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Leidos seeks a Senior Platform Engineer to support the ABMS Digital Infrastructure Processing Node team and the Department of Defense’s JADC2 modernization effort. The engineer will design and implement secure, scalable solutions alongside program managers, domain engineers, and government and industry partners. The role focuses on deployment automation, DevSecOps and GitOps frameworks, infrastructure automation, containerized environments, and Linux systems administration.
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Description
Senior Platform Engineer
Location: Remote
Clearance: Secret with ability to obtain TS/SCI
The Decision Advantage Business Area within Defense at Leidos is looking for a Secret cleared Senior Platform Engineer .
This is an exciting opportunity to bring your experience to support all-domain large-scale weapon systems, Information Technology Systems, and Command and Control Systems to realize the Department of Defense Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2). In this role you will support the Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) Digital Infrastructure (DI) Processing Node (PN) team to design and implement solutions that can be delivered at speed, scale, and with the necessary security to deliver operational advantages to the joint warfighter. ABMS is a top modernization priority for the Department of the Air Force and will be the backbone of a network-centric approach to battle management in partnership with all the services across JADC2. This position will work closely with Program Managers, domain engineers, and Government counterparts across Government and Industry partners.
Primary Responsibilities:
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Design, Implements, and troubleshoots DIPN deployment automations.
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Integrates a variety of familiar and unfamiliar technologies into orchestrated solutions.
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Analyzes gaps in technology solutions and designs paths to close them.
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Follows directions provided by team leaders in implementation and scope.
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Develops and follows installation, integration, and test procedures.
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Automates manual procedures.
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Documents procedures in clear and unambiguous manner.
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Demonstrates work to a variety of audiences.
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Participates in and contributes to the team's Agile ceremonies, including daily scrum, Sprint and Program Increment planning, and retrospective meetings.
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Helps teammates to achieve success in their tasking.
Basic Qualifications:
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BS degree and 8 – 12 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 6 – 10 years of prior relevant experience. Additional years of relevant experience will be accepted in lieu of degree.
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US citizenship and an active Secret security clearance, with ability to obtain and maintain TS/SCI clearance.
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10+ years of hands-on experience establishing and growing DevSecOps frameworks, specifically utilizing Rancher, ArgoCD and FluxCD for GitOps on a scale.
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Deep understanding of Helm for package management and maintaining large-scale, containerized PaaS environments such as RKE2.
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Proficient in modular infrastructure automation with Terraform and Terragrunt, including state management and CI/CD pipeline integration.
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Professional experience deploying and managing HashiCorp Enterprise solutions in high-compliance or production-grade environments.
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Strong background in automating system management tasks to enforce "desired state" and eliminate configuration drift by developing custom scripts and playbooks using Ansible, Bash or python.
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Automating integration of systems using container technologies (Docker, Podman, Docker Compose/Podman Compose) under version control (e.g., Git) while utilizing IaC tools and frameworks for automation of server and OS deployments (PXE boot, DHCP, Kickstart).
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Linux systems administration and security as well as utilizing virtualization technologies (VMWare, KVM) and 3 rd party software such as Nginx, Vault, CoreDNS, dnsmasq, Artifactory etc. Basic understanding of computer networks and related hardware, DNS, etc. and Linux host-based network management. (configuring network interfaces, firewalls, etc.).
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If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.
Original Posting:
October 26, 2026
For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.
Pay Range:
Pay Range $107,900.00 - $195,050.00
The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.
About Leidos
Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com .
Pay and Benefits
Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits .
Securing Your Data
Beware of fake employment opportunities using Leidos’ name. Leidos will never ask you to provide payment-related information during any part of the employment application process (i.e., ask you for money), nor will Leidos ever advance money as part of the hiring process (i.e., send you a check or money order before doing any work). Further, Leidos will only communicate with you through emails that are generated by the Leidos.com automated system – never from free commercial services (e.g., Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail) or via WhatsApp, Telegram, etc. If you received an email purporting to be from Leidos that asks for payment-related information or any other personal information (e.g., about you or your previous employer), and you are concerned about its legitimacy, please make us aware immediately by emailing us at [email protected] .
If you believe you are the victim of a scam, contact your local law enforcement and report the incident to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (https://reportfraud.ftc.gov/#/) .
Commitment to Non-Discrimination
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.
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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status. Leidos will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment in accordance with relevant Laws. Leidos is an equal opportunity employer/disability/vet.
How this job compares
Set against the 4,125 open Platform Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 29, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$108–195K/yr
- Virginia median$120–210K/yr112 salary ranges
- US median$115–216K/yr3,420 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $151K, is 9% below the Virginia median midpoint ($166K) — in the middle half of Platform Engineer salary ranges in Virginia.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 141 open Platform Engineer jobs in Virginia and 4,125 across the US. 8% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Virginia
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 10 years of experience — more than three in four Platform Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 6 years, across 3,329 postings).
- Education
- 1,314 of the 4,125 open Platform Engineer jobs (32%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 29, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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