Electronic Warfare DevOps Engineer

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Leidos’ Defense Open Air Sensors Division is seeking an Electronic Warfare DevOps Engineer to join a diverse team to create unique solutions for complex sensor and radar orientated problems. This position affords new or experienced engineers continued opportunities to learn and grow in technical knowledge of sensor and radar systems. The department encourages and frequently incorporates new ideas from all employees into our many sensor projects which span the entire DoD ecosystem. Opportunities for advancement into senior technical roles, as well as project or personnel management are also available. 

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Primary Responsibilities 

 

• Software installation integration, and testing of RF sensors and systems 

• CONUS deployment and operation of RF sensors and systems 

• Linux server installation and maintenance, including network installation and management 

• Linux user administration 

• Development and maintenance of DevOps and DevSecOps systems for use by software teams 

• Building, configuring, patching, and maintaining SELinux machines used in test systems. 

• Preparing and maintaining SELinux systems that will be delivered as part of the product before shipment. 

• Managing user accounts, permissions, services, packages, storage, networking, logs, and system configuration for SELinux systems that are part of the product. Note: This is not an IT Linux support position for corporate Linux systems. 

• Supporting hardware and software configuration baselines. 

• Automating repeatable system setup and configuration where practical. 

• Maintaining CI/CD pipelines, build agents, artifact repositories, and deployment scripts. 

• Supporting reproducible builds and deployments via software containers. 

• Monitoring pipeline failures and helping teams diagnose infrastructure-related failures. 

• Supporting test engineers with stable and representative SELinux system configurations. 

• Documenting SELinux system configurations and SELinux delivery procedures. 

• Coordinating with security, systems engineering, and test personnel on hardening and operational readiness. 

 

• This role will support configuration of deliverable servers and software team assets. Deliverable production servers may require additional configuration control, security review, and release approval. 

 

Basic Qualifications    

• BS degree from an ABET-accredited college or university in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related technical field plus 4-8 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 2-6 years of prior relevant experience. 

• Expertise with developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines in GitLab 

• Experience working with Matlab, Python, C++, or similar programming languages 

• Red Hat Linux experience, including Bash scripting and system administration  

• Experience with SELinux troubleshooting 

• Experience with network setup and maintenance in a Linux environment 

• Experience building, maintaining, and running software containers using Docker or Podman. 

• Good organizational skills, attention to detail, and a strong technical background. 

• Adaptable and willing to be present with hardware during test events and to support repairs/diagnostics 

• Highly organized, and able to work calmly and independently in a fast-paced and highly productive work environment 

• 100% onsite 

• Must be a US citizen 

• No clearance required to start, must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret clearance. 

• Reside in the North Alabama area or willing to relocate to the Huntsville, AL area. 

 

Preferred Qualifications 

• Familiarity with Ansible for application deployment and configuration 

• Familiarity with JFrog Artifactory 

• Experience developing automated tests. 

• Any real-time software experience (thread safety, CPU affinity, etc.) 

• Experience authoring and maintaining test plans and procedures 

• Experience leading a testing effort, including planning, Test Readiness Review (TRR), and execution. 

• Active Top-secret clearance 

• Experience in the operation of radar HWILs 

• BIOS and UEFI shell familiarity 

• Experience working on any radar-related program or project 

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Original Posting:

November 7, 2026

Pay Range:

Pay Range $87,100.00 - $157,450.00

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.