DevOps Engineer
Leidos · Atlanta, GA
$87,100–$157,450from the description
Jul 17, 2026
Atlanta, GA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A DevOps Engineer role focused on supporting cloud-based analytics and reporting environments for CDC public health programs. Day-to-day work centers on maintaining CI/CD pipelines, managing releases, automating infrastructure, and keeping development, test, and production environments operational. The role suits someone with broad cloud operations or infrastructure engineering experience, ideally familiar with Azure DevOps and analytics platforms such as Databricks or Palantir Foundry.
Mid level · 5+ years · Remote · Bachelor's required · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 20,000 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 12,000–30,100
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
The role is tagged '#Remote' at the bottom of the posting, indicating fully remote eligibility; no specific metro or state is identified.
SOC classification is a genuine judgment call: the posting emphasizes CI/CD pipeline support, deployment automation, and infrastructure automation (pointing to 15-1252 Software Developers), but also stresses operational sustainment, monitoring, troubleshooting, and systems administration (pointing to 15-1244). The balance of duties leans toward building/automating pipelines rather than purely operating existing infrastructure, so 15-1252 is the primary pick.
Seniority is assessed as Mid despite the 5+ years requirement: the role is framed as 'support' and 'assist' throughout, with no ownership of systems or technical leadership scope, which aligns more with a mid-level contributor than a Senior.
The Public Trust Security Clearance is listed as 'ability to obtain/maintain' — this is not a hard gate on holding an active clearance at time of hire, so the clearance requirement is set to None.
Automation scripting is required in the Basic Qualifications but names no specific language or tool; it is omitted from the skills list as it does not resolve to a canonical technology name.
R Studio appears in the preferred EDAV stack; 'R' is listed separately as a preferred skill in the context of SAS migration experience.
Azure certifications (AZ-900, AZ-104, AZ-400) are listed under Preferred Qualifications and are not emitted as skills, as certifications are not technologies or tools.
This posting reads as a fully-remote role, so it was scored against the national candidate pool rather than a single metro.
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