Associate DevOps Engineer

Description

Job Description:

Come put your DevOps skills into action! The Leidos Software Factory has openings for talented DevOps Engineers to come work in our state of the art location in Charlottesville, VA. In this role, you will join dynamic Agile software teams that are singularly focused on providing world-class solutions to our customers in an exciting, collaborative, and inclusive atmosphere. You will be intellectually challenged and provided with a tremendous opportunity for growth in a customer-facing, fast-paced, and fun environment.

Primary Responsibilities

Associate DevOps Engineers enable the continuous integration and continuous delivery of our diverse suite of software products by applying best practices for infrastructure provisioning, configuration and automated software deployments. You will leverage open-source and fit-for-purpose tools to manage private and public cloud infrastructures via code, designing reusable infrastructure components for scalable, highly-available, secure architectures for cloud-based applications. You will continually evaluate and apply best practices to facilitate continuous improvement that can be applied across teams.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or similar field and less than 2 years of prior relevant experience. Experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Familiarity with Agile and DevSecOps concepts and best practices.
• Fundamental background with software design patterns and programming languages.
• Excellent problem solving skills.
• Self-starter that is able to work independently while possessing the communication skills to work effectively with software development teams and customers.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.
• Must be a US citizen with ability to obtain a U.S. DoD Secret security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Linux and Windows operating systems, network administration, and networking protocols/functions (e.g., HTTP, HTTPS, SSL/TLS, SMTP, DNS)
• Experience provisioning and managing resources within IaaS/Cloud infrastructures (e.g., Azure, AWS, Google Cloud Platform, etc.)
• Experience with container technologies such as Docker and container orchestration tools like Kubernetes
• Experience with GitOps tools like Terraform, CloudFormation, Chef, Puppet, Ansible or similar technologies
• Professional cybersecurity certification such as Security+, or similar

Pay Range:

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.