DevOps Platform Engineer

Leidos is hiring a DevOps Platform Engineer to support its Enterprise IT Operations Center and customer environments. The role focuses on operating and improving Kubernetes/OpenShift platforms and AWS infrastructure, implementing GitOps, CI/CD, and infrastructure-as-code solutions, and supporting containerized applications and platform reliability.

Responsibilities:

• Develop, configure, manage, and maintain the Kubernetes (Red Hat OpenShift) platform running in AWS, including cluster upgrades, patching, monitoring, capacity management, reporting, compliance management and platform troubleshooting. Collaborate and Coordinate with DevOps, Development, and Cloud Operations teams to address hosting compute, networking, and storage requirements and maintaining platform availability and performance
• Partners with application development teams to deploy and operate containerized applications on OpenShift, providing guidance on deployment configurations, resource requirements, and CI/CD integration, and troubleshooting deployment and runtime issues while maintaining platform security and operational standards
• Lead proactive, data-driven improvements to the Kubernetes (Red Hat OpenShift) platform and supporting AWS infrastructure, using observability data—including reporting, metrics, logs, and capacity trends—to identify reliability risks, performance bottlenecks, and optimization opportunities. Provide technical direction, prioritize and implement improvements, refine monitoring and alerting, and validate measurable gains in platform stability, resource utilization, and operational efficiency
• Design, Configure, Implement and improve GitOps workflows, infrastructure as code, and CI/CD integrations to automate Platform configuration and support repeatable application deployments
• Lead GitOps development pipeline designs, implementation plans, operational documentation, and continual improvement of containerization service implementations and designs
• Lead implementation and optimization of GitOps workflows
• Work with teams, across Leidos and customers, to understand, develop, deploy, and configure Infrastructure as Code (IaC), GitOps, and DevOps requirements for existing and upcoming projects
• Working in an Agile process to plan your work into sprints and participate in daily scrum meetings
• Develop IaC and automation capabilities for use across customer environments
• Design, Configure, and implement container-based deployment solutions for enterprise applications
• Develop, Configure, and implement automation and tooling to improve reliability and operational efficiency
• Improve and troubleshoot existing container orchestration environments, primarily OpenShift
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex platform and deployment issues with minimal oversight

Requirements:

• Requires BS and a minimum 4 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with a minimum 2 years of prior relevant experience, relevant experience will be considered in lieu of degree
• Experience with Red Hat OpenShift, including setup, configuration, and administration
• Proficient with Python or equivalent programming language
• Experienced in building and managing CI/CD pipelines and tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, Tekton)
• Experienced in Agile teams and using tools such as Jira for project and work tracking
• Proficiency in container technologies such as Docker
• Demonstrated experience designing and implementing infrastructure-as-code solutions using Terraform and/or Ansible
• Experienced with container orchestration tools like Kubernetes
• Experienced with cloud-first, AWS/Azure native architectures and cloud PaaS & SaaS services
• Must be committed to adopting and adhering to DevOps Industry best practices
• Ability to collaborate and work effectively in a team environment
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Must be able to effectively plan and prioritize tasking
• Must be capable of performing high-quality work both independently, and with a team, in a fast-moving environment
• Ability to interact positively, collaborate and communicate appropriately with team members
• Obtain a baseline 8140 certification [IAT Level II) CCNA-Security, CySA+, GICSP, GSEC, Security+, CND, SSCP] within 3 months of hire date
• Kubernetes Certifications (CKA, CKAD)
• Experience standardizing engineering objectives across cloud and containerization platforms
• Relevant certifications, such as Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration, Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)
• DoD secret clearance and 8140 Level II Security+ certification