AIOps Engineer SME at Leidos
Fort Belvoir, VA
$131,300–$237,350from the description
Jul 29, 2026
Fort Belvoir, VA
Nov 9, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
An AIOps Engineer SME role at Leidos supporting DoD/DoW mission-critical IT operations from Fort Belvoir, VA or Albuquerque, NM. The position leads the design and deployment of AIOps platforms — primarily Splunk and its Machine Learning Toolkit — integrated with ServiceNow ITSM and SolarWinds to deliver automated incident response, predictive analytics, and real-time observability across classified and unclassified enclaves. Suits a senior Splunk architect with deep DoD operational experience and an active TS/SCI clearance.
Senior level · 12+ years · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
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What the occupation pays Median $160,085 (middle half $128,934–$179,584). This posting is about at that midpoint.
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The role is located at either Fort Belvoir, VA or Albuquerque, NM; the primary CBSA is Washington-Arlington-Alexandria (Fort Belvoir) but Albuquerque (CBSA 10740) is a genuine alternative site.
SOC 15-1299 (Computer Occupations, All Other) is used because AIOps engineering — combining ML model development, observability platform architecture, and ITSM automation — does not map cleanly to a single standard SOC. The closest runner-up is 15-1212 (Information Security Analysts) given the cyber defense and DCO collaboration duties, but the primary work is platform engineering and ML, not security analysis.
The degree requirement states a BS with 12–15 years or a Master's with 10–13 years, but explicitly allows 'specific experience, education and training in lieu of degree,' so no minimum degree is hard-gated.
An active IAT Level II certification (Security+ CE, CySA+, GSEC, or SSCP) is listed as a hard requirement under Basic Qualifications but is a certification, not a technology skill, so it is captured here rather than in the skills list.
SolarWinds appears in both Basic Qualifications (infrastructure telemetry integration context) and Preferred Qualifications (explicit aggregation experience); it is marked preferred because the Basic Qualifications section describes it as a team to coordinate with rather than a skill the candidate must personally hold.
Splunk Enterprise Certified Architect and Splunk ITSI Certified Admin are listed under Preferred Qualifications as certifications, not technology skills, and are omitted from the skills list accordingly.
RMF/ATO knowledge is listed under Preferred Qualifications and is a framework/process concept rather than a named tool; it is included as a preferred skill given its specificity to the DoD context.
Requires a TS/SCI clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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