Leidos is seeking a Senior DevSecOps Engineer to spearhead cloud initiatives for the United States Coast Guard at C5ISC in Alexandria, VA, aiming to architect and develop scalable cloud-native solutions using AWS, Azure, and Python, while ensuring best practices across architecture, development, deployment, and security to support critical Coast Guard operations and national security.
Requirements
- Proficiency in programming/scripting languages (e.g., Python, Java, Bash, Go).
- Experience with configuration management and orchestration tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible, Puppet).
- Deep understanding of CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps).
- Hands-on experience with containerization and orchestration (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
- Strong knowledge of security principles, including threat modeling, vulnerability assessments, and encryption techniques.
- Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, ELK Stack).
- Solid understanding of networking, Linux/Unix systems, and version control systems (e.g., Git)
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for secure, automated software delivery.
- Develop infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation.
- Create, manage, and optimize virtual machines using Hypervisor technologies such as VMware vSphere, Hyper-V, or KVM.
- Embed security best practices into the SDLC and CI/CD processes.
- Implement automated security tools for vulnerability scanning, static/dynamic application security testing (SAST/DAST), and container security.
- Deploy and manage applications on cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, Google Cloud or Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
- Establish proactive monitoring solutions to ensure system reliability and availability.
Other
- Excellent customer service skills, with experience working in a customer-facing position for a minimum of 4 years.
- This position requires candidates to obtain a Public Trust and will accept up to TS/SCI
- Candidate must, at a minimum, have one of these certifications: Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD), Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate (KCNA), AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, Certified AWS SysAdmin, AWS Certified Advanced Networking, AWS Certified Security, Azure Developer Associate, Azure Solutions Architect.
- This is a role for the restless, the over-caffeinated, the ones who ask, “what’s next?” before the dust settles on “what’s now.”
- If you’re already scheming step 20 while everyone else is still debating step 2… good. You’ll fit right in.
