1 day ago
Arlington, VA, USASenior / Staff+
H1B sponsor
Base Salary
$108k - $195k/yr
Responsibilities
- Administer and continuously improve the enterprise GitLab platform, including projects, groups, runners, repositories, permissions, scalability, and operational health.
- Develop reusable GitLab pipeline templates, shared libraries, automation frameworks, deployment workflows, and self-service engineering capabilities.
- Integrate application security, software supply chain security, compliance validation, SAST, software composition analysis, container scanning, secrets detection, and Infrastructure-as-Code scanning into CI/CD pipelines.
- Develop standardized GitOps deployment patterns for Kubernetes applications using Helm, progressive deployment techniques, and automated validation.
- Administer GitLab Container Registry, package repositories, artifact repositories, and software dependency management platforms.
- Collaborate with cloud systems owners, cybersecurity teams, and software developers to improve deployment reliability, resiliency, release quality, security, and productivity.
- Troubleshoot complex build, deployment, pipeline performance, dependency management, and software delivery issues, including root cause analysis.
- Monitor software delivery metrics, contribute to engineering standards and governance documentation, evaluate emerging DevSecOps technologies, and participate in Agile ceremonies.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field with 8–12 years of relevant experience, or a master’s degree with 6–10 years of experience; additional experience may substitute for the degree.
- Active TS clearance with SCI eligibility, U.S. citizenship, and ability to obtain and maintain a CI polygraph, Special Program Access, and an SF-85 Public Trust suitability determination.
- IAT Level II certification or higher, such as Security+ CE, CySA+, SSCP, or CISSP.
- Extensive experience designing, implementing, and administering enterprise CI/CD platforms and advanced experience with GitLab CI/CD, runners, templates, artifacts, deployment workflows, repositories, branching, permissions, and governance.
- Experience developing Infrastructure as Code with Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or similar technologies.
- Advanced experience deploying Docker containerized applications to Kubernetes using Helm, GitOps, or comparable tools.
- Strong experience with Bash, Python, or similar scripting languages and Linux environments supporting CI/CD platforms.
- Experience supporting AWS cloud services, cloud-native deployments, software supply chain security, secrets and dependency management, automated testing, quality gates, compliance validation, and security scanning.
- Preferred qualifications include DoD or federal program experience, large-scale Agile or SAFe DevSecOps experience, GitLab Ultimate Security, SonarQube, Checkmarx, Veracode, Snyk, Trivy, Nexus Repository Manager, Artifactory, and relevant AWS, GitLab, Kubernetes, or Terraform certifications.
Benefits
- The position is 100% on-site in Arlington, Virginia.
- The role requires an active TS clearance with SCI eligibility and may require a future CI polygraph and Special Program Access.
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.