DevOps Systems Administrator

Leidos is seeking a DevOps System Administrator to be part of the mission solution and help lead SSA’s Digital Modernization Strategy.  Join one of our high performing teams responsible for installing, maintaining, and ensuring up-time of the next-generation DevSecOps platform used to support 2500+ users, 200+ projects/products, and 1000+ repositories. We serve the Social Security Administration (SSA) and their mission to meet the changing needs of the public, positively impacting at least 65 million American lives per month.  We are a team of forward-looking professionals in need of a strong candidate with these key required skills:  Ansible Automation, Atlassian Suite Administration, Git Administration, Windows / Linux Basic Administration, Checkmarx administration, Availability Monitoring / Triage (Splunk, Dynatrace). 

If this sounds like a mission you want to be a part of, keep reading!

*** Selected candidate must reside within two (2) hours of SSA Headquarters in Woodlawn, MD

*** Selected candidate must be willing to work on-site at least 2 days a week.

TEAM CULTURE

Your passion and values might be a good fit for our teams if you answer “yes” to the following questions:

• Are you looking for a company that puts employees first, with a focus on career, flexibility, and well-being?
• Do you enjoy collaborating with colleagues and teammates and believe that the best ideas are fostered in an inclusive environment?
• Are you searching for a team with a strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive for daily mission success?
• Are you comfortable with proactive outward communication and technical leadership?
• Do you enjoy being a catalyst, solving complex problems, and providing innovative solutions?
• Do you have the flexibility, creativity, and resilience to pivot the mission for success?
• Do you have the courage to make tough ethical decisions with pride, transparency, and respect?

MENTORSHIP & CAREER GROWTH

Our teams are dedicated to supporting new team members in an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. Experienced team members will be assigned to new hires for one-on-one mentoring, collaborative reviews, and coaching on customer engagement to help each new hire successfully onboard and demonstrate their skills. Projects and tasks are assigned in a way that leverages your strengths and will help you further develop your skillset.

DAY TO DAY RESPONSIBILITIES

Every position we take is more rewarding when you know the why behind it. Know your work makes a difference to support those who need it most. If your passion is enabling life changing service to those around, you this is the place for you. Find you passion in a team environment where all members are valued regardless of contractor or employee status.   Find your “Why” with us and take your place in our Leidos Family!!

• Build, maintain, automate, ensure reliability, and implement next-generation DevSecOps platform using system/software engineering best practices and the latest technologies:
  • DevOps (Jenkins, Nexus Repository, Checkmarx, SonarQube, BlackDuck, Red Hat OpenShift, Docker)
  • Infrastructure-as-Code and Configuration-as-Code (Ansible, Scripting, UrbanCode Deploy)
• Provide on-call support for next-generation DevSecOps platform
• Administer DevSecOps platform including installing, migrating, upgrading, deploying, troubleshooting, and configurating on Linux.
• Provide subject matter expertise in one or more of these areas: automation, security, monitoring and alerting, incident response optimization, SQL tuning, Atlassian suite including plugin administration, and other CI/CD tools.
• Investigate and actively support with operational team to ensure business continuity regardless of component: front-end, business logic, middleware, networking, CI/CD pipeline, or database (PL/SQL and Data Modeling).
• Brief management, customer, team, or vendors using written or oral skills at appropriate technical level for audience
• All other duties as assigned or directed

FOUNDATION FOR SUCCESS (Basic Qualifications)

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, mathematics, engineering or a related field. Additional years of experience may be substituted in lieu of degree.
• Master’s or doctorate degree may substitute for required experience
• 7+ years of combined experience with system administration of a DevSecOps platform including CI/CD (Jenkins, Bamboo, GitHub Actions)