DevOps Technical Lead

Leidos is seeking an experienced DevOps Technical Lead to support the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) program. This hands-on technical position will be responsible for designing, implementing, maintaining, and improving cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps automation within a Microsoft Azure environment.

The ideal candidate will have strong technical expertise in Azure, GitHub, CI/CD technologies, and cloud infrastructure automation. The DevOps Technical Lead will collaborate closely with development, QA, security, and deployment teams to improve development efficiency, system reliability, and operational capabilities while supporting ongoing application modernization initiatives.

CANDIDATE MUST:

Be a U.S. Citizen or Green Card holder with the ability to obtain a Public Trust.

*Please be advised that during the interview, you will be required to keep your camera on, and your interviewer will be taking your picture for identification purposes.

Primary Responsibilities

• Serve as a hands-on technical lead for DevOps engineering activities, providing technical guidance and implementing solutions to complex infrastructure and automation challenges.
• Design, develop, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines to support automated application builds, testing, and deployments.
• Configure, maintain, and troubleshoot Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure and services.
• Administer and maintain GitHub repositories, branching strategies, access controls, and integration with CI/CD pipelines.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure automation, configuration management, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions.
• Support containerized applications and microservices infrastructure, including Docker and Kubernetes environments.
• Collaborate with the Deployment Lead to ensure reliable, repeatable, and efficient deployment processes.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure, pipeline, and application environment issues across development, QA, and production environments.
• Implement and improve monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability capabilities to support system reliability and performance.
• Partner with development, QA, and security teams to integrate automated testing, security scanning, and quality controls into CI/CD pipelines.
• Support incident investigation, root-cause analysis, and implementation of corrective actions for infrastructure and operational issues.
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve DevOps automation, infrastructure reliability, and operational efficiency.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, configuration standards, and DevOps best practices.

Primary Responsibilities

• Serve as a hands-on technical lead for DevOps engineering activities, providing technical guidance and implementing solutions to complex infrastructure and automation challenges.
• Design, develop, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines to support automated application builds, testing, and deployments.
• Configure, maintain, and troubleshoot Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure and services.
• Administer and maintain GitHub repositories, branching strategies, access controls, and integration with CI/CD pipelines.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure automation, configuration management, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions.
• Support containerized applications and microservices infrastructure, including Docker and Kubernetes environments.
• Collaborate with the Deployment Lead to ensure reliable, repeatable, and efficient deployment processes.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure, pipeline, and application environment issues across development, QA, and production environments.
• Implement and improve monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability capabilities to support system reliability and performance.
• Partner with development, QA, and security teams to integrate automated testing, security scanning, and quality controls into CI/CD pipelines.
• Support incident investigation, root-cause analysis, and implementation of corrective actions for infrastructure and operational issues.
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve DevOps automation, infrastructure reliability, and operational efficiency.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, configuration standards, and DevOps best practices.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related technical discipline, with 8+ years of relevant experience. Additional experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Demonstrated hands-on experience implementing and supporting DevOps solutions in Microsoft Azure environments.
• Strong experience designing, developing, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps Pipelines, or comparable technologies.
• Strong experience with GitHub, including repository administration, branching strategies, pull request workflows, and access management.
• Experience with Azure cloud services, infrastructure configuration, networking, and troubleshooting.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes or comparable container orchestration technologies.
• Proficiency in scripting and automation using PowerShell, Bash, Python, or similar languages.
• Experience implementing infrastructure automation using Terraform, Bicep, or comparable IaC tools.
• Experience troubleshooting complex infrastructure, application environment, and CI/CD pipeline issues.
• Experience implementing monitoring, logging, and observability solutions.
• Experience supporting production incident investigation, root-cause analysis, and performance troubleshooting.
• Demonstrated ability to independently solve technical problems and provide technical guidance to other engineers.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting federal government systems, particularly CDC or HHS environments.
• Experience with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure App Service, Azure Monitor, and Application Insights.
• Experience integrating automated testing, code quality checks, and security scanning into CI/CD pipelines.
• Familiarity with Java, React, microservices, and micro frontend architectures.
• Knowledge of cloud security principles, identity and access management, and secure DevOps practices.
• Experience supporting Azure Databricks or other cloud-based data engineering platforms.
• Familiarity with DevSecOps practices and federal security requirements, including NIST and FedRAMP.
• Experience working in Agile software development environments.
• Microsoft Azure or relevant DevOps certifications.

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