Platform Operations Engineer
Bethesda, MD - USA
Job Summary
Leidos is excited to present an opportunity for a TS/SCIcleared Platform Operations Engineer to join a highimpact team driving the design development and deployment of a modern technology stack supporting the DOMEX Technology Platform (DTP). This role directly supports our customers mission to centralize and standardize the Tasking Collection Processing Exploitation and Dissemination (TCPED) of Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) across the Defense Intelligence Enterprise.
Youll be part of a missionfocused solutionsoriented team that values inclusion innovation collaboration and continuous professional growth. While the majority of work is performed onsite at our customer location in Bethesda MD we offer a flexible schedule and some tasks may be completed remotely.
As a Platform Operations Engineer you will work with a team to ensure the availability reliability and performance of a full stack containerized microservices platform. You also will partner with a multidisciplinary team of systems engineers developers integrators and system administrators in the following areas:
System Reliability & Performance Ensuring uptime performance and capacity planning for a large scale big data production platform with a microservice architecture running on Kubernetes Elasticsearch PostgreSQL Kafka and technologies such as Java Python React and low code tools like Appian
Monitoring & Observability Leveraging monitoring tools to proactively detect and resolve issues
Incident Response Leading triage troubleshooting root cause analysis and post incident reviews
SLIs & SLOs Defining and tracking reliability metrics
SAFe Agile Participating in release planning scrums design sessions bug triage and cross team coordination
You bring enthusiasm the ability to work well with people from different disciplines with varying degrees of technical experience and meet the following qualifications:
BS in Engineering Computer Science Systems Engineering or related field (or equivalent experience) with 8 years of relevant experience; 6 years with a Masters; additional experience may substitute for a degree
Active TS/SCI clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a polygraph
At least one DoD 8570.01 M IAT Level II certification (e.g. Security CE CySA CCNA Security SSCP CISSP (or Associate))
Ability to obtain Privileged User Account (PUA) certification
Experience with Kubernetes GitLab pipelines Linux and containerized environments
Experience supporting enterprise scale production systems
Experience with cloud services (preferably AWS) and cloud infrastructure
Familiarity with Elasticsearch PostgreSQL Logstash Kibana and Keycloak
Demonstrated success in cross functional coordination and execution
Strong communication skills and the ability to perform under pressure during incidents
You will stand out even more if you bring:
Experience with Agile methodologies
Experience with creating customized dashboards to track SLIs and other key performance indicators
Development experience (Bash PowerShell SALT Python Groovy Java etc.)
Experience with Appian or other lowcode platforms
Experience with technologies such as Kafka AMQP/JMS Prometheus/Grafana GPUbased Kubernetes SALT automation Nexus or GraphQL
Knowledge of security best practices (authN/Z secrets management data protection)
Infrastructureascode experience (CloudFormation Terraform Pulumi)
AWS cloud certifications
#NMECDTP-ALL
#ASBA
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Original Posting:
July 29 2026For 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 $107900.00 - $195050.00The 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.
Required Experience:
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About Company
Leidos is an innovation company rapidly addressing the world's most vexing challenges in national security and health. Our 47,000 employees collaborate to create smarter technology solutions for customers in these critical markets.