DevOps Engineer SME

Description

Leidos is looking for a Dev Ops Engineer on a 200+ FTE technical development program responsible for delivering modern Identity Access Credential Management (ICAM) solutions. As a Dev Ops Engineer on this program, you will have the opportunity to build strong systems and software utilizing cloud capabilities to support a complex program. Based in Dev Ops framework, you will participate in and/or direct major deliverables throughout all aspects of the software development lifecycle including scope and work estimation, architecture and design, coding and unit testing.

This role requires supporting an on-call rotation to ensure mission critical services remain operational 24/7/365. Rotation is typically to be on-call 1 full calendar week every 2 months.

• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph
• Requires a Master's degree and 15+ years of prior relevant experience. Additional experience in lieu of degree.
• Experience with Post Gres, Oracle and MySQL
• Expert in Linux operating system usage
• Expert in using Dev Ops tools such as Jenkins, Git Hub, and Rundeck
• Expert in the software development lifecycle, with experience delivering within Dev Ops toolsets/practices
• Direct experience utilizing software testing performance tools, such as J-unit
• Experience working in an Agile development environment and tempo
• Experience scripting and using AWS services including Cloud formation, EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, etc
• Experience with containerization (Docker, EKS, ECS, etc.)
• Experience with Nexus administration
• Experience establishing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
• Well versed with using version control systems
• Well versed with using issue/problem tracking systems
• Experience with JIRA, Confluence and Agile development methods
• Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes, including container orchestration, deployment, and scaling in a production environment
• Proficiency in building, managing, and optimizing containerized applications using CI/CD pipelines, along with knowledge of container registries and security best practices

• Experience with Elastic tools
• Experience working in the Sponsor's cloud environments
• Experience with Nexus administration and maintenance
• Experience with Sponsor's release management tools and processes
• AWS certification
• Container-related certification
• Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) certification, demonstrating expertise in designing, building and running applications on Kubernetes

FIP

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.

Original Posting:
February 17, 2026

Pay Range: $ - $

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

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