4 days ago
Bethesda, MD, USAMid Level
H1B sponsor
Base Salary
$87k - $157k/yr
Responsibilities
- Deploy, troubleshoot, monitor, and maintain a Kubernetes-based production platform supporting a big-data pipeline.
- Administer Linux-based applications and systems, including installation, configuration, patching, upgrades, performance monitoring, troubleshooting, and hardening.
- Operate shared platform services including Elasticsearch, Redis, and Kafka.
- Integrate application platforms with physical and virtual infrastructure while supporting availability, reliability, security, and performance.
- Design and support scalable, redundant application infrastructure across physical and virtual environments.
- Implement platform automation, continuous integration and delivery, monitoring, observability, capacity management, and version upgrades.
- Contribute to technical documentation, diagrams, models, release planning, design sessions, bug triage, and cross-functional engineering activities.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, systems engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience, with 4+ years of relevant experience; alternatively, 2+ years with a master’s degree.
- Active TS/SCI clearance and the ability to obtain and maintain TS/SCI with CI Polygraph.
- At least one DoD 8140.03-M IAT Level II-or-higher certification, such as CySA+ or Security+ CE.
- Ability to obtain Privileged User Account certification under DoD 8140 policy.
- Hands-on Kubernetes administration and operations experience, including troubleshooting pod failures, networking, image pulls, scheduling constraints, and application connectivity.
- Linux command-line administration and troubleshooting experience covering processes, filesystems, networking, permissions, logs, certificates, and system resources.
- Experience administering a shared data or application platform service such as Elastic, Redis, message queues, or API gateways.
- Experience with infrastructure and platform automation tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Helm, Bash, or Python.
- Working knowledge of platform security, monitoring, and observability practices.
- Ability to create and maintain clear technical documentation, with strong troubleshooting, analytical, and communication skills.
- Preferred qualifications include development experience with Bash, PowerShell, SALT, Python, Groovy, or Java; familiarity with Kafka, GPU-based Kubernetes, Helmfile, GitLab, Nexus, and ArgoCD; and knowledge of Agile methodologies.
Benefits
- The role is primarily performed on-site at the customer location in Bethesda, Maryland, with a flexible schedule and occasional remote-work opportunities.
- The position supports a 10-year DIA-NDOC DOMEX Technology Platform modernization program.
- The posting lists a pay range of $87,100.00 to $157,450.00.
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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.