Associate DevOps Engineer

Description

At Leidos, everything we do is built on our commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our employees, and our communities. Learn more about the values and culture that are the foundations of our business. Our mission is to make the world safer, healthier, and more efficient through information technology, engineering, and science. We offer a robust benefits package including competitive salaries; 401K Retirement Plan; comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage; flexible work schedule to allow for life/work balance; tuition reimbursement and more.

Ready to put your DevOps skills into action? The Leidos Software Factory has openings for talented DevOps Engineers to 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.

This position requires you to obtain a US DoD Secret security clearance.

There may be an opportunity for a hybrid work schedule.

Primary Responsibilities

In this role, the Associate DevOps Engineers will 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 up to two years of experience. Additional years of 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.

Clearance requirement: based on the customer requirement, a candidate my 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.