Cloud Engineer

The Leidos Air Team team has an opening for an experienced AWS Cloud Engineer to

work on a cloud development and deployment team. The team is involved in the

deployment and maintenance of multiple operational cloud deployed software

solutions. A successful candidate will have experience across all AWS

Environments and be able to provide analysis and recommendations for

architectural and configuration updates. Primary Responsibilities Collaborates

with teams in the design and implementation of AWS system architectures to

include operational status and security of government systems (ATO). Reviews and

provides input to system requirements based on cyber security posture. Compiles

industry best practices and lessons learned into future iterations and new

designs. Provides architectural analysis of cloud configurations and

connections. Supports the Engineering Review Board, evaluating artifacts for

architectural compliance. Provides broad-based experience in the systems

engineering lifecycle and applies the experience to specific AWS cloud

initiatives relating to architectural design and development. Resolves

architecture implementation issues during integration and test. Provides support

directly or through team management, including triaging system outages and

ticket support resolution Advises and assists teams to deploy and configure

collection services and tools with 99.9% up-time Works with team members to move

data to the appropriate data stores and monitors dashboard metrics including

costs, computational utilization and other future business needs Validates and

manages government systems changes; create, run and validate end-to-end testing

Basic Qualifications Must possess and maintain a TS/SCI Security Clearance with

ability to obtain Poly CI DoD 8570 Certification Compliance (IAT Level 2/3)

Requires BS degree and & 5+ years’ experience consulting, designing and

implementing distributed solutions and 3+ years’ experience with cloud-based

solutions (Cloud, SOA, Web-Services) including virtualization environment,

network and operating system experience OR 4 years of additional experience in

lieu of degree Familiar with System Engineering documentation creation (VDDs,

diagrams, etc.) Familiar with team collaboration tools (Jira, Confluence,

RocketChat) Experience in AWS/Cloud technologies Experience in Grafana Subject

Matter Expertise understanding across AWS cloud technologies including: EC2,

PaaS (OpenShift), Lamdas, S3 buckets, Reserved Instances, etc. Understanding of

code baseline management Utilization of the following: Jira, Confluence,

Jenkins, Python, Gitlab, CloudFormation, Zabbix, HPFortify, ACAS, PostgreSQL,

Scrum, Kanban, Terraform Knowledge of Systems, Architectural, SW Development and

SW Sustainment Practices Proactive self-starter demonstrates a positive, willing

attitude and excellent oral and written communication skills. Demonstrates

ability to adapt to new technologies and learn quickly Organizational Skills:

Can plan and prioritize work, follow tasks to their logical conclusion and

ensure everything has been correctly satisfied to standard. Great attention to

detail. Communications: Ability to communicate clearly and efficiently with team

members and clients, verbally and in writing. Able to present ideas in a variety

of ways depending upon audience and context.

Preferred Qualifications

• Understanding of SFA organization; Aeronautical data and mission Experience with
• NGA cloud-based architecture AWS Solutions Architect, AWS Developer,
• Certifications Experience with IC Cloud Architecture implementation
• methodologies Native cloud templating services like AWS Cloud Formation
• Experience with Aeronautical datasets Experience with CI/CD Pipelines and
• projects Experience with Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) process of evaluating
• solution options 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: June 18, 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 $87,100.00 - $157,450.00 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. 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 $17.2 billion for the fiscal
• year ended January 2, 2026. 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 here. Securing Your Data Leidos will never ask you to provide

payment-related information at any part of the employment application process.

And Leidos will communicate with you only through emails that are sent from a

Leidos.com email address. If you receive an email purporting to be from Leidos

that asks for payment-related information or any other personal information,

please report the email to [email protected]. Commitment and Diversity 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.