DevOps Manager (USAF Cloud One)​

Leidos was awarded the U.S. Air Force Cloud One Architecture and Common Shared Services contract and currently has an opening for a supporting AWS, Azure, Google, and Oracle clouds. This is an exciting opportunity to use your experience to modernize a leading, global-scale multi-cloud environment in support of a critical mission, supporting USAF system resiliency, security, and cost effectiveness.

Location:

These positions will be hybrid remote. Candidates will be required to work onsite as needed. Preferred candidates will be located near Hanscom AFB (Boston, MA) or work in Huntsville, AL.

Primary Responsibilities Could Include:

As the DevOps manager, you will develop in a scalable cloud-native solutions, and ensure best practices across architecture, development, deployment, and security and you will lead a group of Engineers. This role is essential to ensuring secure, scalable, and resilient connectivity across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. You’ll work closely with cloud engineers, cybersecurity analysts, and program leadership to drive continuous improvement and deliver value to the mission. 

• Lead a group of 5-15 DevOps engineers to fulfill the requirements for the program
• Provide the leadership using software engineering principles to build and maintain scalable, highly reliable, and performant large-scale systems
• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for secure, automated software delivery.
• Design and implement highly available, fault-tolerant systems for Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, or Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
• ​Define and monitor SLIs, SLOs, and SLAs to ensure service reliability and performance 
• ​​Implement robust monitoring, logging, and alerting using tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Azure Monitor, and CloudWatch 
• ​Lead incident response and postmortem processes to drive continuous improvement 
• ​Collaborate with development teams to embed reliability into application design and deployment 
• Lead capacity planning including forecasting resource needs to ensure systems can scale effectively.  
• ​Ensure compliance with security best practices, including IAM, VPC design, and encryption standards 
• ​Implement DevSecOps pipelines for a variety of technical stacks on Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
• Develop infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation. 
• Deploy and manage applications on cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, Google Cloud or Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). 
• Configure and optimize container orchestration platforms (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker). 
• Maintain high availability, scalability, and performance of cloud-based systems. 
• ​Configure and maintain virtualized environments to ensure performance, scalability, and security
• ​Support infrastructure modernization efforts by integrating virtualization solutions into hybrid cloud environments. 
• Implement automated security tools for vulnerability scanning, static/dynamic application security testing (SAST/DAST), and container security. 
• Drive consistency for deployment and build processes
• Establish proactive monitoring solutions to ensure system reliability and availability. 
• Respond to and troubleshoot production incidents, performing root cause analysis and resolution. 
• ​Embed security best practices into the SDLC and CI/CD processes. 
• Develops strategy and integration methodology around design, development and implementation of cloud based solutions
• Enable the quick development and release of changes and bug-fixes on an as-required basis and incorporate feedback from developers/users.
• Prepare detailed technical documentation to support development and operational processes

Technical Leadership

• Partner with business product owners to understand requirements and translate them into technical solutions 
• ​Present architectural designs and recommendations to executive leadership 
• ​Mentor, guide and supervise teams for related activities 
• Lead reviews and provide guidance on complex technical decisions 
• Prepare detailed technical documentation to support development and operational processes
• Collaborate with team members and provide mentorship to junior staff, fostering a learning environment
• Act as the DevOps manager to assess employee performance, hire new employees, and ensure compliance with corporate training requirements

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors and five (5) years or more of experience; Masters and three (3) years or more of experience. Additional experience may be accepted in lieu of degree.