Senior DevSecOps Engineer

Join Us in Shaping the Future of Digital Defense

At Leidos were more than a technology companywere a trusted partner pioneering the future of defense and intelligence. Our diverse teams of innovators unite around a common mission: empowering our customers to succeed in their most critical operations. Guided by integrity committed to our communities and driven to build a sustainable future we deliver solutions that make a real impact.

Within our Digital Modernization sector were leading the charge in next-generation technologydesigning advanced capabilities in cyber defense logistics optimization security operations and decision intelligence. These are the mission-critical systems that keep our nation secure and resilient.

Were seeking a highly capable Senior DevSecOps Engineer to spearhead cloud initiatives for the United States Coast Guard at C5ISC in Alexandria this hands-on role youll architect and develop scalable cloud-native solutions using AWS Azure and Python while ensuring best practices across architecture development deployment and security. Youll roll up your sleeves to design code debug and mentor driving innovation that directly supports critical Coast Guard operations and impacts national security.

Primary Responsibilities

• Design implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines for secure automated software delivery.
• Develop infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform Ansible or CloudFormation.
• Virtualization and Infrastructure Management:
• Create manage and optimize virtual machines using Hypervisor technologies such as VMware vSphere Hyper-V or KVM.
• Configure and maintain virtualized environments to ensure performance scalability and security.
• Support infrastructure modernization efforts by integrating virtualization solutions into hybrid cloud environments.
• Security Integration:
• Embed security best practices into the SDLC and CI/CD processes.
• Implement automated security tools for vulnerability scanning static/dynamic application security testing (SAST/DAST) and container security.
• Collaborate with security teams to ensure compliance with organizational and industry security standards (e.g. NIST DoD ISO).
• Cloud and Infrastructure Management:
• Deploy and manage applications on cloud platforms such as AWS Azure Google Cloud or Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
• Maintain high availability scalability and performance of cloud-based systems.
• Configure and optimize container orchestration platforms (e.g. Kubernetes Docker).
• Monitoring and Incident Management:
• Establish proactive monitoring solutions to ensure system reliability and availability.
• Respond to and troubleshoot production incidents performing root cause analysis and resolution.
• Collaboration and Mentorship:
• Work closely with cross-functional teams including developers QA and security professionals.
• Mentor junior team members and contribute to continuous improvement of DevSecOps practices.

Basic Qualifications:

• Requires BS and 8 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 6 years of prior relevant experience additional years of experience will be accepted in lieu of a degree.
• Excellent customer service skills with experience working in a customer-facing position for a minimum of 4 years.
• Minimum 5 year of Administration experience with cloud-based applications (MS O365 SharePoint Azure AD AWS)
• Proficiency in programming/scripting languages (e.g. Python Java Bash Go).
• Experience with configuration management and orchestration tools (e.g. Terraform Ansible Puppet).
• Deep understanding of CI/CD tools (e.g. Jenkins GitLab CI GitHub Actions Azure DevOps).
• Hands-on experience with containerization and orchestration (e.g. Docker Kubernetes).
• Strong knowledge of security principles including threat modeling vulnerability assessments and encryption techniques.
• Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools (e.g. Prometheus Grafana Splunk ELK Stack).
• Solid understanding of networking Linux/Unix systems and version control systems (e.g. Git)
• Clearance: This position requires candidates to obtain a Public Trust and will accept up to TS/SCI

Certifications

• Candidate must at a minimum have one of these certifications:
  • Industry Professional certification Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)
  • Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate (KCNA)
  • AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Certified AWS SysAdmin AWS Certified Advanced Networking
  • AWS Certified Security
  • Azure Developer Associate
  • Azure Solutions Architect

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.