Platform Operations Engineer
$107,900–$195,050 year
On-siteBethesda, Maryland, United States
Job Summary
Ensure availability, reliability, and performance of a full stack, containerized microservices platform running on Kubernetes, Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL, Kafka, and Java. Partner with multidisciplinary teams to manage system reliability, capacity planning, and monitoring via tools like Prometheus and Grafana. Lead incident response by performing triage, root cause analysis, and post-incident reviews while defining and tracking SLIs and SLOs. Participate in release planning, scrums, and bug triage within a SAFe Agile framework. This role directly supports the DOMEX Technology Platform to centralize OSINT TCPED operations for the Defense Intelligence Enterprise.
Required Qualifications
- BS in Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
- 8+ years of relevant experience
- 6+ years with a Master's
- Active TS/SCI clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a polygraph
- At least one DoD 8570.01 M IAT Level II+ certification (e.g., Security+ CE, CySA+, CCNA Security, SSCP, CISSP (or Associate))
- Ability to obtain Privileged User Account (PUA) certification
- Experience with Kubernetes
- Experience with GitLab pipelines
- Experience with Linux
- Experience with containerized environments
- Experience supporting enterprise scale production systems
- Experience with cloud services (preferably AWS) and cloud infrastructure
- Familiarity with Elasticsearch
- Familiarity with PostgreSQL
- Familiarity with Logstash
- Familiarity with Kibana
- Familiarity with Keycloak
- Demonstrated success in cross functional coordination and execution
- Strong communication skills
- The ability to perform under pressure during incidents
- While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days
- An anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date
Desired Qualifications
- Experience with Agile methodologies
- Experience with creating customized dashboards to track SLIs and other key performance indicators
- Development experience (Bash, PowerShell, SALT, Python, Groovy, Java, etc.)
- Experience with Appian or other low‐code platforms
- Experience with technologies such as Kafka
- Experience with technologies such as AMQP/JMS
- Experience with technologies such as Prometheus/Grafana
- Experience with GPU‐based Kubernetes
- Experience with SALT automation
- Experience with Nexus
- Experience with GraphQL
- Knowledge of security best practices (authN/Z, secrets management, data protection)
- Infrastructure‐as‐code experience (CloudFormation, Terraform, Pulumi)
- AWS cloud certifications
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