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Leidos · 10 hours ago

Cloud Architect

Bedford, MA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$131K/yr - $237K/yr

10+ years exp

Leidos is a leading technology company serving government and commercial customers, and they are looking for skilled Cloud Architects to support their cloud initiatives. The role involves designing cloud-native solutions, optimizing application performance, and ensuring compliance with industry standards while collaborating with various teams.

ComputerGovernmentInformation ServicesInformation TechnologyNational SecuritySoftware

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Design and architect scalable, resilient, and secure cloud solutions across AWS and/or Azure

Develop cloud strategy and roadmaps aligned with organization objectives and technical requirements

Evaluate emerging cloud technologies and assess their potential impact on organizational goals

Drive adoption of DevOps practices, infrastructure as code, and automation frameworks

Optimize application performance and reliability in cloud environments

Design 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

Implement identity and access management solutions and security monitoring frameworks

Facilitate customer onboarding and implement a consistent pathway to cloud adoption

Manage and optimize AWS, Azure, Google, and/or Oracle environments, networking, VPNs, IaaS, PaaS, and SQL systems

Implement and maintain 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

Conduct security assessments and remediate vulnerabilities in cloud environments

Collaborate with cross-functional teams including development, operations, security, and product management

Create reference architectures, design patterns, and technical standards for cloud implementations

Partner with business stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into technical solutions

Present architectural designs and recommendations to executive leadership

Mentor, guide and supervise development teams on cloud-native application design and deployment

Lead architectural reviews and provide guidance on complex technical decisions

Qualification

Cloud architectureAWSAzureDevOps practicesSecurity complianceIdentityAccess managementInfrastructure as codeSQL databasesNoSQL databasesCustomer serviceTroubleshootingCommunicationTechnical documentationMentoringCollaboration

Required

Bachelors Degree and twelve (12) years or more of experience; Masters and ten (10) years or more of experience. Additional years of experience may be accepted in lieu of degree

Must have a DoD Secret Security clearance

US citizenship required

Certifications: CompTIA Security+ or equivalent (IAT-2)

Excellent customer service skills, with experience working in a customer-facing position

Administration experience with cloud-based applications (MS O365, SharePoint, Azure AD, AWS)

Experience administering Windows Server, and related services

Strong understanding Active Directory, Azure AD, SAML and the standards, procedures, and processes

Excellent verbal and written communications skills

Experience with Ansible, AWS console, Elastic, AWS, Azure, Jira, Confluence, Git, Bitbucket and various cloud Software as a Service (SaaS) offerings

Experience onboarding customer log-data from cloud platforms to on-premise or cloud-based analysis environments such as Elastic or Splunk