Leidos is looking for an AWS Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to perform hands-on cloud operations and engineering. You will be responsible for enhancing, sustaining, and maintaining scalable, resilient, and secure cloud solutions within our AWS environments.
What You'll Do
- Perform cloud operations and engineering tasks to enhance, sustain, and maintain scalable, resilient, and secure cloud solutions for the AWS cloud environment.
- Conduct AWS cloud operations, sustainment, and maintenance activities to maintain optimum cloud performance.
- Adopt and utilize DevSecOps practices, infrastructure as code, and automation frameworks.
- Optimize application performance and reliability in cloud environments through development and sustainment activities.
- Design, implement, and sustain secure cloud architectures and networks implementing zero-trust principles and defense-in-depth strategies.
- Maintain 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.
- Support the development of migration methodologies and ensure minimal organizational disruption during transitions.
- Utilize 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.
- Support preparation of detailed technical documentation of development and operational processes.
- Work in cross-functional teams including development, operations, security, and product management.
What We're Looking For
- Bachelor's degree and 4+ years or more of experience; Master's degree and 2+ years or more of experience. Additional experience may be accepted in lieu of degree.
- Secret clearance required.
- US citizenship required.
- Certification: CompTIA Security+ or equivalent (IAT-2).
- Practiced verbal and written communications skills.
- Ability to participate in team efforts to accomplish assigned tasks.
- Demonstrated experience in cloud operations and sustainment and performing tasks and actions described in the primary responsibilities section.
Nice to Have
- Experience with USAF Cloud One or Platform 1.
- Knowledge of Zero Trust Architecture. Experience a plus.
- Capable of working in high-powered teams and maintaining positive interpersonal relationships while delivering products and services to the customer.
- Understanding of 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 to conduct DEV/SEC/OPS pipeline development activities.
- 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.
Technical Stack
- Cloud: AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Oracle Cloud
- DevSecOps & IaC: Jenkins, Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes
- Collaboration & Tools: Jira, Confluence, Artifactory, Guacamole
- Databases: SQL, NoSQL
- Systems & Identity: Windows Server, Active Directory, AWS AD, SAML
- Other: MS O365, SharePoint, Git, Bitbucket
Team & Environment
You will work in cross-functional teams including development, operations, security, and product management.
Work Mode
This is a hybrid position. Location options include Remote, Hanscom AFB (Boston, MA), and Huntsville, AL.
Leidos is committed to creating a diverse environment and is an equal opportunity employer.
