Platform Operations Manager

Leidos is excited to present an opportunity for a TS/SCIcleared Platform Operations Manager to join a highimpact team driving the design development and deployment of a modern technology stack supporting the DOMEX Data Discovery Platform (D3P) Modernization Program. 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 Manager you will ensure the availability reliability and performance of a fullstack containerized microservices platform. Youll help cultivate a strong DevSecOps culture and collaborate closely with systems engineering architecture development security operations and integration teams in a fastpaced environment.

You will partner with a multidisciplinary team of systems engineers developers integrators and system administrators to lead efforts in the following areas:

• System Reliability & Performance Ensuring uptime performance and capacity planning for a largescale big data production platform with a microservice architecture running on Kubernetes Elasticsearch PostgreSQL Kafka and technologies such as Java Python React and lowcode tools like Appian

• Monitoring & Observability Leveraging monitoring tools to proactively detect and resolve issues

• Incident Response Leading triage troubleshooting rootcause analysis and postincident reviews

• SLIs & SLOs Defining and tracking reliability metrics

• Management Oversight Leading a team of system administrators supporting a help desk during core hours; setting technical standards and mentoring staff

• Technical Leadership Partnering with systems engineers to design solutions contribute to documentation and support architectural alignment

• SAFe Agile Participating in release planning scrums design sessions bug triage and crossteam coordination

You bring enthusiasm strong collaboration skills and the ability to work effectively with teammates across varying technical backgrounds. You should also meet the following qualifications:

• BS in Engineering Computer Science Systems Engineering or related field (or equivalent experience) with 15 years of relevant experience; 13 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 8570.01M 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 enterprisescale production systems

• Experience with cloud services (preferably AWS) and cloud infrastructure

• Familiarity with Elasticsearch PostgreSQL Logstash Kibana and Keycloak

• Demonstrated success in crossfunctional coordination and execution

• Team leadership and line management experience

• 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

• 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

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