1 day ago
Base Salary
$58k - $105k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain Ansible playbooks, roles, custom plugins, callbacks, and inventory systems.
- Build Python automation, scripts, and system tools.
- Perform complex Bash and shell scripting for build orchestration and system automation.
- Administer Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems across their lifecycle from bare metal through operational deployment.
- Build and manage Podman and Docker containers and their orchestration.
- Configure networks, including VLANs, IP schemes, and switch configurations.
- Provision physical hardware using PXE boot and kickstart.
- Manage VMware and KVM virtual machine lifecycles.
- Coordinate deployments across development, test, production, and laboratory environments.
- Manage package ecosystems including RPM, pip, and Ansible Galaxy.
- Support deployment of the TFDM system to airports across the country, requiring approximately 25% travel.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field.
- Less than 2 years of prior relevant experience.
- Strong Python scripting, automation, and tool-development skills.
- Deep Ansible experience, including playbooks, roles, custom plugins, callbacks, and inventory systems.
- Complex Bash or shell scripting experience.
- Strong Red Hat Enterprise Linux administration and systems lifecycle management experience.
- Experience with container technology, including Podman or Docker, container builds, and orchestration.
- Knowledge of network configuration, physical hardware provisioning, virtual machine lifecycle management, multi-environment deployment, and package ecosystem management.
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.
- Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.
- Preferred qualifications include Ansible best practices, YAML templating and variable hierarchies, Ansible Vault and secrets management, multi-site infrastructure coordination, custom Ansible plugin development, and AI-assisted development.
Benefits
- Hybrid work arrangement with three days per week in the Gaithersburg, Maryland office and two days per week working from home.
- Approximately 25% travel, generally involving one- to two-week trips to airports across the country.
- The role supports deployment of the TFDM system to 89 airports.
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.