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Senior DevOps Engineer

Leidos

Annapolis Junction, MD

Job description

No sponsorship available. No third-party/C2C candidates.

Senior SRE / DevOps Engineer
Hybrid | (Cedar Park, TX – Tues/Wed/Thurs)

This is an exclusive, off-market opportunity. Our executive client searches are confidential. Apply now to learn more about this unique new position!

What’s in it for you:

Salary DOE – Join a growing, well-funded software organization at the heart of intelligent compliance solutions. This is a high-impact role with long-term growth potential as the infrastructure team expands.

What you get to do:

  • Own and evolve a complex Terraform-based infrastructure, originally built by a single architect

  • Partner closely with internal DevOps and Engineering leads to learn, stabilize, and scale existing systems

  • Manage deployments and automation within an AWS ecosystem, including EKS, Lambda, EC2, and RDS

  • Champion best practices for site reliability, performance monitoring, and security compliance

  • Drive CI/CD improvements with Jenkins and GitHub

  • Implement and maintain observability tools such as Datadog, Dynatrace, or PagerDuty

  • Create detailed documentation, runbooks, and process automation scripts (Bash/Linux)

  • Ensure system and infrastructure compliance with industry frameworks such as SOC 2 Type 2

  • Serve as a key player in integrating infrastructure from multiple acquired companies into a unified platform

What you need to succeed:

  • Expert-level Terraform experience and deep understanding of infrastructure-as-code

  • Strong AWS experience (CloudFormation, IAM, VPC, ECS/EKS, CloudTrail, etc.)

  • Proficiency in Kubernetes architecture and management (preferably EKS)

  • Advanced scripting in Bash/Linux and automation of infrastructure provisioning

  • Hands-on CI/CD pipeline experience (preferably Jenkins)

  • Proven success operating in complex, fast-evolving environments with minimal oversight

  • Self-starter with the initiative to dig into undocumented systems and learn quickly

  • Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate cross-functionally

  • Familiarity with compliance and security standards in a cloud-first environment

  • Experience with system monitoring, incident response, and high-availability systems

Bonus Perks:

As a valuable new member of the team, you will have access to our company’s extensive client list, the support of a tenured team, and the opportunity to enroll in a variety of health benefit plans. We are eager to help ensure your success in this exciting new role.

Want to find out more about this job opportunity? Apply now!

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