Overview:Leidos is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer as part of our DevOps team in support of a large-scale, complex Software program within the Department of Justice. This role will build and maintain the underlying platforms and infrastructure that other teams use to build applications.
Responsibilities: - Build high-performance CI/CD pipelines and maintain toolchains.
- Has strong knowledge of Github Actions, CI or Jenkins, and also integration security and linting automation tools.
- Perform and optimize software packaging and deployment processes.
- Packaging Mastery: Experts in OCI images, multi-stage builds, and abstraction tools. Build templates that are the starting point for developers.
- Maintain an Internal Developer Portal or Service Catalog for self-service environment provisioning.
- Provide rotational on-call coverage.
Qualifications: - Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust; ship required.
- Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or related field with 5 years of experience
- 3+ years of experience in platform engineering or DevOps.
- Proficiency in Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) and environment provisioning.
- Proficiency in CI/CD tools, containerization, and automation frameworks.
- Understand Openshift down to the control plane, ETCD, CNI, and CSI.
- Have a good understanding software engineering and be able to read code.
Preferred Skills: - Familiarity with toolchain lifecycle management and environment provisioning.
- Knowledge of secrets management systems and container security standards.
- Experience with IAM governance and compliance evidence collection.
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:March 11, 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 $87,100.00 - $157,450.00
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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