Troubleshoot complex production issues across Linux, cloud infrastructure, applications, networking, and security environments.
Serve as a technical escalation point for SaaS integration, deployment, and operational challenges.
Provide hands-on technical leadership, engineering guidance, code reviews, and task prioritization for DevOps activities.
Develop reusable automation scripts, deployment templates, runbooks, and technical documentation.
Collaborate with cloud, cybersecurity, application, and operations teams to ensure secure, reliable service delivery.
Support change management, operational readiness, system upgrades, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor's degree with 12+ years of relevant experience. Additional relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
Hands-on experience in DevOps engineering, platform engineering, cloud engineering, or enterprise SaaS integration.
Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, Git-based workflows, infrastructure automation, and configuration management solutions.
Experience with containers, APIs, infrastructure-as-code, and automated deployment tools.
Strong Linux administration and troubleshooting skills, including DNS, networking, TLS/SSL certificates, proxies, and application connectivity.
Experience integrating SaaS or third-party applications with enterprise identity management, logging, cloud, and security services.
Experience with AWS and/or Microsoft Azure cloud environments.
Ability to troubleshoot technical issues across applications, operating systems, networks, and cloud infrastructure.
Demonstrated ability to lead technical initiatives, collaborate across engineering teams, and deliver solutions in production environments.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience developing technical documentation, implementation plans, and operational runbooks.
Must meet applicable DoD 8140 qualification requirements at start and obtain required CSSP and Computing Environment certifications within 90 days of employment, as applicable to the assigned work role.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience supporting DoD Cyber Security Service Provider (CSSP) operations, enterprise cybersecurity programs, or other regulated environments.
Hands-on experience with DevOps and automation tools such as Ansible, Terraform, Python, Bash, Jenkins, GitLab, GitHub, or Bitbucket.
Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, container orchestration, and cloud-native deployment technologies.
Experience integrating Elastic Stack, Kafka, ServiceNow, cloud-native logging, or endpoint security platforms.
Familiarity with Atlassian tools, including Jira and Confluence.
Knowledge of Risk Management Framework (RMF), Authority to Operate (ATO), DISA STIGs/SRGs, and DoD 8140 requirements.
Previous experience serving as a technical lead, mentoring engineers, or coordinating complex DevOps initiatives.
Work Location / Telework
Adelphi, Maryland is the preferred work location, with an expectation of onsite presence at least three days per week.
Remote work may be considered for highly qualified candidates based on technical expertise, experience, and program requirements.
Security Clearance
Active Secret clearance required to start.
TS/SCI clearance required for the position, subject to program access and eligibility requirements.
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Original Posting
October 30, 2026
For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.
Pay Range
Pay Range $131,300.00 - $237,350.00
The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.
About Leidos
Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.
Pay and Benefits
Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits.
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Commitment to Non-Discrimination
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.
