DevSecOps Engineer

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Leidos Defense Systems Land Division is seeking a DevSecOps Engineer to support missile defense projects within the BMD Simulations and Analysis Portfolio. Youll work closely with agile software development security and systems administration teams to automate security measures conduct vulnerability assessments and respond to real-time security incidents.

Youll also embed security into the DevOps pipelineensuring our software is both efficient and secure. The right candidate is a strong team player with great analytical and problem-solving skills capable of collaborating with both technical staff and end users.

If this sounds like your kind of challenge we want to hear from you!

Primary Responsibilities

• Develop troubleshoot and debug high-level software using C Java or similar languages.

• Collaborate with users and developers to improve and enhance system capabilities.

• Use modern software engineering principles to write secure reliable reusable and efficient code.

• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using tools like GitLab Jenkins or Bamboo.

• Participate in Agile development processes: planning demos retrospectives etc.

• Work on automation and containerization efforts using Docker IaC and related technologies.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelors degree and 4-8 years of relevant experience (or Masters and 2-6 years)

• DevOps/automation-focused software development experience

• Experience with Linux (RHEL/CentOS) and Windows Server/Workstation

• Proficiency with scripting (e.g. Bash Python PowerShell)

• Experience with DevSecOps tools: GitLab Nexus CI/CD pipelines

• Familiar with Docker or other containerization platforms

• Understanding of Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) and platform engineering

• Strong troubleshooting and collaboration skills

• Familiarity with Git and version control best practices

• Active Secret Clearance

• Full-time on-site support required

• Must reside in the North Alabama area

Preferred Qualifications

• IaC tools: Ansible Terraform Chef/Puppet

• GitOps experience

• Ability to manage multiple release schedules

• Experience with test automation in CI/CD

• Familiar with static analysis tools: Fortify SonarQube Coverity

• Experience with Kubernetes Helm charts

• Understanding of VMware virtualization

• Basic networking and diagnostics

• Knowledge of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)

• System Administration experience a strong plus

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