[Hiring] DevOps Platform Engineer @Leidos

Role Description

The Mission Driver Enablement Center (MDEC) Infrastructure Operations Team at Leidos currently has an opening for an experienced Platform Engineer with DevOps proficiencies to support our Enterprise IT Operations Center. This is a great opportunity to work with an elite cross-functional team of Developers, Unix/Linux Engineers, Middleware Engineers, DevOps, and Cloud Operations professionals.

The selected candidate will operate on complex engineering efforts, influence technical direction, and help standardize Platform and DevOps practices across teams. This role requires expertise in Kubernetes, GitOps, infrastructure-as-code, and DevOps deployment models. This position will support both internal and customer-facing projects involving, but not limited to:

• Infrastructure platform management
• Application containerization
• Pipeline implementation and management
• Infrastructure as code development
• Automation development
• Cloud migrations

Bring your own experience and work with our team to teach and learn while building, maintaining, and supporting our customers’ environments.

Qualifications

• Requires BS and a minimum 4 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with a minimum 2 years of prior relevant experience; relevant experience will be considered in lieu of degree.
• Ability to obtain Public Trust Clearance, or greater.
• Experience with Red Hat OpenShift, including setup, configuration, and administration.
• Proficient with Python or equivalent programming language.
• Experienced in building and managing CI/CD pipelines and tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, Tekton).
• Experienced in Agile teams and using tools such as Jira for project and work tracking.
• Proficiency in container technologies such as Docker.
• Demonstrated experience designing and implementing infrastructure-as-code solutions using Terraform and/or Ansible.
• Experienced with container orchestration tools like Kubernetes.
• Experienced with cloud-first, AWS/Azure native architectures and cloud PaaS & SaaS services.
• Must be committed to adopting and adhering to DevOps Industry best practices.
• Ability to collaborate and work effectively in a team environment.
• Mentor junior engineers and review technical implementations to ensure quality and adherence to best practices.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Must be able to effectively plan and prioritize tasking.
• Capability to mentor junior engineers and lead technical initiatives.
• Must be capable of performing high-quality work both independently and with a team, 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, SSCP] within 3 months of hire date.

Requirements

• Kubernetes Certifications (CKA, CKAD)
• Experience standardizing engineering objectives across cloud and containerization platforms.
• Relevant certifications, such as Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration, Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE).
• DoD secret clearance and 8140 Level II Security+ certification.

Benefits

• Competitive salary range: $87,100.00 - $157,450.00
• Comprehensive benefits package
• Opportunities for professional development

Company Description

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.