DevOps Engineer SME

Leidos • Chantilly, VA

10h

About The Position

Leidos is seeking a DevOps Engineer to support a technical development program of more than 200 FTEs that delivers modern Identity Access Credential Management (ICAM) solutions. The role involves building systems and software using cloud capabilities and participating in or directing major deliverables across the software development lifecycle, including scope and work estimation, architecture and design, coding, and unit testing. The position supports an on-call rotation to help keep mission-critical services operational 24/7/365. The rotation is typically one full calendar week every two months.

Requirements

• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance.
• Master's degree and 15 or more years of experience; additional experience may be substituted for the degree.
• Expertise using the Linux operating system.
• Expertise with DevOps tools such as Jenkins, GitHub, and Rundeck.
• Expertise in the software development lifecycle and experience delivering with DevOps toolsets and practices.
• Direct experience using software testing performance tools such as J-unit.
• Experience working in an Agile development environment and tempo.
• Experience scripting and using AWS services, including CloudFormation, EC2, S3, RDS, and VPC.
• Experience with containerization, including Docker, EKS, and ECS.
• Experience with Nexus administration.
• Experience establishing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency with version control systems.
• Proficiency with issue and problem tracking systems.
• Experience with JIRA, Confluence, and Agile development methods.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes, including container orchestration, deployment, and scaling in a production environment.
• Proficiency building, managing, and optimizing containerized applications using CI/CD pipelines, with knowledge of container registries and security best practices.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Elastic tools.
• Experience working in the Sponsor’s cloud environments.
• Experience with Nexus administration and maintenance.
• Experience with the Sponsor’s release management tools and processes.
• AWS certification.
• Container-related certification.
• Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) certification.

Responsibilities

• Participate in and/or direct major software development lifecycle deliverables, including scope and work estimation, architecture and design, coding, and unit testing.
• Build systems and software using cloud capabilities to support the ICAM program.
• Establish and maintain CI/CD pipelines.
• Support an on-call rotation, typically one full calendar week every two months, to help maintain 24/7/365 operation of mission-critical services.
• Build, manage, and optimize containerized applications through CI/CD pipelines, including container orchestration, deployment, and scaling in production.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior