$107,900–$195,050 Per Year
Agile Programming Methodologies, Ansible, Automation, Best Practices, Computer Hacking, Computer Networks, Computer Operations, Computer Science, Computer Skills, Continuous Deployment/Delivery, Continuous Integration, Counterintelligence Polygraph, Desktop PC, DevOps, Distributed Computing, Docker, Documentation, Embedded Systems, Environmental Management, HTTPS (HyperText Transport Protocol Secure), High Availability, Identify Issues, Information Technology & Information Systems, Internet of Things, Leadership, Legal, Linux Administration, Mentoring, Network Administration/Management, Network Protocols, Network Security, Onboarding, Operational Support, Problem Solving Skills, Reliability Engineering, SSL-TLS (Secure Socket Layer - Transport Layer Security), Scrum Project Management and Software Development, Security Architecture, Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI), System Architecture, TCP (Transmission Control Protocol), Technical Leadership, Top Secret Clearance, UDP (User Datagram Protocol), United States Citizen
Senior DevOps Engineer
Who We Are:
Kudu Dynamics is Leidos Owned Company, forged out of a decade of experience in computer network operations and staffed with talent who have built, overseen, and enhanced capabilities throughout the entire USG arsenal. Our team of hackers and engineers have experience spanning centuries of research, development, and operations missions - across desktop, mobile, IoT, and embedded platforms. Kudu Dynamics, a Leidos company is uniquely qualified to anticipate tomorrow's threats and build the next generation of capabilities.
Minimum Requirements:
- US Citizenship with TS/SCI and Counter-Intelligence Polygraph clearance
- 5+ years of experience in DevOps, Infrastructure Engineering, or Site Reliability Engineering
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field
- Expertise with Docker and container orchestration platforms (Kubernetes, Nomad, Docker Swarm)
- Strong proficiency in Linux system administration
- Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI/CD
- Expertise with infrastructure-as-code technologies (Terraform, Ansible)
- Experience with monitoring, observability, and visualization technologies (Grafana, Prometheus, ELK stack)
- Experience troubleshooting distributed systems and production deployments
- Strong understanding of networking, security, and system architecture concepts
- Experience supporting high-availability and scalable environments
- Experience working within an Agile Scrum development team
- Ability to lead technical initiatives with minimal supervision
- Intelligent, proactive, and driven to achieve results
Specific Duties:
- Architect, deploy, and maintain scalable infrastructure environments
- Design and improve CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation
- Lead container orchestration and infrastructure modernization efforts
- Troubleshoot complex production, networking, and deployment issues
- Implement monitoring, alerting, and observability best practices
- Drive infrastructure reliability, scalability, and security improvements
- Support vulnerability remediation and system hardening initiatives
- Mentor junior DevOps and engineering team members
- Collaborate with development teams to optimize deployment workflows and operational readiness
- Support onboarding, operational documentation, and environment management
- Experience with networking protocols (TCP, UDP, HTTPS, TLS); comfortable diagnosing and resolving networking issues
If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo - because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 - and moving faster than anyone else dares.
Original Posting:
June 2, 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
The 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.
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Leidos Holdings Inc
SAIC is a premier Fortune 500® technology integrator driving our nation's digital transformation. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, civilian, and intelligence markets includes secure high-end solutions in engineering, IT modernization, and mission solutions. Using our expertise and understanding of existing and emerging technologies, we integrate the best components from our own portfolio and our partner ecosystem to deliver innovative, effective, and efficient solutions that are critical to achieving our customers' missions.
We are a team of 26,000 strong driven by mission, united purpose, and inspired by opportunity. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $7.1 billion. For more information, visit saic.com.