Senior DevOps Engineer

At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people dedicated to our customers' success. We empower our teams, contribute to our communities, and operate sustainably. Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide how we do business.

The Mission Enablement Center (MDEC) is seeking an experienced Senior Dev Ops Engineer to support its Cloud Engineering team. This hands‑on position supports the design, deployment, automation, security, and sustainment of cloud and hybrid infrastructure across Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). The selected candidate will support multiple federal and Department of Defense (DoD) programs, including MDEC's InSight Mission Cloud offering, by developing secure, scalable, and repeatable cloud solutions.

The role requires a strong technical background in cloud engineering, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Dev Sec Ops , automation, containerization, and cloud operations. The ideal candidate is a self‑starter who can work independently, manage multiple technical priorities, troubleshoot complex issues, collaborate with customers and vendors, and mentor junior engineers while supporting mission‑critical environments.

• Cloud Engineering:
  Design, deploy, configure, and sustain secure cloud and hybrid infrastructure across AWS, Azure, OCI, and GCP, including compute, networking, storage, identity, and supporting platform services.
• Dev Ops and Automation:
  Develop, implement, and maintain Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines using Git Lab, Git Hub Actions, Jenkins, Azure Dev Ops, or similar tools to support automated infrastructure and application deployments.
• Infrastructure as Code:
  Develop and maintain reusable Terraform, Ansible, Cloud Formation, and other automation solutions to standardize cloud deployments, configuration management, and infrastructure provisioning.
• Containerization:
  Deploy, configure, troubleshoot, and maintain containerized applications and orchestration platforms, including Docker, Kubernetes, and related cloud‑native technologies.
• Cloud Security and Compliance:
  Implement secure cloud configurations, access controls, encryption, vulnerability remediation, and automated security scanning aligned with NIST, FedRAMP, DoD STIGs, and applicable federal security requirements.
• Cloud Operations and Sustainment:
  Support day‑to‑day cloud operations, infrastructure maintenance, patching, performance monitoring, incident response, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis to maintain reliable and secure environments.
• Cloud Modernization:
  Support cloud migrations, landing zone deployments, application modernization, virtualization, and hybrid cloud integration across customer environments.
• Monitoring and Logging:
  Configure and maintain monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions using cloud‑native services and enterprise tools such as Cloud Watch, Azure Monitor, Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK.
• Technical Documentation:
  Develop architecture diagrams, deployment procedures, automation scripts, operational runbooks, and technical documentation to support repeatable engineering and operational sustainment.
• Technical Leadership and Mentorship:
  Provide technical guidance to junior engineers, participate in engineering reviews, support troubleshooting efforts, and contribute to continuous improvement of cloud engineering standards and practices.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline with 12++ years of relevant experience, or a master's degree with 10+ years of experience. Additional relevant experience…