environments.\nExperience with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure App Service, Azure Monitor, and Application Insights.\nExperience integrating automated testing, code quality checks, and security scanning into CI/CD pipelines.\nFamiliarity with Java, React, microservices, and micro frontend architectures.\nKnowledge of cloud security principles, identity and access management, and secure DevOps practices.\nExperience supporting Azure Databricks or other cloud-based data engineering platforms.\nFamiliarity with DevSecOps practices and federal security requirements, including NIST and FedRAMP.\nExperience working in Agile software development environments.\nMicrosoft Azure or relevant DevOps certifications.\nIf you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo - because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 - and moving faster than anyone else dares.\nOriginal Posting:\nOctober 28, 2026For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.\nPay Range:\nPay Range $107,900.00 - $195,050.00The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. 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