Looking for an opportunity to make an impact?The Leidos National Security Sector combines technology-enabled services and mission software capabilities in the areas of cyber, logistics, security operations, and decision analytics to support our defense and intel customers’ mission to defend against evolving threats around the world. Our team’s focus is to ensure our customers have the right tools, technologies, and tactics to keep pace with an ever-evolving security landscape and succeed in their pursuit to protect people and critical assets.Your greatest work is ahead!The National Security Sector at Leidos is currently hiring for a Principal / Senior SecDevOps Engineer for an Agile, cloud-based data, and analytics platform contract. You will lead the team in Agile methodologies to deliver the solution, emphasizing the frequent, incremental release of system software, features, and updates in many small deployments rather than in fewer, larger releases. This role is expected to be on-site at a Leidos facility in Gaithersburg, MD, with travel to various government sites in the Washington Metro Area. This opportunity is contingent upon contract award.What you’ll be doing:Develop, prototype and deploy solutions within Azure Cloud Solutions leveraging Infrastructure platform services.Individual must have a broad understanding of system development, operations and maintenance.Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and system administration experience.Python Coding skills to be able to automate infrastructure and deployment functions.Have experience with DevOps pipeline and IaC-based tools/frameworks such as Terraform, Pulumi, Puppet, Jenkins, or similar.Understand advanced software development practices, and have a solid knowledge of and experience with Bash, Puppet, Groovy, YAML, JSON, Java, and Python.Be able to assess and improve upon existing DevOps/CI/CD processes to move the program forward.Coordinate closely with team members, Product Owners and Scrum Masters to ensure User Story alignment and implementation to customer use cases.Document and Perform systems software development, including deployment of build artifacts across different environments.Communicate key project data to team members and build team cohesion and effectiveness.Design, build, and improve a set of team owned apps, services, or componentsCreate innovative solutions to meet the technical needs of customers.Guide the team in designing, building, testing, and deploying changes to existing software. Write clear, scalable code and design documentation.What does Leidos need from me?Must be a U.S. citizen or have a Green Card.Must be able to obtain a Public Trust clearance (Background Investigation). BS degree and 12 to 15 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 10 to 13 years of prior relevant experience.Five years of experience with Agile IT product management and delivery (Agile delivery experience must be within the last year), Agile Methodologies and Best Practices.DevOps tools experience including GitLab, Confluence, and Jira.Object-oriented programming languages (Python, Java, etc.).Python Library Development.Microsoft Azure or AWS Cloud Environment.Databases (relational or NoSQL).Python, Spark, and/or SQL Scala Programming.Databricks.Expert in the software development lifecycle, with experience delivering within DevOps toolsets/practices.Direct experience utilizing software testing performance tools, such as J-unit.Experience working in an Agile development environment and tempo.Experience with development in Commercial Cloud Platforms (ex, Azure, AWS, Google Cloud).Experience with development leveraging cloud data services.Excellent communication skills (written and verbal).Well versed with using version control systems.Well versed with using issue/problem tracking systems.Experience with JIRA, Confluence and Agile development methods.System Administration/Privileged Access duties.Favorable if you have:Five years of experience with Agile IT product deliveryAgile delivery experience, Agile Methodologies and Best PracticesData Analysis, Data Engineering, Data ScienceDecision Analysis and SupportRelational Database Management System (RDBMS) ExperienceEvaluation MethodsQuality AssuranceMachine Learning (e.g., regression, classification, deep learning, unsupervised learning) and/or Machine Learning Model DevelopmentBusiness processes and tools utilized in a federal program of U.S. GovernmentProducing deliverables in alternate formats including Microsoft 365, SharePointOriginal Posting Date:2024-04-10While 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 $122,200.00 - $220,900.00The 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.SummaryLocation: Gaithersburg, MDType: Full time