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R-00188988 Description At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customers’ success. We empower our teams, contribute to our communities, and operate sustainably. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community. Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide the way we do business. The AEGIS program at Leidos is seeking a highly experienced OpenShift Enterprise Architect with 8+ years of senior‑level experience designing, implementing, and governing enterprise container‑platform architectures. This position supports NASA’s Office of Strategic Infrastructure (OSI) Facilities and Real Estate Division (FRED) IT within a complex on‑premises Red Hat OpenShift environment used to host enterprise applications such as the Maximo Application Suite (MAS), IBM Storage Fusion, and other mission‑critical workloads. The architect will provide high‑level technical strategy, platform governance, integration design, security architecture, and cross‑organizational leadership to ensure OpenShift remains secure, scalable, resilient, and aligned with enterprise IT standards. Primary Responsibilities: Enterprise Architecture & Platform Strategy * Define the end‑to‑end architecture for the enterprise OpenShift platform, including cluster topology, node architecture, compute/storage strategy, and high‑availability patterns. * Develop and maintain lifecycle plans, deployment workflows, and CM baselines. * Establish architectural standards, reference architectures, and reusable patterns for containerized workloads. * Lead platform capacity planning, scalability modeling, and performance optimization initiatives. OpenShift Platform Design, Governance & Lifecycle Management * Design and architect on‑prem and hybrid OpenShift environments including installation, upgrades, cluster expansion, multi-cluster governance, and infrastructure dependencies. * Oversee the design and governance of cluster objects (namespaces, operators, ingress, storage classes, policies, RBAC, quotas, pod security standards). * Ensure proper architectural controls for backup and restore, DR/Failover strategy, cluster federation, and platform observability. * Provide architectural oversight for application onboarding, integration patterns, and workload migrations into OpenShift. Security Architecture, Compliance, & Zero‑Trust Controls * Implement enterprise security policies and zero‑trust requirements across clusters. * Architect platform‑wide certificate management, PKI integration, TLS enforcement, secrets‑management policies, encrypted storage strategies, and data‑protection baselines. * Direct vulnerability remediation strategy, patch management standards, and secure configuration hardening. Networking & Infrastructure Architecture * Architect routing, ingress, load balancing, reverse proxy, DNS, and firewall rule structures supporting resilient application connectivity. * Define infrastructure integration patterns with hypervisors, bare‑metal, storage subsystems, and enterprise identity platforms. * Provide architectural guidance for cross‑cluster networking, service mesh, egress controls, multitenancy boundaries, and traffic‑engineering strategies. Monitoring and Automation * Architect end‑to‑end observability solutions using Prometheus, Grafana, Alertmanager, and enterprise logging platforms (e.g., Splunk). * Define alerting strategy, SLO/SLI metrics, cluster health dashboards, capacity analytics, and anomaly‑detection baselines. * Ensure data pipelines for logs, metrics, and events meet enterprise governance, retention, and compliance requirements. * Establish automation standards using GitOps (ArgoCD), Ansible, Terraform, and OpenShift APIs. Cross‑Organizational Stakeholder Engagement & Continuous Improvement * Produce architectural diagrams, executive briefings, governance documentation, and technical decision packages. * Recommend platform enhancements, cost‑optimization opportunities, efficiency improvements, and modernization paths. Basic Qualifications: * Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field. * Minimum 8+ years of combined OpenShift, Kubernetes, and/or Linux experience. * Must have a current RedHat OpenShift Administration certification or able to obtain certification within 6 months of employment. * Proficient in OpenShift administration, including cluster management, application deployment, configuration, troubleshooting, performance tuning, and patching. * Strong understanding of Kubernetes concepts and principles. * Solid experience with Linux operating systems, including command-line skills and system administration tasks. * Experience with container technologies and container orchestration platforms. * Knowledge of networking concepts such as DNS, load balancing, and security. * Ability to diagnose and resolve complex issues within the OpenShift environment. * Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., Python) for automation and system management. * Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across business and technical teams. * Ability to learn quickly and work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. Preferred Qualifications: * Experience supporting NASA or other federal enterprise OpenShift environments. * Experience designing and maintaining Enterprise‑level integration architectures. * Familiarity with user synchronization methods or large‑scale environment deployments. * Experience using Jira Service Management or similar platforms for issue tracking. Clearance requirements:  * U.S. Citizenship is required. * Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust. 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: August 10, 2026 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. About Leidos Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com . Pay and Benefits Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits . Securing Your Data Beware of fake employment opportunities using Leidos’ name. Leidos will never ask you to provide payment-related information during any part of the employment application process (i.e., ask you for money), nor will Leidos ever advance money as part of the hiring process (i.e., send you a check or money order before doing any work). 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