Software Developer

Leidos is seeking a DevSecOps Engineer to support the GSM-O II contract at DISA. The role is primarily remote, with periodic on-site support requirements tied to Scott AFB, IL or Ft. Meade, MD, and centers on CI/CD pipeline development, secure AWS and Kubernetes operations, and continuous observability and automation.

Location

Scott AFB, IL (hybrid)

Primarily remote, with a requirement to live within commuting distance of Scott AFB, IL or Ft. Meade, MD for on-site support.

Compensation

USD 87,100 - 157,450 per yearly

Role Summary

Support the GSM-O II contract at DISA, with emphasis on building CI/CD pipelines, deploying and operating security-compliant systems in AWS/Kubernetes environments, and implementing monitoring, automation, testing, and cost optimization.

Responsibilities

• Develop automated CI/CD build and deployment pipelines using Jenkins (CloudBees), Artifactory, Kubernetes (OpenShift), Docker, Ansible, and Bitbucket.
• Support deployment, configuration, testing, troubleshooting, maintenance, and updates or upgrades for Kafka and Elastic clusters and environments.
• Configure applications to integrate network data into an Elastic (ELK) stack hosted in an AWS cloud environment.
• Configure applications to align with DoD security standards, including DoD Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs).
• Develop and maintain centralized dashboards and observability solutions to monitor application health, performance, availability, security posture, infrastructure utilization, and cloud spend across environments.
• Implement proactive monitoring, alerting, and automation using metrics, logs, and traces to improve incident detection, operational visibility, root cause analysis, and system reliability.
• Implement cloud and infrastructure cost optimization using resource utilization analysis, rightsizing, idle resource identification, storage and compute optimization, and FinOps best practices.
• Manage enterprise certificate lifecycle operations, including provisioning, renewal, rotation, expiration monitoring, and automation for secure and uninterrupted service delivery.
• Collaborate with DevOps, Security, Cloud, and Application Engineering teams to integrate security controls, compliance monitoring, automation, and operational standards into CI/CD pipelines and production environments.
• Work with an Agile team by attending daily scrums and demonstrating working software while collaborating with a geographically distributed remote team.
• Frequently communicate and collaborate with team members and stakeholders to support successful completion of project objectives.
• Develop automated tests using Ansible, Selenium, JMeter, JUnit, and/or other applicable tools.
• Troubleshoot and resolve installation, infrastructure, and system issues.
• Identify, report, monitor, and mitigate technical risks proactively and independently.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant technical discipline, plus 4-8 years of prior relevant experience, or Master’s with 2-6 years of prior relevant experience.
• Experience developing software in an Agile environment, including the ability to learn new technologies quickly on a rapidly growing project.
• Ability to multi-task, self-assign work, and work in a geographically distributed team in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
• Experience with distributed version control software such as Git and Bitbucket.
• Experience developing software on a Linux platform.
• Knowledge of and ability to apply principles, theories, and concepts of Software Engineering.
• Strong communication skills for proactive collaboration with a virtual team, including clearly articulating status and presenting to customers and program leadership.
• Demonstrated leadership skills and attention to detail, including excellent organizational and documentation skills.
• Ability to obtain an interim DoD Secret security clearance prior to start date.
• Ability to obtain a security certification that meets DOD 8570 IAT level II or higher (for example, Security+ CE or CISSP) within 60 days of start date.

Technologies

• Jenkins (CloudBees), Artifactory, Kubernetes (OpenShift), Docker, Ansible, Bitbucket
• Kafka, Elastic, Elastic (ELK), AWS
• DoD Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs)
• metrics, logs, traces, FinOps
• certificate lifecycle operations, Selenium, JMeter, JUnit
• Git, Linux, Security+ CE, CISSP

Benefits

• Health and Wellness programs
• Income Protection
• Paid Leave
• Retirement

Additional Information

Posting date: October 15, 2026

U.S. positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates 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.

Clearance and Certification Requirements

• A Secret clearance is required upon the start of employment.
• Within 14 days following the start date, the employee must obtain their Security+ certification.