
Lead DevOps Engineer
Leidos
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Alexandria • Maryland • Virginia • United States
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Salary
💰 $131,300 - $237,350 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Lead the design, implementation, and maintenance of CI/CD pipelines to ensure efficient and reliable software delivery.
- Automate and streamline development, deployment, and operations workflows to enhance productivity and reduce manual intervention.
- Manage infrastructure as code (IaC) and configuration as code (CaC) to ensure consistent and repeatable deployments.
- Oversee the development and integration of software for the System, including infrastructure, data tools, customer tools, cybersecurity, and user interfaces.
- Implement and maintain DevSecOps processes, documentation, policies, and automated pipelines for continuous integration and delivery.
- Coordinate with infrastructure teams for capacity planning and automate service monitoring, reporting, and lifecycle management.
- Develop and maintain software testing tools, processes, and procedures, including automated test pipelines for unit, regression, security, integration, compliance, performance, and acceptance testing.
- Prepare, maintain, and execute a Software Engineering Plan (SWP) for managing all aspects of the System software lifecycle.
- Establish and operate a SAFE Agile development process, prioritizing product backlog items and scheduling them into Agile sprint cycles.
- Ensure the reliability and continuous improvement of support systems such as ticketing, monitoring, alerting, and dashboards through automation and integration.
- Conduct configuration management operations to control, identify, record, and report IT components, versions, and relationships for the System.
- Establish and maintain development, test, integration, staging, and production environments for supporting the System software lifecycle.
- Deliver and maintain all software artifacts, including source code, IaC, CaC, binaries, and containers, on Government-owned software repositories.
- Manage a team of 8-15 direct reports, providing leadership, mentorship, and performance management.
Requirements
- Active Top Secret (TS) clearance with SCI eligibility.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related technical discipline and 12 years of relevant experience OR Master’s degree in a related field and 10 years of relevant experience.
- Minimum of 10 years of experience in software engineering, DevOps, or related fields.
- Experience designing and implementing enterprise CI/CD pipelines in secure DoD or Federal environments.
- Experience implementing Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or equivalent.
- Strong knowledge of IaC and configuration as code (CaC) tools and practices.
- Experience managing containerized environments (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
- Proven experience with CI/CD pipeline development and maintenance.
- Experience integrating automated security scanning, compliance validation, and continuous monitoring into DevSecOps pipelines.
- Strong understanding of configuration management operations and tools.
- Experience operating within SAFe or large-scale Agile frameworks supporting enterprise systems.
- Demonstrated experience leading and mentoring technical teams.
- Experience with software testing tools and automated test pipelines.
Benefits
- Health and Wellness programs
- Income Protection
- Paid Leave
- Retirement
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
CI/CD pipelinesInfrastructure as Code (IaC)Configuration as Code (CaC)DevSecOpsAutomated testingSoftware testing toolsContainerizationCloud platformsAgile developmentConfiguration management
Soft Skills
LeadershipMentorshipPerformance managementTeam managementCommunication
Certifications
Top Secret (TS) clearanceSCI eligibility