DevOps Engineer
Job Summary
Leidos is seeking talented DevOps Engineers to support growing UK programmes throughout 2026. The role involves participating in daily scrums, performing software requirements analysis, and collaborating across Agile teams. You will design, maintain, and secure complex databases while contributing to automation, systems development, and infrastructure-as-code initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Design and maintain complex databases
- Perform AWS migration and infrastructure management
- Automate build, test, and deployment pipelines
- Collaborate across Agile teams and system development
Required Skills
- AWS & Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform/Ansible)
- Python & Unix bash scripting
- CI/CD tools (Jenkins, Bitbucket, SonarQube)
- UK SC Clearance eligibility
Job Details
### Core Responsibilities
- Design, create, and maintain databases in a client/server environment.
- Plan and execute migration of database and associated data from physical/IaaS to virtual AWS instances.
- Configure databases for optimal performance, resilience, replication, reporting, administration, and backup/archiving.
- Design and implement complex databases concerning SQL, access methods, validation, and security.
- Apply knowledge of database technologies and front-end/back-end programming languages (e.g., COGNOS, SQL).
- Contribute to runbooks, monitoring standards, and systems integration.
- Align with existing delivery standards and suggest technical improvements.
### Technical Requirements
- Software engineering experience with a focus on AWS Services, Jira, Confluence, TestRail, SonarQube, Robot, Python, Bitbucket, Jenkins, TerraForm, Ansible, and Unix bash scripting.
- Strong experience in translating user stories into engineering deliverables.
- Expertise in automated build/test/deploy processes and GitFlow constructs.
- Solid understanding of AWS, SME (Wintel / Unix / Virtualised Networking / Monitoring / Security) and SAFe methodologies.
- Excellent English, written and interpersonal communication skills.
### Security & Eligibility
- Must be a UK Citizen and based in the UK for the duration of the role.
- Must have, or be able to obtain, UK SC Clearance.
- Clearance to Start: BPSS.
- Clearance for Role: SC.