Platform Operations Manager - leidos

Leidos is excited to present an opportunity for a TS/SCI‑cleared Platform Operations Manager to join a high‑impact team driving the design, development, and deployment of a modern technology stack supporting the DOMEX Data Discovery Platform (D3P) Modernization Program . This role directly supports our customer’s mission to centralize and standardize the Tasking, Collection, Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination (TCPED) of Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) across the Defense Intelligence Enterprise.

You’ll be part of a mission‑focused, solutions‑oriented team that values inclusion, innovation, collaboration, and continuous professional growth. While the majority of work is performed on‑site at our customer location in Bethesda, MD, we offer a flexible schedule, and some tasks may be completed remotely.

As a Platform Operations Manager you will ensure the availability, reliability, and performance of a full‑stack, containerized microservices platform. You’ll help cultivate a strong DevSecOps culture and collaborate closely with systems engineering, architecture, development, security, operations, and integration teams in a fast‑paced environment.

You will partner with a multidisciplinary team of systems engineers, developers, integrators, and system administrators to lead efforts in the following areas:

System Reliability & Performance — Ensuring uptime, performance, and capacity planning for a large‑scale big data production platform with a microservice architecture running on Kubernetes, Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL, Kafka, and technologies such as Java, Python, React, and low‑code tools like Appian

Monitoring & Observability — Leveraging monitoring tools to proactively detect and resolve issues

Incident Response — Leading triage, troubleshooting, root‑cause analysis, and post‑incident reviews

SLIs & SLOs — Defining and tracking reliability metrics

Management Oversight — Leading a team of system administrators supporting a help desk during core hours; setting technical standards and mentoring staff

Technical Leadership — Partnering with systems engineers to design solutions, contribute to documentation, and support architectural alignment

SAFe Agile — Participating in release planning, scrums, design sessions, bug triage, and cross‑team coordination

You bring enthusiasm, strong collaboration skills, and the ability to work effectively with teammates across varying technical backgrounds. You should also meet the following qualifications:

BS in Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience) with 15+ years of relevant experience; 13+ years with a Master’s; additional experience may substitute for a degree

Active TS/SCI clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a polygraph

At least one DoD 8570.01‑M IAT Level II+ certification (e.g., Security+ CE, CySA+, CCNA Security, SSCP, CISSP (or Associate))