DevOps Engineer
The Decision Advantage within Defense at Leidos has an immediate opening for a DevSecOps Engineer on the Systems Engineering & Integration Contract (SEIC II), supporting Air Force Mission Planning with F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) & Navy partners. You will be joining a dynamic DevSecOps team that is delivering numerous next generation Mission Planning solutions into a variety of environments. This is an exciting opportunity to work on cutting edge technologies meeting the diverse and expansive set of Mission Planning requirements.
Primary Responsibilities
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Design, develop, maintain, and debug advanced pipeline software supporting automated software builds, deployments, quality gates, and automated test workflows across complex delivery environments.
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Provide technical expertise for sub-projects within the team related to composition, configuration, deployment, and validation of software products for user evaluation, integration & automated testing.
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Develop sophisticated pipeline automation, including custom quality gate logic and API-based integrations with industry-standard DevOps, CI/CD, security, and test automation tooling.
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Define, implement, and improve DevOps processes and toolchain integrations to enable reliable CI/CD across multiple technical areas and environments.
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Design, compose, configure, and maintain Helm product charts, including advanced Helm template development, deployment validation, troubleshooting, and optimization within Kubernetes.
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Integrate, deploy, and troubleshoot microservices-based architectures across Kubernetes-based platforms, including K8s, K3s, RKE2, and related container orchestration environments.
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Develop and improve automated versioning, release management, configuration management, and environment provisioning capabilities to support repeatable and scalable software delivery.
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Design and implement automated virtual machine provisioning, configuration, deployment, and lifecycle workflows using cloud provider APIs and infrastructure automation practices.
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Diagnose and resolve complex Kubernetes, containerized application, virtual machine, deployment, integration, and pipeline issues spanning multiple systems, tools, and technical disciplines.
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Provide technical expertise and guidance to team members on DevOps practices, deployment architecture, automation design, troubleshooting approaches, and solution implementation.
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Communicate clearly and proactively with internal team members, project leads, technical stakeholders, and external partners via messaging platforms, discussions, documentation, and status updates.
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Influence project and team decisions by recommending technical approaches, identifying risks, proposing process improvements, and ensuring delivery solutions meet program objectives and quality expectations.
Basic Qualifications
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Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a closely related field or equivalent years of experience. Additional years of experience will be considered in lieu of degree.
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8+ years Software Engineering experience in any object-oriented programming language
- U.S. Citizenship required, no dual citizenship.
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Must be able to obtain and maintain Secret clearance
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Must have the ability to obtain a CompTIA Security+ (Sec+) certification within 30 days of employment
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Strong software engineering background with demonstrated experience developing, integrating, and troubleshooting web-based systems, APIs, and distributed or microservice-based architectures.
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3+ years working in a DevSecOps environment & familiarity with DevSecOps best practices
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Experience with branching & pull request workflows using software version control and repo tools
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Ability to work in both Linux & Windows Operating Systems
- Bash/Shell Scripting Experience
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Experience with one or more Kubernetes cluster types (e.g., AKS (most preferred), EKS, GKE, OpenShift, K3s, RKE2s, Minikube) and Kubernetes applications (e.g.,