Senior DevOps Engineer

Company: Leidos
Location: Herndon
Posted on: April 3, 2026

Job Description:

The Intelligence Sector at Leidos currently has an opening for a Senior DevOps Engineer in Herndon, Virginia. This is an exciting opportunity to use your experience supporting the DIA’s SITE III JIOC mission. Key Responsibilities: • Collaborate with a Scrum team to develop and enhance enterprise systems. • Apply best practices in architecture design, data science, cloud services, and DevSecOps. • Automate testing and integration using Open Source and COTS tools. • Develop and integrate bug fixes and new features using tools like Java, Git, and Junit. REQUIRED Clearance: Active TS/SCI with polygraph, or TS with SCI eligibility and ability to obtain a polygraph Required Qualifications: • A Bachelor’s degree in an area applicable to the position with 12 years of relevant experience OR a Master’s degree with 10 years of relevant experience OR a PhD with 8 years of relevant experience; an additional 4 years of experience maybe considered in lieu of a degree requirement. • Current 8570 IAT Level II or higher cert such as CompTIA Security CE for Privileged User Access (PUA) • Programming Language Experience including – but not limited to – Java, Python (Poetry, Flask, etc.) and JavaScript (emphasis on React ecosystem libraries) • AWS technologies: Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL, EC2, S3, DynamoDB, DocumentDB, • Experience using modern techniques such as REST, JSON, Spring, Spring Boot, JavaScript frameworks (e.g., JQuery, Angular, React), and Docker Desired Qualifications: • Experience using Git, Jenkins, Gitlab. 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: February 10, 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 $131,300.00 - $237,350.00 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.

Keywords: Leidos, Frederick , Senior DevOps Engineer, IT / Software / Systems , Herndon, Maryland