Description
Leidos has an opening for a AWS Cloud Engineer supporting the U.S. Air Force Cloud One Architecture and Common Shared Services (ACSS) contract.
This is an exciting opportunity to apply your expertise in a large-scale, multi-cloud environment spanning AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and Oracle Cloud while supporting a critical Air Force mission focused on improving system resiliency, security, and cost effectiveness.
We are seeking someone with experience working across multiple cloud platforms. In this hands-on technical role, you will design, develop, deploy, and support scalable, cloud-native solutions while applying best practices across architecture, development, operations, and security.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Provide cloud operations and engineering tasks to enhance, sustain, and maintain scalable, resilient, and secure cloud solutions for AWS cloud environment
- Perform AWS cloud operations, sustainment, and maintenance activities to maintain optimum cloud performance, security, and cloud user experience
- Develop cloud strategy and roadmaps aligned with organization objectives and technical requirements
- Continuously evaluate emerging cloud technologies to maximize automation and perform assessments of the potential impact on organizational and program goals
- Drive adoption of DevOps practices, infrastructure as code, and automation frameworks
- Optimize application performance and reliability in cloud environments
- Support Design, implementation and sustainment of secure cloud architectures implementing zero-trust principles and defense-in-depth strategies
- Ensure compliance with industry standards (SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, etc.) and regulatory requirements
- Architect, implement and maintain cloud networking security controls including STIG requirements
- Implement identity and access management solutions and security monitoring frameworks
- Facilitate customer onboarding and implement a consistent pathway to cloud adoption
- Assess legacy systems and design modernization strategies including containerization and microservices
- Support development of migration methodologies and ensure minimal organizational disruption during transitions
- Manage and optimize cloud AWS environments, networking, VPNs, IaaS, PaaS, and SQL systems.
- Implement and maintain CI/CD workflows and infrastructure-as-code development using Jenkins, Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes, Jira, Confluence, Artifactory, and Guacamole to support DevSecOps practices.
- Containerize applications to enhance scalability and deployment efficiency.
- Support the design and development of Shared Services.
- Configure and troubleshoot cloud, virtual, and physical hardware and software systems.
- Establish and maintain SQL and NoSQL databases, ensuring their performance and reliability.
- Prepare detailed technical documentation to support development and operational processes.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including development, operations, security, and product management
- Create reference architectures, design patterns, and technical standards for cloud implementations
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelors and 8+ years or more of experience; Masters and 6+ years or more of experience. Additional experience may be accepted in lieu of degree.
- Must have an active Secret clearance required to start
- US citizenship required
- Certifications: CompTIA Security+ or equivalent (IAT-2)
- Expert-level experience designing and supporting cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP, or OCI).
- Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code, automation, and DevOps/DevSecOps practices.
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines and cloud-native application architectures.
- Advanced knowledge of Linux/Unix systems, networking, and cloud security concepts.
- Proficiency in one or more scripting or programming languages (e.g., Python, Bash, Go).
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Demonstrated experience in cloud operations and sustainment and performing tasks and actions described in the primary responsibilities section
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with USAF Cloud One or Platform 1
- Experience with Zero Trust Architecture
- Excellent customer service skills, with experience working in a customer-facing position
- Strong understanding Active Directory, AWS AD, SAML and the standards, procedures, and processes
- Experience with Ansible, AWS console, Elastic, AWS, Jira, Confluence, Git, Bitbucket and various cloud Software as a Service (SaaS) offerings
- Administration experience with cloud-based applications (MS O365, SharePoint, AWS AD, AWS)
- Experience administering Windows Server, and related services
- Cloud certifications in AWS, Azure, Google, or Oracle clouds
- Certification Examples - AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Professional), Azure Solutions Architect (Expert), MCSE (Server), Certified AWS SysAdmin, AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, AWS Certified Developer, AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Dev/Associate), AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, AWS Certified Advanced Networking, AWS Certified Security, Azure Developer Associate, Azure Solutions Architect