DevOps Engineer

Dev Ops Engineer at Leidos summary:

Seeking an associate technical lead Dev Ops Engineer to support the GEOAxIS ICAM program by building and maintaining containerized microservices, Helm charts, and automated infrastructure tooling to improve reliability and deployment velocity across security domains. Role requires experience with Kubernetes/Open Shift, Ansible, scripting (bash, Python, Java), CI/CD (Git Lab/Jenkins), Git Ops, and identity protocols (X.509, SAML, OAuth, OIDC);
Top Secret/SCI preferred and Security+ achievable within 60 days. Position supports long-term government contract work with pay range $87,100–$157,450 and benefits through Leidos.

Description

Leidos is looking for a associate technical lead to join our GEOAxIS program and work with the rest of the technical leadership team to help drive program technical execution, innovation and modernization.

The GEOAxIS system provides Identity, Credential and Access Management for all web applications. GEOAxIS enables online, on-demand, access to NGA GEOINT content based on user’s authoritative attributes/roles. Our Mission is to maintain highly available ICAM services for protecting those critical mission applications across all security domains. The GxNext contract was awarded to Leidos in 2021 and runs until 2031.

Primary Responsibilities

• Create and maintain docker images of existing java and python microservices
• Develop and maintain helm charts to deploy custom microservice images
• Configure and extend upstream helm charts and docker images of COTS products
• Ensure repeatable infrastructure and software tasks are as automated as possible
• Work with existing software development and operational teams to increase reliability and deployment velocity across all security domains

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in STEM technologies and 4 years experience or an Associates degree and 6 years experience or no degree and 8 years experience.
• 1 year experience with Kubernetes or Openshift
• 1 year experience with Ansible
• 1 year experience with scripting and programming languages such as bash, python, or java
• Ability to achieve Security+ within 60 days or hire
• Active Top Secret/SCI CI Poly preferred

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience designing configuration management tools in a multi-operational environment
• Experience with Git Ops technologies (ArgoCD, FluxCD, etc)
• Experience with Git for version management
• Experience with Gitlab or Jenkins CICD pipeline creation
• Experience with X509 certificate authentication, SAML, OAuth, OIDC

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Original Posting: January 23, 2026

For 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 $87,100.00 - $

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and 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.

About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit

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