DevOps Software Engineer - TS/SCI Cleared

DevOps Software Engineer - TS/SCI Cleared

Locations Bethesda, MD

Time type Full time

Posted Yesterday

Job requisition id R-00182209

Leidos is looking for our next TS/SCI-cleared DevOps Software Engineer to join a high-energy team building and deploying a cutting-edge technology stack in support of the DIA-NMEC (National Media Exploitation Center) DOMEX Technology Platform (DTP). This role is part of a 10-year program supporting the DOMEX Data Discovery Platform (D3P) Modernization effort, where you’ll contribute to mission-critical capabilities alongside a collaborative, innovative, and growth-oriented team.

While the majority of work is performed on-site at our customer location in Bethesda, MD, we offer a flexible schedule and occasional opportunities for remote work.

What You’ll Do

• As a DevOps Software Engineer, you’ll help design, deploy, and maintain a full-stack, containerized microservices architecture. You’ll also support systems administration, installation, configuration, and the broader adoption of DevOps best practices across cross-functional engineering teams. In this fast-paced environment, you’ll collaborate closely with systems engineering, architecture, development, security, operations, and integration teams.

You will work with a multidisciplinary group of developers, integrators, and system administrators to:

• 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

• Partner with Systems Engineers to architect solutions for new capabilities

• Contribute technical input to engineering documentation, diagrams, and models

• Participate in Agile release planning, scrums, design sessions, bug triage, and related team activities

• What You Bring

You’re enthusiastic, collaborative, and comfortable working with teammates across a range of technical backgrounds. You also meet the following qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience) with 8+ years of relevant experience; 6+ years with a Master’s

• Active TS/SCI clearance and ability to obtain/maintain a TS/SCI with Polygraph

• Strong Linux proficiency

• Hands-on experience with containers and Kubernetes

• Experience with CI/CD orchestration and GitLab

• Familiarity with Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana

• Demonstrated success working in cross-functional engineering environments

• Bonus Points

You’ll stand out even more if you bring:

• Experience operating systems at scale

• Knowledge of Agile methodologies

• Development experience (Bash, PowerShell, SALT, Python, Groovy, Java, etc.)

• Experience supporting enterprise or production systems

• Familiarity with:

• Kafka or other messaging systems (AMQP, JMS)

• Kubernetes monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana)

• GPU-based Kubernetes

• SALT for deployment automation

• Helm / Helmfile

• Nexus

• NMECDTP-ALL

• ASBA

• 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.