1 day ago
Bethesda, MD, USAMid Level
H1B sponsor
Base Salary
$70k - $126k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, deploy, and maintain Kubernetes platforms including AWS EKS and RKE2.
- Deploy and manage containerized applications using Docker or Podman and maintain Helm charts and Kubernetes manifests.
- Configure and support Istio service mesh, Kubernetes networking, ingress, service discovery, configuration, secrets, and workload security.
- Automate infrastructure and system administration using OpenTofu or Terraform and Ansible across development, test, and production environments.
- Design and maintain secure CI/CD pipelines using GitLab, GitLab Runners, or Jenkins.
- Integrate automated build, testing, security, packaging, deployment, vulnerability, compliance, and software-quality controls.
- Administer and troubleshoot software factory applications including GitLab, Jenkins, Keycloak, Red Hat Identity Management or LDAP, Artifactory, Mattermost, Jira, Confluence, and SonarQube.
- Support secure software supply-chain practices, continuous authorization, continuous monitoring, and automated compliance evidence collection.
- Administer and troubleshoot RHEL or Rocky Linux systems and AWS cloud infrastructure.
- Lead troubleshooting, architecture reviews, incident response, root-cause analysis, documentation, and reusable engineering standards.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, mathematics, the sciences, network engineering, systems software, information technology, or a related technical field.
- At least 2 years of experience in DevSecOps, platform engineering, systems engineering, cloud engineering, software engineering, or a related field.
- U.S. citizenship and eligibility to obtain a U.S. Government security clearance, with employment contingent on receiving an interim Secret clearance.
- Professional experience with Kubernetes, Git, Istio or a similar Kubernetes service mesh, Helm, Ansible, OpenTofu or Terraform, and Docker or Podman.
- Experience administering and troubleshooting Linux systems, particularly RHEL or Rocky Linux, and designing, deploying, securing, or operating AWS infrastructure.
- Experience administering, integrating, or troubleshooting multiple software factory applications listed in the posting.
- Practical experience with Git workflows, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, container delivery, automated security testing, vulnerability management, continuous monitoring, and cATO.
- Experience writing automation using Bash, Python, or similar languages and diagnosing complex problems across infrastructure and application layers.
- Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly and produce high-quality documentation.
- Current or obtainable Security+, entry-level Linux, and entry-level AWS certifications.
- Preferred qualifications include Kubernetes, Network+, or CCNA certifications; RKE2 and air-gapped environment experience; Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, Falco, AWS GuardDuty, Inspector, UDS CLI, UDS packages, Zarf, policy-as-code, observability, supply-chain security, AI platform, and regulated-environment experience.
Benefits
- At least 75% remote work is available, with the candidate required to be local to the office and able to work onsite as needed.
- The posting lists a pay range of $69,550.00 to $125,725.00.
- Leidos describes opportunities for ongoing learning, career development, and work supporting U.S. Navy simulation and training missions.
Tech Stack
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.