Senior Platform Engineer

This position is for a Platform Engineer for a technical development program supporting the Sponsor’s IdAM/ICAM programs located on a secure network.  As a Platform Engineer on this program, you will design, develop, and implement reliable, robust, and resilient systems used by software development teams.  Demonstratable, working experience with automation tools (e.g., Ansible, Terraform, GitHub Actions), Kubernetes, containers, or serverless is strongly preferred.  The Platform Engineer will work with a large team of developers, software engineers, cybersecurity engineers, database administrators, and system architects. *** Applicants for this position are expected to have significant, hands-on systems engineering experience. *** Primary Responsibilities This role delivers an innovative product, service, or a combination of products and services that address a customer’s specific requirements Support the development of enterprise software solutions within the customer’s cloud environments. This role provides execution guidance and practical engineering support to mission teams Required Qualifications Active TS/SCI with Polygraph BS degree and 8 years' experience. Additional experience in lieu of degree. Must have experience with cloud providers such as AWS Experience in Platform engineering Excellent oral and written communications skills Working with the team’s security engineer to address and mitigate security findings stemming from system security scans Performing regular maintenance of cloud infrastructure resources, to include patching, configuration, upgrading as needed Experience interacting with cross functional project teams including Software Development System Engineering, Security Compliance, and Quality Assurance Desired Qualifications Demonstratable working experience with automation tools such as Ansible, Terraform, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and Packer Demonstratable working experience with containers (i.e., Docker/Podman) or their orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes) Demonstratable working experience with serverless platforms (e.g., AWS Lambda) Experience with security accreditation process Experience working in Agile, SAFe, and Scrum environments 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: December 3, 2025 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 only and 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.