AWS Cloud Engineer Ops Support

Leidos was awarded the U.S. Air Force Cloud One Architecture and Common Shared Services contract, and currently has an opening for Cloud Engineers across AWS, Azure, arenaflex, and Oracle clouds. This is an exciting opportunity to use your experience to modernize a leading, global-scale multi-cloud environment in support of a critical mission, supporting USAF system resiliency, security, and arenaflex effectiveness. Location: This position will be hybrid remote. Candidates will be required to work onsite as needed. Preferred candidates will be located near Hanscom AFB (Boston, MA) or work in Huntsville, AL. Primary Responsibilities: We are seeking an AWS Cloud Operation and support Engineer with expertise in multiple cloud platforms. A successful individual will be responsible for developing in a scalable cloud-native solutions, and ensuring best practices across architecture, development, deployment, and security from design, test, integration, production, sustainment and maintenance. This is a hands-on technical role that requires rolling up your sleeves to architect, code, debug, and mentor. • 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 arenaflex/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 Basic 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. • Interim Secret clearance required to start; Ability to obtain Secret clearance required to maintain employment • US citizenship required • Certifications: CompTIA Security+ or equivalent (IAT-2) • Excellent verbal and written communications skills • Ability to lead and 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 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, arenaflex, 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 If youre looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. Were not hiring followers. Were recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. Were already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares. Original Posting: February 2, 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. Apply tot his job

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