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# Lead DevOps Engineer

- **Company:** Nabout Leidos
- **Location:** United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $154,050.0 - $278,475.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Testing (Software), Agile Methodology, Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon S3, Confluence, JIRA, Linux, DevOps, Github, Cisco Nexus Switches, Software Engineering, Scripting, Cloud Platform System, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Cloudformation, Amazon Relational Database Service, Containerization, Kubernetes, Performance Monitor, Rundeck, Software Version Control, Docker, Jenkins
- **Published:** August 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://jobs.military.com/career/301652/devops-sme-virginia-va-chantilly

## About the Role

* Master's degree and 15+ years of relevant experience. Additional experience in lieu of degree. \n
 * Expert in Linux operating system usage \n
 * Expert in using DevOps tools such as Jenkins, GitHub, and Rundeck \n
 * Expert in the software development lifecycle, with experience delivering within DevOps toolsets/practices \n
 * Direct experience utilizing software testing performance tools, such as J-unit \n
 * Experience working in an Agile development environment and tempo \n
 * Experience scripting and using AWS services including Cloudformation, EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, etc \n
 * Experience with containerization (Docker, EKS, ECS, etc.) \n
 * Experience with Nexus administration \n
 * Experience establishing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines \n
 * Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) \n
 * Well versed with using version control systems \n
 * Well versed with using issue/problem tracking systems \n
 * Experience with JIRA, Confluence and Agile development methods \n
 * Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes, including container orchestration, deployment, and scaling in a production environment \n
 * Proficiency in building, managing, and optimizing containerized applications using CI/CD pipelines, along with knowledge of container registries and security best practices \n

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 * Experience with Elastic tools \n
 * Experience working in the Sponsor's cloud environments \n
 * Experience with Nexus administration and maintenance \n



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