DevOps Software Engineer

e of remote work will vary based on client requirements/deliverables.

You will work closely with the team on the following key tasks :

• Work in a DevSecOps environment to ensure availability of the biometric system and data to end users.

• Oversee the integration, maintenance, and monitoring of software to ensure constant availability of all technical resources, and provide technical direction to IT support staff.

• Develops, maintains, and enhances complex and diverse software systems ( e.g., processing-intensive analytics, novel algorithm development, manipulation of extremely large data sets, real-time systems, and business management information systems) based upon documented requirements

• Provides specific input to the software components of system design to include hardware/software trade-offs, software reuse, use of COTS/GOTS in place of new development, and requirements analysis and synthesis from system level to individual software components

• Designs, implements, and integrates software applications or performs software engineering tasks to include making enhancements to the existing system and operational support to diagnose and/or correct any system abnormalities

• Utilizes software engineering and design methodologies appropriate to the development, integration, and production environment

• Participate in test, staging and production deployment.

• Assist in the maintenance of services and procedures for a big data pipeline which includes Kafka, Elasticsearch, and several in-house written python/java micro services running on Kubernetes

• Develop and integrate Docker containers to be deployed to Kubernetes

• Monitor automated system integration tests to identify failed modules and components

• Manage individual project priorities, deliverables, and deadlines.

• Update project documentation for each release

• Provide tasking and time estimates for each Program Increment

• Foster an environment of collaboration with the different team members with the goal of providing quality service and product to our customers

To be successful in this role you need these skills (required):

• Typically requires Bachelor's Degree and 8+ years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 6+ years of prior relevant experience. Additional years of experience maybe substituted for a degree.

• Must possess an Active Top Secret/SCI clearance and ability to obtain and maintain Poly

• Experience with containerization, especially with Docker

• Experience with DevOps practices and tools including Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) tools and practices, especially Gitlab or Jenkins

• Experience with Python

• Experience with API Development

• Experience in Extraction, Transformation, and Load (ETL)

• Experience enterprise search capabilities (such as Elasticsearch) to solve Big Data challenges

• Experience with PostgreSQL and SQL server

• Experience with Agile practices

• Hands-on development and/or scripting experience, especially Python and Bash in Linux environment

• Proficiency with Linux server management and developing tools optimized for a Linux or cross-platform operation environment

• Familiarity and experience creating, deploying, and maintaining service worker and manager nodes/pods in a Kubernetes environment (kubectl)

• Experience leveraging CUDA, PyTorch, or other services to deploy containerized processing on GPUs

• Understanding of application-level security.

• Knowledge of logging and log analysis systems

• Proficiency in C# programming, with the ability to understand, maintain, and contribute to applications built on these languages and their respective frameworks.

• Experience with creating and managing microservices.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Enthusiastic with the ability to work well in a team and a self-starter who can work on their own

You will wow us even more if you have some of these skills:

• Familiarity with biometric systems and biometric SDKs.
• Familiarity with Caliburn.Micro XAML framework.
• Understanding or Experience with ANSI/NIST ITL and DoD Electronic Biometric Transmission Specification (EBTS).
• Active Security+ certification
• Active CE certification
• Ability to obtain Privileged User Account (PUA) certification by the Government
• GraphQL Service
• Apache NiFi
• Experience with systems at scale
• Kafka or other message passing systems
• Experience with AWS cloud-based architecture, services (Lambda, etc.), and software development
• Experience with Artifactory
• Experience of a production/enterprise system
• Appian low-code application development platform
• Experience with any of the following technologies:

  • GPU-based Kubernetes

  • SALT for deployment automation

  • Elasticsearch, Kibana, and Logstash

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Original Posting:
January 30, 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 $107,900.00 - $195,050.00

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About Leidos

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