Principal DevOps Engineer

Leidos has an exciting opportunity for a Principal DevOps Engineer in our Intel Security Sector's Analysis Solutions Business Area . Our talented team is at the forefront in Security Engineering, Computer Network Operations (CNO), Mission Software, Analytical Methods and Modeling, Signals Intelligence (SIGINT), and Cryptographic Key Management.

At Leidos , we offer competitive benefits , including Paid Time Off, 11 paid Holidays, 401K with a 6% company match and immediate vesting, Flexible Schedules, Discounted Stock Purchase Plans, Technical Upskilling, Education and Training Support, Parental Paid Leave, and much more. Join us and make a difference in National Security!

Job Summary

This Principal DevOps Engineer role provides mission critical system support to our customer. You will closely work with the Development team as well as other technology stakeholders to maintain, develop and support IC enterprise products – legacy and new products – in an Agile SAFe environment. The role will also work collaboratively with software engineering to deploy and operate systems.

Additionally, this role will help automate and streamline operations and processes; as well as build and maintain tools for deployment, monitoring and operations, and troubleshoot and resolve issues in dev, test, and production environments. Primary Responsibilities: Supports software deployments, cloud infrastructure baselines, and operational availability of production systems.

Managing, building, configuring, administering, operating and maintaining all components that comprise the DevOps environment. Defining enterprise Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment processes and best practices Codifying DevOps best practices across the enterprise Developing and maintaining scripts to automate tool deployment to an AWS cloud environment and other tasks.

Scripting and maintaining build environments. Working with project teams to integrate their products into the DevOps environment.

Basic Qualifications

Demonstrated experience setting up one or more of the following tools: GitHub, Jira, Confluence, Jenkins, and Katalon Studio. Demonstrated experience troubleshooting issues with two or more of the following tools: GitHub, Jira, Confluence, Jenkins, and Katalon Studio. Demonstrated experience working within a software development team and supporting developers and developer activities.

Bachelors degree with 12 or more years of prior relevant work experience or Masters with 10 or more years of prior relevant work experience. Will consider additional work experience in lieu of a degree. To be considered must have an active TS/SCI with polygraph security clearance Preferred Qualifications Master’s degree in science, technical, or engineering discipline.

AWS Associate Certification (Developer, Solution Architect, or Sys Ops Administrator) AWS Professional Certification (DevOps Engineer or Solutions Architect) Demonstrated experience in container orchestration using Docker, Vagrant, Kubernetes, or AWS ECS/ECR Demonstrated experience with Languages including Java, Python, JavaScript, Ruby, PHP, and Unix shell Scripting Demonstrated experience with Ansible, or Puppet.

At Leidos , the opportunities are boundless. We challenge our staff with interesting assignments that allow them to thrive professionally and personally. For us, helping you grow your career is good business. We look forward to learning more about you – apply today. #CABARESTON #ASBA #HALO If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling.

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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.