Junior DevOps Engineer
At a glance
Junior DevOps & Release role at Leidos. Chantilly · full-time · $69,550–$125,725 base.
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What you'll do
- Help keep development and production environments running, including their deployments and ongoing upkeep
- Build and troubleshoot CI/CD pipelines, and work with developers to make releases more dependable
- Check system health, logs and alerts, while supporting container orchestration and infrastructure automation
- Investigate infrastructure or deployment problems, handle access onboarding, and document operating procedures
What you bring
- You have one to three years in DevOps, systems engineering or infrastructure support
- A relevant bachelor's degree and familiarity with Linux administration are required
- You have used Docker or containerized applications and have basic exposure to CI/CD tools such as GitLab CI/CD
- You hold U.S. citizenship and an active TS/SCI clearance with a Counter-Intelligence Polygraph
Who this fits
This junior role suits someone who can troubleshoot systems and deployments, contribute within an Agile Scrum team, and work with moderate supervision. U.S. citizenship and TS/SCI clearance with a Counter-Intelligence Polygraph are required.
From the employer
Junior 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
- 1–3 years of experience in DevOps, Systems Engineering, or Infrastructure Support
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field
- Familiarity with Linux system administration
- Experience with Docker or containerized applications
- Basic experience with CI/CD tools such as GitLab CI/CD
- Exposure to infrastructure automation tools such as Terraform or Ansible
- Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools (Grafana, Prometheus, ELK, etc.)
- Experience troubleshooting deployment or environment issues
- Understanding of networking fundamentals and system troubleshooting
- Ability to work within an Agile Scrum team
- Self-starter requiring moderate supervision
- Intelligent, proactive, and driven to achieve results
Specific Duties:
- Support deployment and maintenance of development and production environments
- Assist with CI/CD pipeline implementation and troubleshooting
- Monitor system health, logging, and alerting platforms
- Support container orchestration and infrastructure automation efforts
- Troubleshoot infrastructure and deployment-related issues
- Assist with onboarding users and environment access requests
- Document operational procedures and deployment processes
- Work closely with software developers to improve deployment reliability
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:
August 31, 2026For 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 $69,550.00 - $125,725.00The 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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