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# Systems Engineer - DevOps

- **Company:** Leonardo DRS
- **Location:** Germantown, MD, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $75,956.0 - $98,743.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Proxmox, C (Programming Language), Software Suite, Systems Engineering, Confluence, JIRA, Bash Shell, C++ (Programming Language), DevOps, Github, Groovy, Python (Programming Language), Windows PowerShell, Program Design Languages, Virtual Machines, Rust (Programming Language), Computer Aided Engineering (CAE), Scripting, Git, Gitlab-ci, Atlassian Tools, Bitbucket, Docker, Legacy Systems, Jenkins
- **Published:** September 2, 2026
- **Apply:** https://careers.leonardodrs.com/talentcommunity/apply/1425278500/?locale=en_US

## About the Role

* Novice technical expertise and application domain knowledge
 * Bachelor's degree in engineering or Related technical field
 * Up to 2 years of experience with Python, C, C++, Rust, Bash, Powershell
 * Up to 2 years of experience managing server infrastructure and configurations
 * Candidates with more than 2 years of relevant experience may be considered for a Level II position.
 * Experience with Jenkins pipelines and Groovy scripting
 * Experience with virtual machines and containerized solutions, i.e. EXXi, Proxmox, Docker, etc.
 * Git CLI knowledge and branching/merging basics
 * Desired: Experience with GitHub Actions and/or GitLab CI/CD
 * Desired: Experience with Atlassian software suite (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket)

U.S. Citizenship required. This position requires an active DOD security clearance or the ability to obtain such clearance within a reasonable time after commencement of employment.

## Description

* Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins (groovy) to support validation of radar software releases
 * Develop and maintain DevOps infrastructure in local-hosted air-gapped environment, managing physical and virtual test assets for internal users
 * Work with team leads to integrate legacy systems with existing test infrastructures
 * Ability to work across many disparate software languages/technologies
 * May use computer-aided engineering or other design/analysis software in the performance of assignments
 * Ability to work independently under supervision of others
 * Provide regular reporting on progress and status
 * Responsible for completion of assigned task on time and meeting technical requirements
 * Review customer specifications and requirements, and under direction, develop designs to best support them, including cost as a key design variable
 * Specify and evaluate supplier components, subsystems and services
 * Support the program design to cost and design for manufacture requirements
 * Develop prototypes to retire key development risks as directed
 * Communicate clearly (written and oral) with other company personnel and the customer as required
 * May participate in preparation of less complex proposals
 * Support, communicate, reinforce and defend the mission, values and culture of the organization
 * Attend appropriate engineering, customer or business meetings


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