Leidos

DevOps Engineer SME

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Chantilly, VA, USAStaff+
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Base Salary

$154k - $278k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Participate in or direct major software development lifecycle deliverables, including scope and work estimation, architecture, design, coding, and unit testing.
  • Build, manage, and optimize cloud-based and containerized applications using AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Administer and maintain DevOps tools, container registries, release processes, and production deployments.
  • Support container orchestration, deployment, scaling, monitoring, and operational reliability for mission-critical services.
  • Participate in an on-call rotation for 24/7/365 service availability, typically one full calendar week every two months.

Requirements

  • Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is required.
  • Master’s degree and 15+ years of experience are required, with additional experience accepted in lieu of the degree.
  • Expertise with Linux, Jenkins, GitHub, Rundeck, DevOps practices, software testing performance tools, and software development lifecycles is required.
  • Experience with scripting, AWS services, CloudFormation, EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, Docker, EKS, ECS, Kubernetes, Nexus, CI/CD pipelines, version control, and issue tracking is required.
  • Experience with JUnit, JIRA, Confluence, Agile development environments, container registries, container security best practices, and production container orchestration is required.
  • Desired qualifications include Elastic tools experience, Sponsor cloud and release-management experience, AWS or container-related certification, and CKAD certification.

Benefits

  • Pay range is $154,050.00–$278,475.00 annually.
  • The role includes an on-call rotation of one full calendar week approximately every two months.
  • The posting is for a U.S. position and anticipates remaining open for at least three days after the October 21, 2026 posting date.

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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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