Senior DevOps Engineer
About The Position
Leidos is hiring a TS/SCI-cleared Senior DevOps Engineer to support the DIA NDOC DOMEX Technology Platform (DTP), including the DOMEX Data Discovery Platform (D3P) Modernization program. The work contributes to NDOC’s mission to centralize and standardize the tasking, collection, processing, exploitation, and dissemination of Open Source Intelligence across the DoD and Intelligence Community. The role is part of a 10-year contract with multiple Task Orders. The Senior DevOps Engineer leads a DevOps team responsible for designing, deploying, and maintaining a full-stack containerized microservices architecture, as well as technical systems administration, installation, and configuration. The position fosters DevOps culture and cross-functional collaboration with systems engineering, architecture, development, security, operations, and integration teams. Most work is conducted onsite at the client location in Bethesda, Maryland, with a flexible schedule and occasional remote tasks. The engineer also owns and prioritizes the Agile team backlog, supports SAFe Program Increment planning and execution, and works with a multidisciplinary team to deliver production systems and evolving capabilities.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience with 12 or more years in software development, systems engineering, or a related field; alternatively, 10 or more years of experience with a master’s degree.
- Active TS/SCI security clearance and ability to obtain and maintain a polygraph.
- Current DoD 8570.01M IAT Level II or higher certification, such as Security+, CySA+, SSCP, CCNA Security, or CISSP (or Associate).
- Ability to obtain Privileged User Account (PUA) certification.
- Hands-on experience with containers and Kubernetes, including experience such as Ingress/Gateway API, Helm chart design and building, pod disruption budgets, affinity/anti-affinity rules, and familiarity with external-secrets, ArgoCD, cert-manager, or ECK.
- Experience developing GitLab pipelines, such as integrating GitLab CI/CD components and producing code-quality, coverage, or test reports.
- Experience as a Product Owner or in a similar role on an Agile software development team.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills to explain technical and non-technical concepts to diverse audiences.
- Proven ability to work cross-functionally with engineering, design, project management teams, and stakeholders.
Nice To Haves
- Development experience with languages or tools such as Bash, PowerShell, SALT, Python, Groovy, or Java.
- Experience working on a production or enterprise system.
- Experience with Kafka or other message-passing systems such as AMQP or JMS.
- Experience with Kubernetes monitoring, such as Prometheus or Grafana.
- Experience with GPU-based Kubernetes.
- Experience with SALT for deployment automation.
- Experience with Nexus.
- Linux experience, such as sysctls for Kubernetes environments, FApolicyd, or SELinux.
- Familiarity with Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana.
Responsibilities
- Lead a DevOps team responsible for designing, deploying, and maintaining a full-stack containerized microservices architecture.
- Perform technical systems administration, installation, and configuration.
- Foster a DevOps culture and collaborate with systems engineering, architecture, development, security, operations, and integration teams.
- Deploy, triage, and maintain a production big data pipeline built on Kubernetes, Elasticsearch, and Kafka.
- Enhance and maintain CI/CD pipelines and DevOps automation to accelerate development and improve reliability.
- Design and support scalable, redundant infrastructure across physical and virtual environments.
- Use Helm to configure Kubernetes deployments for new features and evolving requirements.
- Collaborate with System Engineers to design solutions for new features and requirements.
- Provide technical input to systems engineering documentation and diagrams or models in coordination with Systems Engineering and Architecture team members.
- Support SAFe Program Increment planning and execution.
- Own and prioritize the Agile team backlog to align work with business priorities and maximize value.
- Break down features, prioritize work, ensure requirements are clear and actionable, and review and accept completed work against business requirements and quality standards.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
