DevOps Software Engineer - TS/SCI Cleared

Leidos, Inc.
Bethesda, MD, United States
19 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
6 years minimum
Compensation
$107,900.0 - $195,050.0
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Java (Programming Language) Agile Methodology Advanced Message Queuing Protocol Systems Engineering Bash Shell Software Bug Management Continuous Integration Data Discovery Linux DevOps Elasticsearch Groovy
+17 more
Monitoring of Systems Java Message Service (JMS) Python (Programming Language) Enterprise Messaging Systems Cisco Nexus Switches Windows PowerShell Logstash Prometheus Grafana Virtual Environment Gitlab Kubernetes Information Technology Deployment Automation Apache Kafka Kibana Microservices

Job description

Leidos is looking for our next TS/SCI-cleared DevOps Software Engineer to join a high-energy team building and deploying a cutting-edge technology stack in support of the DIA-NMEC (National Media Exploitation Center) DOMEX Technology Platform (DTP). This role is part of a 10-year program supporting the DOMEX Data Discovery Platform (D3P) Modernization effort, where you’ll contribute to mission-critical capabilities alongside a collaborative, innovative, and growth-oriented team.

While the majority of work is performed on-site at our customer location in Bethesda, MD, we offer a flexible schedule and occasional opportunities for remote work.

What You’ll Do

As a DevOps Software Engineer, you’ll help design, deploy, and maintain a full-stack, containerized microservices architecture. You’ll also support systems administration, installation, configuration, and the broader adoption of DevOps best practices across cross-functional engineering teams. In this fast-paced environment, you’ll collaborate closely with systems engineering, architecture, development, security, operations, and integration teams.

You will work with a multidisciplinary group of developers, integrators, and system administrators to:

  • Deploy, triage, and maintain a production big-data pipeline built on Kubernetes, Elasticsearch, and Kafka
  • Enhance and maintain CI/CD pipelines and DevOps automation to accelerate development and improve reliability
  • Design and support scalable, redundant infrastructure across physical and virtual environments
  • Use Helm to configure Kubernetes deployments for new features and evolving requirements
  • Partner with Systems Engineers to architect solutions for new capabilities
  • Contribute technical input to engineering documentation, diagrams, and models
  • Participate in Agile release planning, scrums, design sessions, bug triage, and related team activities

Requirements

You’re enthusiastic, collaborative, and comfortable working with teammates across a range of technical backgrounds. You also meet the following qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience) with 8+ years of relevant experience; 6+ years with a Master’s
  • Active TS/SCI clearance and ability to obtain/maintain a TS/SCI with Polygraph
  • Strong Linux proficiency
  • Hands-on experience with containers and Kubernetes
  • Experience with CI/CD orchestration and GitLab
  • Familiarity with Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana
  • Demonstrated success working in cross-functional engineering environments

Bonus Points

You’ll stand out even more if you bring:

  • Experience operating systems at scale
  • Knowledge of Agile methodologies
  • Development experience (Bash, PowerShell, SALT, Python, Groovy, Java, etc.)
  • Experience supporting enterprise or production systems
  • Familiarity with:
  • Kafka or other messaging systems (AMQP, JMS)
  • Kubernetes monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana)
  • GPU-based Kubernetes
  • SALT for deployment automation
  • Helm / Helmfile
  • Nexus

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Benefits & conditions

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That’s why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits .

About the company

If you’re looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo - because the mission demands it. We’re not hiring followers. We’re recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We’re already at step 30 - and moving faster than anyone else dares., Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com .

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