Senior DevOps Engineer
About The Position
Leidos is seeking a Senior DevOps / Platform Engineer to join its Agile software teams in Omaha, Nebraska. The role focuses on modernizing software systems and delivering customer solutions in a collaborative, inclusive, and fast-paced environment. The engineer will provide expertise in infrastructure provisioning and configuration, and software deployment across the software development lifecycle. The position may support multiple contracts and includes opportunities to broaden skills and responsibilities. Most work is on site at Leidos’ Omaha facility, with some remote work possible. The Senior DevOps Engineer will guide the definition, implementation, and delivery of programs; automate infrastructure and software deployment; promote secure, scalable, highly available architectures; and support continuous integration and delivery. The role also involves technical mentorship, collaboration with Agile teammates, troubleshooting, and proactive management of technical risks.
Requirements
- U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.
- Bachelor’s degree and 8+ years of prior relevant experience, or a Master’s degree and 6+ years of experience; additional years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
- Knowledge and understanding of DevOps trends and technologies.
- Working knowledge of Git and development workflows in GitLab, Bitbucket, or an equivalent tool.
- Experience designing, building, and deploying DevOps pipelines with GitLab, Jenkins, or equivalent tools.
- Experience designing and implementing application deployment pipelines and developing software in a containerized environment with Kubernetes and Docker.
- Experience with Kubernetes application deployment and management tools such as Helm or Kustomize.
- Experience automating the full software lifecycle, including design, development, testing, and deployment to production.
- Experience with automated provisioning and configuration tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, Chef, Puppet, Ansible, or similar technologies.
- Experience integrating code review systems into the source code management process.
- Experience with Linux and Windows operating systems, network administration, and networking protocols and functions such as HTTP, HTTPS, SSL/TLS, SMTP, and DNS.
- Experience working with Agile software development teams and implementing continuous integration and continuous delivery practices.
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills, including the ability to create structure and order from unstructured inputs.
- Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
Nice To Haves
- Active Secret security clearance or higher.
- Experience developing and deploying software in a Department of Defense environment; DISA experience is a plus.
- Experience building and deploying software applications that meet DoD security standards and updating applications and code to meet security scans and implementation guidelines such as STIGs.
- Experience with GitOps concepts and related tools such as Argo CD.
- Experience designing, developing, and deploying software in a cloud environment; Azure is a plus.
- Experience with static code analysis, particularly security scans.
- Experience designing and building automated software testing pipelines using Ansible, Selenium, JMeter, JUnit, or other applicable tools.
- Kubernetes certification such as CKA or CKAD.
- Professional cybersecurity certification such as Security+ or similar.
- ITIL v3 Foundations Certification.
Responsibilities
- Contribute across the software development lifecycle, including scope and work estimation, architecture and design, and coding.
- Use open-source and in-house tools to manage infrastructure as code and design reusable infrastructure components for scalable, highly available, secure architectures for containerized and non-containerized applications.
- Provide expertise and input to senior engineers to maintain alignment with best practices and recommend system improvements.
- Oversee automated application deployment, rollback, and monitoring in development, test, and production environments.
- Mentor fellow DevOps Engineers as needed.
- Develop automated CI/CD build and deployment pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab, Kubernetes, Helm, Docker/Podman, and Ansible.
- Apply DevOps expertise to maintain congruence among infrastructure, software, configurations, and interfaces under configuration control.
- Work with an Agile team, attend daily scrums, and communicate and collaborate with teammates to complete project objectives.
- Troubleshoot and resolve installation, infrastructure, and system issues.
- Independently identify, report, monitor, and mitigate technical risks.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
