DevOps Platform Engineer
About The Position
The Mission Driver Enablement Center (MDEC) Infrastructure Operations Team at Leidos is seeking an experienced Platform Engineer with DevOps proficiencies to support its Enterprise IT Operations Center. The role works with a cross-functional team of developers, Unix/Linux engineers, middleware engineers, DevOps professionals, and cloud operations professionals. The selected candidate will contribute to complex engineering efforts, influence technical direction, and help standardize Platform and DevOps practices across teams. The position supports internal and customer-facing projects involving infrastructure platform management, application containerization, pipeline implementation and management, infrastructure-as-code development, automation, and cloud migrations. It requires expertise in Kubernetes, GitOps, infrastructure as code, and DevOps deployment models. The engineer will build, maintain, and support customer environments, including a Kubernetes (Red Hat OpenShift) platform running in AWS, and will work with application teams to deploy and operate containerized applications. The role also involves Agile sprint planning and daily scrum meetings, on-call responsibilities, technical leadership, and mentoring junior engineers.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree and at least 4 years of relevant experience, or a master’s degree and at least 2 years of relevant experience; relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
- Ability to obtain Public Trust clearance or greater.
- Experience setting up, configuring, and administering Red Hat OpenShift.
- Proficiency in Python or an equivalent programming language.
- Experience building and managing CI/CD pipelines and tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, or Tekton.
- Experience working in Agile teams and using tools such as Jira for project and work tracking.
- Proficiency with container technologies such as Docker.
- Demonstrated experience designing and implementing infrastructure-as-code solutions using Terraform and/or Ansible.
- Experience with container orchestration tools such as Kubernetes.
- Experience with cloud-first AWS/Azure native architectures and cloud PaaS and SaaS services.
- Commitment to adopting and adhering to DevOps industry best practices.
- Ability to collaborate and work effectively in a team environment.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to plan and prioritize tasks effectively.
- Ability to perform high-quality work independently and collaboratively in a fast-moving environment.
- Ability to interact positively, collaborate, and communicate appropriately with team members.
- Obtain a baseline 8140 certification (IAT Level II: CCNA-Security, CySA+, GICSP, GSEC, Security+, CND, or SSCP) within 3 months of hire.
Nice To Haves
- Kubernetes certifications such as CKA or CKAD.
- Experience standardizing engineering objectives across cloud and containerization platforms.
- Relevant certifications such as Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration or Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE).
- DoD Secret clearance and 8140 Level II Security+ certification.
Responsibilities
- Develop, configure, manage, and maintain the Kubernetes (Red Hat OpenShift) platform running in AWS, including upgrades, patching, monitoring, capacity management, reporting, compliance management, and troubleshooting.
- Coordinate with DevOps, development, and cloud operations teams on compute, networking, and storage requirements, and maintain platform availability and performance.
- Partner with application development teams to deploy and operate containerized applications on OpenShift; advise on deployment configurations, resource requirements, and CI/CD integration; and troubleshoot deployment and runtime issues while maintaining security and operational standards.
- Use observability data, including reports, metrics, logs, and capacity trends, to identify reliability risks, performance bottlenecks, and optimization opportunities in the Kubernetes platform and supporting AWS infrastructure.
- Provide technical direction, prioritize and implement platform improvements, refine monitoring and alerting, and validate gains in platform stability, resource utilization, and operational efficiency.
- Design, configure, implement, and improve GitOps workflows, infrastructure as code, and CI/CD integrations to automate platform configuration and enable repeatable application deployments.
- Lead GitOps development pipeline designs, implementation plans, operational documentation, and continual improvement of containerization service implementations and designs.
- Work with Leidos and customer teams to understand, develop, deploy, and configure infrastructure-as-code, GitOps, and DevOps requirements for current and upcoming projects.
- Plan work in Agile sprints and participate in daily scrum meetings.
- Develop infrastructure-as-code and automation capabilities for use across customer environments.
- Design, configure, and implement container-based deployment solutions for enterprise applications.
- Develop, configure, and implement automation and tooling to improve reliability and operational efficiency.
- Improve and troubleshoot existing container orchestration environments, primarily OpenShift.
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex platform and deployment issues with minimal oversight.
- Participate in team on-call responsibilities.
- Mentor junior engineers and review technical implementations for quality and adherence to best practices.
- Lead technical initiatives and work effectively both independently and with a team.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
