Leidos

DevOps Software Engineer

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4 days ago
Bethesda, MD, USASenior
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$108k - $195k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Deploy, triage, and maintain a production big data pipeline using Kubernetes, Elasticsearch, and Kafka.
  • Enhance and maintain GitLab automation scripts and deployment processes, including AI-integrated failure analysis, security, and compliance solutions.
  • Design, develop, and support scalable and redundant physical and virtualized infrastructure.
  • Configure Kubernetes continuous deployments using Helm, YAML, and ArgoCD.
  • Collaborate with systems engineers and architects on new features, requirements, documentation, and technical diagrams.
  • Participate in release planning, scrum-of-scrums meetings, bug triage, design sessions, and other cross-functional activities.
  • Develop PaaS solutions for hybrid deployments and secure multi-tenant GPU sharing in Kubernetes environments.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, systems engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience with 8+ years in software development, systems engineering, or a related field.
  • A master’s degree may qualify with 6+ years of relevant experience.
  • Active Top Secret/SCI clearance and the ability to obtain and maintain TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.
  • Knowledge of Linux operating systems and Kubernetes environments.
  • At least one DoD 8570.01-M IAT Level II-or-higher certification, such as CCNA Security, CySA+, Security+ CE, SSCP, or CISSP/CISSP Associate.
  • GitLab pipeline development experience and the ability to obtain Privileged User Account certification under DoD 8570 policy.
  • Experience with Kubernetes container orchestration, including ingress or Gateway API, multi-tenant GPU sharing, Helm chart design, pod disruption budgets, affinity and anti-affinity rules, external-secrets, ArgoCD, cert-manager, and ECK.
  • Experience with Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana.
  • Preferred experience includes systems at scale, Agile processes, Bash, PowerShell, Salt, Python, Groovy, Java, production or enterprise systems, Kafka or other messaging systems, Kubernetes monitoring, Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, deployment automation, and Nexus.

Benefits

  • Most work is conducted onsite at the client location in Bethesda, Maryland, with a flexible schedule and occasional remote work.
  • The listed pay range is $107,900.00–$195,050.00.

Tech Stack

Apache KafkaBashElasticsearchGrafanaGroovyHelmJavaKibanaKubernetesLinuxLogstashPowerShellPrometheusPython

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About Leidos

10,000+ employees

Leidos builds and operates technology and engineering solutions for defense, intelligence, civil, and health agencies, including systems integration, cyber, enterprise IT, sensors, and healthcare IT. It primarily sells through government contracts and long-term programs, plus managed services and mission software. Founded in 1969 and headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos is a Fortune 500 public company on the NYSE; customers include U.S. defense and intelligence agencies and civil bodies such as the FAA.

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