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# Lead DevOps Engineer

- **Company:** Nabout Leidos
- **Location:** United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $131,300.0 - $237,350.0
- **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, Ansible, Software Engineering, Scripting, Cloud Platform System, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Git, Cloudformation, Amazon Relational Database Service, Containerization, Kubernetes, Performance Monitor, Terraform, Software Version Control, Docker, Jenkins
- **Published:** August 28, 2026
- **Apply:** https://jobs.military.com/career/320546/systems-engineer-expert-virginia-va-chantilly

## About the Role

u2022 Active TS/SCI with Polygraph\n
\u2022 Bachelor's degree and 12+ years of experience. Additional experience in lieu of degree.\n
\u2022 Expert in Linux operating system usage\n
\u2022 Expert in using DevOps tools such as Jenkins, GitHub, Terraform\n
\u2022 Expert in the software development lifecycle, with experience delivering within DevOps toolsets/practices\n
\u2022 Direct experience utilizing software testing performance tools, such as J-unit\n
\u2022 Experience working in an Agile development environment and tempo\n
\u2022 Experience scripting and using AWS services including Cloudformation, EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, etc\n
\u2022 Experience with Nexus administration\n
\u2022 Experience establishing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines\n
\u2022 Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)\n
\u2022 Well versed with using version control systems such as Git\n
\u2022 Experience with JIRA, Confluence and Agile development methods\n
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\nDesired Skills\n
\u2022 Experience with Ansible\n
\u2022 Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes, including container orchestration, deployment, and scaling in a production environment\n
\u2022 Proficiency in building, managing, and optimizing containerized applications using CI/CD pipelines, along with knowledge of container registries and security best practices\n
\u2022 Experience working in the Sponsor's cloud environments\n
\u2022 Experience with Nexus administration and maintenance\n



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