Cloud Engineer

Description

Leidos is seeking a Cloud Engineer to support the National Digital Exploitation & OSINT Center (NDOC) IT Operations and Maintenance (O&M) program. This position will support mission-critical cloud, virtualization, automation, and hybrid infrastructure initiatives across classified enterprise environments. The Cloud Engineer will help modernize, secure, and sustain cloud-hosted and on-premises infrastructure supporting operational mission systems.

This is a hands-on engineering role supporting enterprise cloud integration, infrastructure automation, cybersecurity compliance, virtualization, and operational sustainment.

This is a 100% on-site position. All work must be performed at the customer site in Bethesda at the Intelligence Community Campus.

Primary Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, manage, and sustain secure hybrid cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, VMware, and on-premises environments.

• Support virtualization platforms including VMware ESXi, vCenter, Hyper-V, VDI, and cloud-native virtualization technologies.

• Engineer and maintain cloud networking solutions including VPCs, VNets, VPNs, routing, DNS, load balancers, firewalls, and network segmentation.

• Deploy and maintain containerized environments utilizing Docker, Kubernetes, and related technologies.

• Monitor system performance, cloud utilization, scalability, and operational health.

• Troubleshoot cloud, network, virtualization, storage, and infrastructure issues and perform root-cause analysis.

• Implement security best practices including IAM, RBAC, encryption, vulnerability remediation, and Zero Trust principles.

• Support RMF, ICD 503, NIST 800-53, STIG, and cybersecurity compliance requirements.

• Assist with migration and modernization of legacy systems into cloud and hybrid cloud environments.

• Develop and maintain technical documentation, SOPs, architecture diagrams, and operational procedures.

• Collaborate with Systems, Network, Storage, Security, Database, Citrix, and Data Center teams to support integrated enterprise operations.

Basic Qualifications

• Experience supporting AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Oracle Cloud, VMware, or hybrid cloud environments.

• Experience with virtualization technologies including VMware ESXi, vCenter, Hyper-V, or OpenStack.

• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, or containerized platforms.

• Strong understanding of networking concepts including TCP/IP, DNS, VPNs, routing, subnets, firewalls, and load balancing.

• Experience supporting Linux and Windows enterprise environments.

• Familiarity with DevSecOps, CI/CD pipelines, automation, and scripting using Python, Bash, or PowerShell.

• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, communication, and documentation skills.

• Candidate must, at a minimum, meet DoD 8140/8570.11- IAT Level II certification requirements (currently Security+ CE, CCNA-Security, GSEC, or SSCP along with an appropriate computing environment (CE) certification)

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Systems Engineering, Cybersecurity, or related technical discipline with 8 years of relevant experience, Master’s degree with 6 years. Education equivalency of Associate’s with 10 years of related experience or High School Diploma with 12 years of related experience can be used in lieu of Bachelor’s degree.

Security Clearance

• Due to the nature of the government contracts we support, US Citizenship is required.

• TS/SCI with Poly required for Position or TS/SCI and willingness to obtain a poly.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting DoD, DIA, Intelligence Community, or classified cloud environments.

• Experience with AWS C2S, Azure Government, or hybrid classified cloud architectures.

• Experience with Zero Trust architecture and enterprise IAM solutions.

• Experience with Splunk, Elastic, SIEM/SOAR, or enterprise monitoring platforms.

Cloud certifications such as:

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect

• Azure Solutions Architect Expert

• Azure Administrator Associate

• VMware VCP

• CISSP or CCSP

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.

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.

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Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.