Track This Job
Add this job to your tracking list to:
- Monitor application status and updates
- Change status (Applied, Interview, Offer, etc.)
- Add personal notes and comments
- Set reminders for follow-ups
- Track your entire application journey
Save This Job
Add this job to your saved collection to:
- Access easily from your saved jobs dashboard
- Review job details later without searching again
- Compare with other saved opportunities
- Keep a collection of interesting positions
- Receive notifications about saved jobs before they expire
AI-Powered Job Summary
Get a concise overview of key job requirements, responsibilities, and qualifications in seconds.
Pro Tip: Use this feature to quickly decide if a job matches your skills before reading the full description.
Description
Leidos has an exciting opportunity to hire a clearable DevOps Engineer supporting the USAF Next Generation Mission Planning program. You’ll be joining a dynamic team taking Azure Cloud solutions for the DoD to the next level. In this opportunity you’ll help manage and design DevOps solutions supporting 50+ developer groups employing cutting-edge technology stacks. As part of the team, you’ll be tasked with implementing, managing and optimizing various pipeline solutions, with time to learn & train while driving speed & capability enhancements for our warfighters. Leidos provides a real work-life balance with 3-day weekends and flexible hours.
Primary Responsibilities
The successful candidate will be energetic, organized, eager to learn and comfortable working & speaking in a team environment, placing a high value on collaboration and team success. Core responsibilities include:
- Automating, integrating, and prototyping solutions in a DevSecOps environment
- Communicating clearly & frequently to support software developer teams via messaging applications
- Creating & maintaining documentation, wikis, & training materials for other DevSecOps engineers and developers
- Integrating microservices-based architectures into various environments (K8s, K3s, RKE2s)
- Providing Help-desk escalation support to software developer teams
- U.S. Citizenship required (no dual or Green Card/Permanent Resident Card)
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret-level Security Clearance
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent experience in a closely-related field
- 2 years or less of software development or operations experience working on microservices-based architectures and Application Programming Interface (API) design
- 1 year or less of working in a DevSecOps environment and familiar with DevSecOps best practices
- Ability to work with both Linux & Windows Operating Systems
- Bash/Shell Scripting Experience
- Experience with one or more Kubernetes cluster types (e.g., AKS (most preferred), EKS, GKE, OpenShift, K3s, RKE2s, minikube)
- Experience with Docker containers
- Experience with Kubernetes applications (e.g., Kubectl, Helm, Rancher)
- Knowledge of software version control and repo tools (GIT and Bitbucket preferred)
- Experience with frontend web-application technologies (i.e., Node, NPM, React, Redux)
- Experience with Terraform or other Infrastructure-as-Code tools
- Experience working in an Agile Development environment (SAFe Agile is a plus)
- Experience with Azure DevOps/Atlassian Tool Suite
- Experience with Virtual Machine Technology (Hyper-V, VMware Workstation)
- Experience with Windows Subsystem for Linux
If you’re already scheming step 20 while everyone else is still debating step 2… good. You’ll fit right in.
Original Posting
September 8, 2025
For U.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 $55,250.00 - $99,875.00
The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand 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.
#Remote
REQNUMBER: R-00166185
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status. Leidos will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment in accordance with relevant Laws. Leidos is an equal opportunity employer/disability/vet.
If you have questions about this posting, please contact [email protected]
Key Skills
Ranked by relevanceReady to apply?
Join Lensa and take your career to the next level!
Application takes less than 5 minutes