DevOps Engineer

** Description*
* The Decision Advantage within Defense at Leidos has an immediate opening for a  
** Dev Sec Ops  Engineer
** on the Systems Engineering & Integration Contract (SEIC II), supporting Air Force Mission Planning with F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) & Navy partners. You will be joining a dynamic Dev Sec Ops  team that is delivering numerous next generation Mission Planning solutions into a variety of environments. This is an exciting opportunity to work on cutting edge technologies meeting the diverse and expansive set of Mission Planning requirements.

** Primary Responsibilities*
* + Design, develop, maintain, and debug advanced pipeline software supporting automated software builds, deployments, quality gates, and automated test workflows across complex delivery environments.

+ Provide technical expertise for sub-projects within the team related to composition, configuration, deployment, and validation of software products for user evaluation, integration & automated testing.

+ Develop sophisticated pipeline automation, including custom quality gate logic and API-based integrations with industry-standard Dev Ops, CI/CD, security, and test automation tooling.

+ Define, implement, and improve Dev Ops processes and toolchain integrations to enable reliable CI/CD across multiple technical areas and environments.

+ Design, compose, configure, and maintain Helm product charts, including advanced Helm template development, deployment validation, troubleshooting, and optimization within Kubernetes.

+ Integrate, deploy, and troubleshoot microservices-based architectures across Kubernetes-based platforms, including K8s, K3s, RKE2, and related container orchestration environments.

+ Develop and improve automated versioning, release management, configuration management, and environment provisioning capabilities to support repeatable and scalable software delivery.

+ Design and implement automated virtual machine provisioning, configuration, deployment, and lifecycle workflows using cloud provider APIs and infrastructure automation practices.

+ Diagnose and resolve complex Kubernetes, containerized application, virtual machine, deployment, integration, and pipeline issues spanning multiple systems, tools, and technical disciplines.

+ Provide technical expertise and guidance to team members on Dev Ops practices, deployment architecture, automation design, troubleshooting approaches, and solution implementation.

+ Communicate clearly and proactively with internal team members, project leads, technical stakeholders, and external partners via messaging platforms, discussions, documentation, and status updates.

+ Influence project and team decisions by recommending technical approaches, identifying risks, proposing process improvements, and ensuring delivery solutions meet program objectives and quality expectations.

** Basic Qualifications*
* + Bachelor's degree in computer science or a closely related field or equivalent years of experience. Additional years of experience will be considered in lieu of degree.

+ 8+ years Software Engineering experience in any object-oriented programming language

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** U.S. Citizenship required, no dual citizenship.*
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** Must be able to obtain and maintain Secret clearance*
* + Must have the ability to obtain a CompTIA Security+ (Sec+) certification within 30 days of employment

+ Strong software engineering background with demonstrated experience developing, integrating, and troubleshooting web-based systems, APIs, and distributed or microservice-based architectures.

+ 3+ years working in a Dev Sec Ops  environment & familiarity with Dev Sec Ops  best practices

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Experience with branching & pull request workflows using software version control and repo tools

+ Ability to work in both Linux & Windows Operating Systems

+ Bash/Shell Scripting Experience

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Experience with one or more Kubernetes cluster types (e.g., AKS (most preferred), EKS, GKE, Open Shift, K3s, RKE2s, Minikube) and Kubernetes applications (e.g., Kubectl, Helm, Rancher).

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Experience with Docker containers (building, deploying & debugging)

** Preferred Qualifications*
* + Active SEC+ certification and Active Top Secret clearance

+ Experience integrating cyber security gating into pipelines

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Experience with Git and Bitbucket software version control/repo tools

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Experience with Virtual Machine Technology (Hyper-V, VMware Workstation)

+ Experience working in an Agile Development environment (SAFe Agile)

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Experience with frontend web-application…