DevOps Engineer

$81,250 - $146,875/Yr

Leidos - Omaha, NE

Full-time

Remote - Omaha, NE

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Defense Group of Leidos is seeking a skilled DevOps Engineer to support the C4ISR Solutions Operation. This role is pivotal in guiding the definition, implementation, and delivery of programs aimed at modernizing various software systems. The selected candidate will utilize their expertise in infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and software deployment throughout the software development lifecycle. This position offers the potential to support multiple contracts, providing opportunities for growth and broadening within Leidos. The work will primarily be conducted on-site, with a hybrid schedule allowing for 1-2 days of remote work each week. In this role, the DevOps Engineer will leverage both open-source and proprietary tools to manage infrastructure as code, designing reusable infrastructure components for scalable, highly available, and secure architectures applicable to both container-based and non-container-based applications. The engineer will also provide valuable input and expertise to senior engineers, ensuring alignment with best practices and recommending system improvements while overseeing the automated deployment, rollback, and monitoring of applications across development, testing, and production environments. Additionally, the DevOps Engineer will mentor fellow engineers, develop automated CI/CD build and deployment pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, GitLab, Kubernetes, Helm, Docker/Podman, and Ansible. They will ensure the congruence of various infrastructure, software, configurations, and interfaces maintained under configuration control. Working within an Agile team, the engineer will participate in daily scrums, communicate, and collaborate frequently with teammates to ensure the successful completion of project objectives. Troubleshooting and resolving installation, infrastructure, and system issues will also be a key responsibility, along with proactively identifying, reporting, monitoring, and mitigating technical risks.

Responsibilities

• Leverage open-source and in-house tools to manage infrastructure via code.
• Design reusable infrastructure components for scalable, highly-available, secure architectures for container-based and non-container-based applications.
• Provide input and expertise to senior engineers to maintain alignments with best practices and recommend system improvements.
• Oversee the automated deployment, rollback, and monitoring of applications into software development, test, and production environments.
• Mentor fellow DevOps engineers as needed.
• Develop automated CI/CD build/deployment pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab, Kubernetes, Helm, Docker/Podman, and Ansible.
• Ensure congruence of the various infrastructure, software, configurations, and interfaces maintained under configuration control.
• Work with an Agile team, attend daily scrums, and communicate frequently with teammates to ensure successful completion of project objectives.
• Troubleshoot and resolve installation, infrastructure, and system issues.
• Proactively identify, report, monitor, and mitigate technical risks.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or similar field.
• 4-8 years of experience performing DevOps activities in a professional capacity, with additional experience considered in lieu of a degree.
• Knowledge and understanding of DevOps trends and technologies.
• Working knowledge of Git and experience with 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/management tools such as Helm or Kustomize.
• Full software lifecycle automation experience (design, development, test, deployment), including deployment to a production environment.
• Experience with automated provisioning and configuration tools like Terraform, CloudFormation, Chef, Puppet, Ansible, or similar technologies.
• Experience integrating code review systems into the SCM process.
• Experience with Linux and Windows operating systems, network administration, and networking protocols/functions (e.g., HTTP, HTTPS, SSL/TLS, SMTP, DNS).
• Experience working with Agile software development teams and implementing continuous integration and continuous delivery practices.
• Excellent problem-solving and analysis skills, including the ability to logically create structure and order from unstructured inputs.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Requires an active DoD Secret clearance with the ability to obtain a TS.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience developing and deploying software in a DoD environment (DISA experience is a plus).
• Experience with GitOps concepts and related tools, such as Argo CD.
• Experience designing, developing, and deploying software in a cloud environment (AWS is a plus).
• Experience with static code analysis, particularly security scans.
• Experience designing and building automated software testing pipelines using Ansible, Selenium, JMeter, Junit, and/or other applicable tools.
• Master's degree in Computer Science or similar field.
• Top-Secret clearance.
• Kubernetes certification such as CKA or CKAD.
• Professional cybersecurity certification such as Security+, or similar.
• ITIL v3 Foundations Certification.
• Experience with USSTRATCOM ISPAN domain.