Leidos

DevOps Software Engineer

Leidos
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2 days ago
Bethesda, MD, USASenior
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$108k - $195k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, maintain, and improve CI/CD pipelines for application build, testing, security scanning, packaging, promotion, deployment, and release activities.
  • Implement standardized pipeline templates, reusable automation, and self-service delivery capabilities for product teams.
  • Integrate automated testing, code-quality analysis, dependency scanning, container-image scanning, infrastructure validation, and other DevSecOps controls into delivery workflows.
  • Configure Kubernetes deployments using Helm and support GitOps, infrastructure-as-code, configuration-as-code, and automated environment provisioning.
  • Manage source-control integration, branching, build triggers, artifact repositories, container registries, versioning, and release-promotion processes.
  • Troubleshoot build, pipeline, deployment, artifact, configuration, and CI/CD tool integration failures.
  • Monitor pipeline health, performance, reliability, throughput, and failure trends and implement improvements.
  • Support platform activities including deployment troubleshooting, Kubernetes configuration, Elastic integration, observability, and automation.
  • Participate in Agile release planning, scrums, design sessions, bug triage, and related team activities.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Sciences, Systems Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience, with 8+ years of relevant experience; 6+ years with a master’s degree.
  • Active TS/SCI clearance and ability to obtain and maintain TS/SCI clearance with CI Polygraph.
  • Hands-on experience designing, developing, or maintaining production CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, or equivalent platforms.
  • Experience with Git source control, branching, merge or pull requests, tagging, release branches, and code review workflows.
  • Experience building and managing containerized applications using Docker or comparable technologies.
  • Working knowledge of Kubernetes deployment concepts, manifests, secrets, namespaces, and Helm or comparable tooling.
  • Experience with artifact repositories and container registries such as Nexus, Artifactory, Harbor, or GitLab Registry.
  • Experience integrating automated testing, static code analysis, dependency scanning, software composition analysis, container-image scanning, or security gates into pipelines.
  • Experience developing automation with Bash, Python, PowerShell, Go, or equivalent languages.
  • Familiarity with Terraform, Ansible, Helm, Kustomize, or equivalent infrastructure, configuration, and deployment tools.
  • Ability to troubleshoot application build, testing, packaging, containerization, deployment, networking, configuration, and environment layers.
  • Preferred qualifications include Kubernetes administration, platform-service support, monitoring and observability experience, platform security knowledge, and development experience with Bash, PowerShell, SALT, Python, Groovy, or Java.

Benefits

  • The role is primarily performed on-site at the customer location in Bethesda, Maryland.
  • A flexible schedule and occasional remote-work opportunities are available.

Tech Stack

AnsibleBashDockerGitGitLab CI/CDGoGroovyHelmJavaJenkinsKubernetesPowerShellPythonRedisTerraform

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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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