Leidos · 21 hours ago
Azure Cloud Engineer Ops Support
Huntsville, AL
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$108K/yr - $195K/yr
8+ years expLeidos is a company that was awarded the U.S. Air Force Cloud One Architecture and Common Shared Services contract, and they are seeking an Azure Cloud Operation and Support Engineer. The role involves developing scalable cloud-native solutions and ensuring best practices across architecture, development, deployment, and security.
ComputerGovernmentInformation ServicesInformation TechnologyNational SecuritySoftware
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Provide cloud operations and engineering tasks to enhance, sustain, and maintain scalable, resilient, and secure cloud solutions for Azure cloud environment
Perform Azure 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 Azure environments, networking, VPNs, IaaS, PaaS, and SQL systems
Implement and maintain CI/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
Qualification
Required
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
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, Azure AD, SAML and the standards, procedures, and processes
Experience with Ansible, AWS console, Elastic, AWS, Azure, Jira, Confluence, Git, Bitbucket and various cloud Software as a Service (SaaS) offerings
Administration experience with cloud-based applications (MS O365, SharePoint, Azure AD, AWS)
Experience administering Windows Server, and related services
Cloud certifications in AWS, Azure, Google, 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
Company
Leidos
Leidos is a Fortune 500® innovation company rapidly addressing the world’s most vexing challenges in national security and health.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
unknown2025-02-20Post Ipo Debt
2013-09-17IPO
Leadership Team
James Carlini
Chief Technology Officer
Theodore Tanner
Chief Technology Officer
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