Senior DevOps Engineer

Leidos, Inc.
Chantilly, VA, United States
3 days ago
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Role details

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

Tech stack

DevOps Distributed Systems Network Troubleshooting Linux System Administration Network Protocols Scrum Methodology Reliability Engineering Ansible Prometheus Software Deployment Systems Architecture Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
+11 more
Software Vulnerability Management Docker Swarm Delivery Pipeline Grafana Gitlab-ci Kubernetes Information Technology Deployment Automation Terraform Docker Elk Stack

Job description

  • Architect, deploy, and maintain scalable infrastructure environments
  • Design and improve CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation
  • Lead container orchestration and infrastructure modernization efforts
  • Troubleshoot complex production, networking, and deployment issues
  • Implement monitoring, alerting, and observability best practices
  • Drive infrastructure reliability, scalability, and security improvements
  • Support vulnerability remediation and system hardening initiatives
  • Mentor junior DevOps and engineering team members
  • Collaborate with development teams to optimize deployment workflows and operational readiness
  • Support onboarding, operational documentation, and environment management

  • Experience with networking protocols (TCP, UDP, HTTPS, TLS); comfortable diagnosing and resolving networking issues

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. Original Posting:August 31, 2026

Requirements

  • US Citizenship with TS/SCI and Counter-Intelligence Polygraph clearance
  • 5+ years of experience in DevOps, Infrastructure Engineering, or Site Reliability Engineering
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field
  • Expertise with Docker and container orchestration platforms (Kubernetes, Nomad, Docker Swarm)
  • Strong proficiency in Linux system administration
  • Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI/CD
  • Expertise with infrastructure-as-code technologies (Terraform, Ansible)
  • Experience with monitoring, observability, and visualization technologies (Grafana, Prometheus, ELK stack)
  • Experience troubleshooting distributed systems and production deployments
  • Strong understanding of networking, security, and system architecture concepts
  • Experience supporting high-availability and scalable environments
  • Experience working within an Agile Scrum development team
  • Ability to lead technical initiatives with minimal supervision
  • Intelligent, proactive, and driven to achieve results

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

Kudu Dynamics is Leidos Owned Company, forged out of a decade of experience in computer network operations and staffed with talent who have built, overseen, and enhanced capabilities throughout the entire USG arsenal. Our team of hackers and engineers have experience spanning centuries of research, development, and operations missions - across desktop, mobile, IoT, and embedded platforms. Kudu Dynamics, a Leidos company is uniquely qualified to anticipate tomorrow’s threats and build the next generation of capabilities., 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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