3 months ago
Base Salary
$87k - $157k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain Ansible playbooks, roles, plugins, callbacks, and inventory systems.
- Build Python automation and tools and use Bash or shell scripting for build orchestration and system automation.
- Administer Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems across their lifecycle from bare-metal provisioning through operational deployment.
- Build and manage containers and coordinate deployments across development, test, production, and lab environments.
- Manage infrastructure configuration, release processes, versioning, package ecosystems, and Git workflows.
- Configure networks, provision physical hardware, and manage VMware and KVM virtual machine lifecycles.
- Debug complex issues across multiple abstraction layers and coordinate deployments across multiple sites and environments.
- Support TFDM system deployments at FAA airport locations and collaborate directly with FAA customers and field teams.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field.
- At least 4 years of proven software engineering experience.
- Deep experience with Ansible playbooks, roles, custom plugins, callbacks, and inventory systems.
- Strong Python scripting, automation, and tool-development skills.
- Experience with complex Bash or shell scripting, Linux system administration, container technology, infrastructure as code, configuration management, and build automation.
- Knowledge of network configuration, physical hardware provisioning, virtual machine management, multi-environment deployment, and package ecosystem management.
- Ability to work in enterprise infrastructure, mission-critical deployment, multi-processor, air-gapped, or classified environments.
- Eligibility to undergo a government security investigation and obtain access to classified information.
- Highly desirable experience includes Ansible best practices, YAML templating, Ansible Vault, secrets management, multi-site infrastructure coordination, custom Ansible plugin development, and AI-assisted development.
Benefits
- Hybrid schedule with 3 days per week in the Egg Harbor, New Jersey office and 2 days working remotely.
- Up to 50% travel to FAA airport locations across the United States, typically in 1–2 week trips.
- Opportunity to support deployment of TFDM across 89 airports and work directly with FAA customers and field teams.
- Classified-information access is subject to government investigation and eligibility requirements.
About Leidos
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.