Cloud Infrastructure Architect

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Cloud Administrator to join our team at Leidos. The successful candidate will be responsible for designing, deploying, and managing cloud environments from major vendors such as Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure.

About the Role

This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated individual to play a key role in supporting multiple customer operations initiatives. As a Cloud Administrator, you will work closely with cross-functional teams to design and develop complex solutions with minimal assistance from peers. Daily duties will include ongoing management of virtual environments, cloud migration projects, and designing and implementing new technologies.

Key Responsibilities

Design, deploy, and manage cloud-oriented solutions from major vendors
Provide technical expertise and assist with systems integration and consolidation efforts across multiple systems environments
Create cloud implementation plans, operational documentation, and continual improvement of current systems and designs
Conduct cloud assessments, planning, and migration activities for varied application sets
Provides operations, maintenance, and enhancement of cloud applications within all cloud environments

Requirements

A Bachelor's Degree in a related discipline with 8+ years of relevant experience or Master's Degree in a related discipline with 6+ years. Additional experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
Must have experience as a Cloud Admin (AWS or Azure) including tasks such as cloud migration, cloud networking, IAM, cloud optimization, and deployment automation
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Understanding of cloud security principles and best practices
At least one advanced cloud certification
Proven track record in leadership positions executing cloud migrations and application refactoring
Knowledge of Linux and Windows systems
Team player capable of high performance and flexibility in a dynamic working environment
Ability to interact positively, collaborate, and communicate appropriately with team members
Must be able to effectively plan and prioritize tasking
Must be capable of performing high-quality work both independently and with a team in a fast-moving environment
US Citizenship required
Must possess an active Top Secret clearance and be eligible to obtain TS/SCI clearance

Preferred Qualifications

Strong mastery of Azure infrastructure provisioning, security hardening
Experience in migrating on-premise infrastructure to the Azure environment
Experience with Microsoft Hyper-V including designing, configuring, and migrating workloads to and from on premise Hyper-V virtualized infrastructure to Azure cloud environments
Demonstrated experience with supporting IL6 Azure infrastructure
Experience with programming and infrastructure automation (JSON, YAML, Python, Terraform)
Experience with CI/CD Pipeline
Experience with Cloud Security Tools
Experience with Containers in the Azure Environment
Experience implementing Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) for various systems
Azure certifications professional desired, or associates with additional experience
Formalized systems engineering methods including but not limited to performing assessment of alternatives (AoA) and business case analysis (BCA)
Other industry certifications a plus

Pay Range: $87,100.00 - $157,450.00

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