DevOps Software Engineer - TS/SCI Cleared

Leidos is looking for our next TS/SCI‑cleared DevOps Software Engineer to join a high‑energy team building and deploying a cutting‑edge technology stack in support of the DIA‑NMEC (National Media Exploitation Center) DOMEX Technology Platform (DTP). Pay Range: $107,900.00 - $195,050.00. What You’ll Do Deploy, triage, and maintain a production big‑data pipeline built on Kubernetes, Elasticsearch, and Kafka. Enhance and maintain CI/CD pipelines and DevOps automation to accelerate development and improve reliability. Design and support scalable, redundant infrastructure across physical and virtual environments. Use Helm to configure Kubernetes deployments for new features and evolving requirements. Partner with Systems Engineers to architect solutions for new capabilities. Contribute technical input to engineering documentation, diagrams, and models. Participate in Agile release planning, scrums, design sessions, bug triage, and related team activities. What You Bring Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience) with 8+ years of relevant experience. 6+ years with a Master’s Active TS/SCI clearance and ability to obtain/maintain a TS/SCI with Polygraph. Strong Linux proficiency. Hands‑on experience with containers and Kubernetes. Experience with CI/CD orchestration and GitLab. Familiarity with Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana. Demonstrated success working in cross‑functional engineering environments. Bonus Points Experience operating systems at scale. Knowledge of Agile methodologies. Development experience (Bash, PowerShell, SALT, Python, Groovy, Java, etc.). Experience supporting enterprise or production systems. Familiarity with Kafka or other messaging systems (AMQP, JMS). Kubernetes monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana). GPU‑based Kubernetes. SALT for deployment automation. Helm / Helmfile. Nexus. Leidos will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. #J-18808-Ljbffr Leidos LLC