AWS DevSecOps Engineer

Leidos has a new and exciting opportunity for a DevSecOps Engineer in Fort Belvoir VA.

We are seeking an experienced AWS DevSecOps Engineer to join our high-performing Agile team you will design implement and support secure scalable cloud infrastructure. Youll apply DevOps best practices and cloud-native design principles leveraging AWS services and Infrastructure to drive automation and continuous delivery across environments.

This role also includes hands-on work with automated testing deployments and infrastructure monitoringalongside participation in Agile ceremonies risk mitigation activities and collaborative solution design. Cross-functional flexibility across systems engineering software development testing and security is highly valued.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Design and secure scalable AWS cloud environments.
• Manage and optimize Apache/Tomcat platforms for Java applications and provide technical support for ArcGIS solutions.
• Administer and maintain Windows Server 2019 environments including system optimization and hardening.
• Integrate security and monitoring tools (ACAS Splunk SAST/DAST) into automated CI/CD pipelines.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and deployments with Terraform and Ansible.
• Build and optimize GitLab CI/CD pipelines for rapid reliable delivery.
• Ensure compliance with security standards and champion DevSecOps best practices across all environments.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree with 8 years of relevant experience or a Masters degree with 6 years of relevant experience. Additional experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Active DoD SECRET clearance and the ability to obtain a TS/SCI security clearance.
• 5 years of experience designing deploying and securing AWS cloud environments with strong knowledge of core services (EC2 S3 VPC IAM CloudFormation) security services (CloudTrail GuardDuty AWS Config Security Hub) and CI/CD services (CodePipeline CodeBuild CodeDeploy).
• Proficiency in managing Apache/Tomcat servers for Java applications including configuration performance tuning patching and troubleshooting; working knowledge of ArcGIS administration.
• Strong background administering Windows Server 2019 including Active Directory Group Policy DNS/DHCP and patch management.
• Hands-on experience integrating security and monitoring tools into CI/CD pipelines including ACAS for vulnerability management Splunk for log aggregation/monitoring and SAST/DAST tools for secure code scanning.
• Proficiency in infrastructure-as-code (IaC) and automation using Terraform (modules state management remote backends) and Ansible (playbooks roles and configuration management).
• Experience building and optimizing GitLab CI/CD pipelines including branching strategies runners automated testing and deployment to multi-tier environments.
• Solid understanding of compliance standards (e.g. NIST 800-53 FedRAMP DoD STIGs) secure coding practices and industry best practices in DevSecOps.
• Strong troubleshooting documentation and scripting skills (Python Bash or PowerShell).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Active TS/SCI clearance.
• AWS professional-level certifications (e.g. AWS Certified Solutions Architect AWS Certified DevOps Engineer).
• Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies including Docker and Kubernetes (K8) in production environment.
• Advanced experience with STIG implementation and RMF compliance processes.

EIO2024

At Leidos we dont want someone who fits the moldwe want someone who melts it down and builds something better. This is a role for the restless the over-caffeinated the ones who ask whats next before the dust settles on whats now.

If youre already scheming step 20 while everyone else is still debating step 2 good. Youll fit right in.

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Pay Range:

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.