Description
Leidos is seeking a qualified Cloud & Compute/Storage Architect to support a proposed large-scale, transformational IT infrastructure program.
The successful candidate will design resilient, cost-effective, multi-cloud environments alongside modernized on-premise compute and storage. They will serve as the trusted architecture authority for a high-visibility federal infrastructure transformation program.
Key Responsibilities:
- Serve as the senior technical architect for end-to-end Compute, Storage, and Backup Services
- Own the distributed server strategy, including policies, architecture, standards, and requirements for server operations across Windows and Linux environments
- Architect storage and data management solutions spanning Backup & Archive, Distributed Storage, File & Object Storage, and Networked Storage
- Own backup and recovery architecture across FDA's hybrid environment
- Serve as the lead architect for FDA's Container-as-a-Service environment
- Architect and own FDA's Infrastructure-as-a-Service approach across AWS, Azure, and GCP landing zones
- Provide architecture guidance and support to development and product teams deploying applications to AWS, Azure, and GCP
- Own the technical design of FDA's cloud governance model
- Support the Cloud Business Service Management function
- Drive continuous service improvement
- Ensure compute, storage, and cloud services adhere to Federal mandates and security standards
- Participate in FDA Change Control Board meetings
- Mentor and provide technical direction to Cloud Engineers, Server/Storage Administrators, and CaaS platform staff
- Support the Transition Manager and Program Manager during the three-phase transition
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of progressive experience in program/operations management and/or service delivery management
- A minimum of 3–5 years in a senior architect or technical lead role
- Demonstrated hands-on architecture experience across multi-cloud environments
- Strong working knowledge of enterprise compute environments and server virtualization platforms
- Experience architecting enterprise storage and backup solutions
- Hands-on experience with container orchestration and Container-as-a-Service platforms
- Familiarity with cloud cost management/chargeback concepts
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills
- U.S. Citizenship required
- Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust
Preferred Qualifications:
- Additional Professional-level certifications across a second or third cloud provider
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator or equivalent container-platform certification
- TIL Foundation certification
- Prior experience directly supporting FDA or a comparable federal health/regulatory science agency
- Experience with FedRAMP-authorized cloud service offerings and Authority to Operate processes
- Familiarity with ServiceNow or comparable enterprise ITSM/service-catalog platforms
- Experience supporting large-scale, phased cloud migrations for a federal civilian agency