Systems Engineer Expert

Leidos is looking for a Lead DevOps Engineer on a 200+ FTE technical development program responsible for delivering modern Identity Access Credential Management (ICAM) solutions. As a DevOps Engineer on this program, you will have the opportunity to build strong systems and software utilizing cloud capabilities to support a complex program. Based in DevOps framework, you will participate in and/or direct major deliverables throughout all aspects of the software development lifecycle including scope and work estimation, architecture and design, coding and unit testing. This role requires supporting an on-call rotation to ensure mission critical services remain operational 24/7/365. Rotation is typically to be on-call 1 full calendar week every 2 months.

Primary Responsibilities

• Create and publish standard operating procedures for developers, database administrators, and customer support personnel.
• Perform full lifecycle management of CI/CD pipelines, including modifications to pipeline stages, dependency management, etc
• Act on PO&AMs and CVEs reported by the ISSE by patching dependencies in the SBOM
• Provide technical guidance, training, and leadership for current / new operations and engineering personnel.
• Harden operating systems with STIG or other ISSM guidance
• Automate currently manual deployment procedures on legacy systems
• Provide Tier III & IV technical support and leadership in a complex mission environment

Required Skills

• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph
• Bachelor's degree and 12+ years of experience. Additional experience in lieu of degree.
• Expert in Linux operating system usage
• Expert in using DevOps tools such as Jenkins, GitHub, Terraform
• Expert in the software development lifecycle, with experience delivering within DevOps toolsets/practices
• Direct experience utilizing software testing performance tools, such as J-unit
• Experience working in an Agile development environment and tempo
• Experience scripting and using AWS services including Cloudformation, EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, etc
• Experience with Nexus administration
• Experience establishing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
• Well versed with using version control systems such as Git
• Experience with JIRA, Confluence and Agile development methods

Desired Skills

• Experience with Ansible
• Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes, including container orchestration, deployment, and scaling in a production environment
• Proficiency in building, managing, and optimizing containerized applications using CI/CD pipelines, along with knowledge of container registries and security best practices
• Experience working in the Sponsor’s cloud environments
• Experience with Nexus administration and maintenance

FIP

If 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.

Original Posting:

For 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.

Pay Range:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.