Senior DevOps Engineer

Senior DevOps Engineer at Leidos in Columbia, MD.

Role Summary

Description

Senior DevOps Engineer

Responsibilities

• Architect, deploy, and maintain scalable infrastructure environments
• Design and improve CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation
• Lead container orchestration and infrastructure modernization efforts
• Troubleshoot complex production, networking, and deployment issues
• Implement monitoring, alerting, and observability best practices
• Drive infrastructure reliability, scalability, and security improvements
• Support vulnerability remediation and system hardening initiatives
• Mentor junior DevOps and engineering team members
• Collaborate with development teams to optimize deployment workflows and operational readiness
• Support onboarding, operational documentation, and environment management
• Experience with networking protocols (TCP, UDP, HTTPS, TLS); comfortable diagnosing and resolving networking issues

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.

Requirements

Minimum Requirements

• US Citizenship with TS/SCI and Counter-Intelligence Polygraph clearance
• 5+ years of experience in DevOps, Infrastructure Engineering, or Site Reliability Engineering
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field
• Expertise with Docker and container orchestration platforms (Kubernetes, Nomad, Docker Swarm)
• Strong proficiency in Linux system administration
• Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI/CD
• Expertise with infrastructure-as-code technologies (Terraform, Ansible)
• Experience with monitoring, observability, and visualization technologies (Grafana, Prometheus, ELK stack)
• Experience troubleshooting distributed systems and production deployments
• Strong understanding of networking, security, and system architecture concepts
• Experience supporting high-availability and scalable environments
• Experience working within an Agile Scrum development team
• Ability to lead technical initiatives with minimal supervision
• Intelligent, proactive, and driven to achieve results

Pay Range $107,900.00 - $195,050.00

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.

Securing Your Data

Beware of fake employment opportunities using Leidos' name. Leidos will never ask you to provide payment-related information during any part of the employment application process (i.e., ask you for money), nor will Leidos ever advance money as part of the hiring process (i.e., send you a check or money order before doing any work). Further, Leidos will only communicate with you through emails that are generated by the Leidos.com automated system - never from free commercial services (e.g., Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail) or via WhatsApp, Telegram, etc. If you received an email purporting to be from Leidos that asks for payment-related information or any other personal information (e.g., about you or your previous employer), and you are concerned about its legitimacy, please make us aware immediately by emailing us at LeidosCareersFraud@leidos.com.

If you believe you are the victim of a scam, contact your local law enforcement and report the incident to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.

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.

About the Company

Kudu Dynamics is Leidos Owned Company, forged out of a decade of experience in computer network operations and staffed with talent who have built, overseen, and enhanced capabilities throughout the entire USG arsenal. Our team of hackers and engineers have experience spanning centuries of research, development, and operations missions - across desktop, mobile, IoT, and embedded platforms. Kudu Dynamics, a Leidos company is uniquely qualified to anticipate tomorrow's threats and build the next generation of capabilities.