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/models working in coordination/collaboration with SE team members and Architect team
Support SAFe Program Increment (PI) planning and execution
Own and prioritize the Agile team backlog, ensuring work aligns with business priorities and delivers maximum value; break down features, prioritize work, and ensure requirements are clear and actionable; review and accept completed work to ensure it meets business requirements and quality standards
What You Bring
You’re enthusiastic, collaborative, and comfortable working with teammates across a range of technical backgrounds. You also meet the following qualifications:
BS in Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or related field or equivalent experience with 12+ years in software development, system engineering or related field or 10+ years of experience with Master’s degree
Active TS/SCI security clearance with the 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
e.g., Ingress/Gateway API, Helm chart design/build, pod disruption budgets, affinity/anti-affinity rules, familiarity with external-secrets, ArgoCD, cert-manager, eck (elastic search)
Experience with GitLab pipeline development
e.g., integration of GitLab CI/CD components, code quality reports, coverage/test reports
Experience as a Product Owner or a similar role in an Agile software development team
Excellent communication skills (verbal and written) to articulate technical and non-technical concepts to diverse audiences
Proven ability to work cross-functionally with engineering, design, project management teams, and stakeholders
You will wow us even more if you have some of these
Experience with development, i.e. Bash, PowerShell, SALT, Python, Groovy, Java, etc.
Experience on a production/ enterprise system
Experience with any of the following technologies
Kafka or other message passing systems (AMQP, JMS)
Kubernetes monitoring, e.g., Prometheus/ Graphana
GPU-based Kubernetes
SALT for deployment automation
Nexus
Linux, e.g., sysctls for K8s environments, FApolicyd, SELinux
Familiarity with Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana
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Original Posting
November 4, 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.
