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From the employer's careers site First seen 24 Oct 2026

DevOps Software Engineer - TS/SCI Cleared

Leidos Bethesda, MD Hybrid mid full-time

Salary

$87,100 - $157,450 per year

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Description

Leidos is seeking a TS/SCI-cleared DevOps Software Engineer to join a team building and deploying a cutting-edge technology stack in support of the DIA-NMEC (National Media Exploitation Center) DOMEX Technology Platform (DTP).

As a DevOps Software Engineer, you will help design, deploy, and maintain a full-stack, containerized microservices architecture.

Responsibilities:

  • 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

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience) with 4-8 years of relevant experience; 4+ 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

Nice to Have:

  • 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

Skills

Required

Nice to have

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