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# Junior DevOps Engineer

- **Company:** Leidos, Inc.
- **Location:** Chantilly, VA, United States
- **Experience:** Starter
- **Salary:** $69,550.0 - $125,725.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Linux System Administration, Networking Basics, Scrum Methodology, Ansible, Prometheus, Data Logging, Grafana, Containerization, Gitlab-ci, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Information Technology, Terraform, Docker
- **Published:** September 1, 2026
- **Apply:** https://jobs.localjobnetwork.com/apply/add/88200744/1

## About the Role

* US Citizenship with TS/SCI and Counter-Intelligence Polygraph clearance
 * 1-3 years of experience in DevOps, Systems Engineering, or Infrastructure Support
 * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field
 * Familiarity with Linux system administration
 * Experience with Docker or containerized applications
 * Basic experience with CI/CD tools such as GitLab CI/CD
 * Exposure to infrastructure automation tools such as Terraform or Ansible
 * Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools (Grafana, Prometheus, ELK, etc.)
 * Experience troubleshooting deployment or environment issues
 * Understanding of networking fundamentals and system troubleshooting
 * Ability to work within an Agile Scrum team
 * Self-starter requiring moderate supervision
 * Intelligent, proactive, and driven to achieve results

## Description

* Support deployment and maintenance of development and production environments
 * Assist with CI/CD pipeline implementation and troubleshooting
 * Monitor system health, logging, and alerting platforms
 * Support container orchestration and infrastructure automation efforts
 * Troubleshoot infrastructure and deployment-related issues
 * Assist with onboarding users and environment access requests
 * Document operational procedures and deployment processes
 * Work closely with software developers to improve deployment reliability

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


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