Cloud Engineer
Company: Leidos
Location: Suitland
Posted on: April 1, 2026
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Job Description:
Are you passionate about Cloud technologies where you can
leverage your skills towards career growth? Leidos is seeking a
Cloud Engineer with an active TS/SCI clearance to join our team in
Suitland, MD. In this role, you'll be a supporting the customer's
Cloud Engineering and System Administration efforts for on-premises
and cloud-based programs, primarily supporting a cloud-based
hosting environment, cloud-based systems, on-premises systems, and
other systems as needed. As key member of the SysOps team, you'll
manage and support organization tenants, within the next generation
Cloud environment, tackle complex problems using your extensive
applications and technical knowledge, conceptualizing and
interpreting requirements to create effective solutions. Primary
Responsibilities: Support on premise and cloud-based information
technology programs, applications, and systems. Partner with
architects, engineers, system admins, cyber security personnel, and
application development teams to discover, evaluate, and deploy new
cloud services, features, & enhancements. Provide technical
consulting and expertise to mission business owners using AWS
GovCloud services. Monitor cloud resources, incurred costs, and
user activities using cloud-native and 3rd party tools or develop
custom tool sets. Evaluate system utilization, monitor response
time, and provide primary support for detection and correction of
operational problems. Consult and support various cloud migration
methodologies from lift-and-shift to cloud-native rearchitecting.
Support the development of all required documentation necessary to
support the engineering, operational, and DoD Risk Management
Framework (RMF) processes. Promptly respond to system incidents,
troubleshoot, and implement preventive/corrective measures in
coordination with the cyber incident response team. Configure and
support containerization technologies such as Kubernetes, Docker,
Podman, EKS, and ECS, and customer-provided containerized
applications. Manage capacity planning, updates, upgrades and
internal integration. Manage the provisioning and de-provisioning
of cloud services in several different domains. Engage with
external industry professionals such as vendors, other DoD/IC
components, and service organizations for implementing solutions,
requesting support, and learning best practices. Basic
Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree and 8 or 12 years of related work
experience or a Master's degree and 6 or 10 years of related work
experience. Additional years of experience, trainings, and
certifications may be considered in lieu of a degree. Active DoD
Top Secret/SCI clearance. Active IAT Level II DoD Approved 8570
Baseline Certification (e.g., Security CE) or higher, or the
ability to obtain within 30 days from offer of acceptance. 6 years
of demonstrated Cloud engineering/system administration experience.
6 years of practical Linux and/or Windows Server experience.
Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS). Knowledge of programming
languages (i.e. Python). Knowledge of system hardening (SRG/STIGS).
Experience in the following: Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and
Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) cloud service models; Cloud
Networking, Cloud Storage, Cloud Computing, and Cloud Security;
with containers (i.e. Docker, Kubernetes); developing solutions for
system integration and automation; writing scripts (i.e. Shell,
PowerShell). Strong collaboration and communication skills. Up to
10% travel may be required within the local DMV area. Preferred
Qualifications: Experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).
Experience with CloudFormation, Terraform, and other IaC
technologies. Experience with Gitlab and other Version Control
systems. Experience with rack-mounted server hardware, physical
networking, and peripherals. Microsoft Exchange experience.
Microsoft 365 experience. NITESONI 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:
March 27, 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 $107,900.00 -
$195,050.00 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.
Keywords: Leidos, Richmond , Cloud Engineer, IT / Software / Systems , Suitland, Virginia
