Platform Engineer - Cloud-Azure

Leidos is looking for a Senior Platform Engineer to support a large U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) program. The Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is responsible for enforcing federal antitrust laws and promoting fair competition in the marketplace. The Senior Platform Engineer will be responsible for designing building and optimizing cloud infrastructure solutions on Microsoft Azure. You will ensure that the platform is scalable highly available secure and costefficient. As a senior member of the team you will collaborate with crossfunctional teams including cloud architects security teams and development teams to implement cuttingedge cloud solutions that meet business requirements and enhance overall operational performance.

You will have the opportunity to work with a dynamic forwardthinking team leveraging the latest in cloud technologies to optimize the platform automate processes and ensure a robust enterprisegrade cloud environment. This work is located onsite in the DC area.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the design and implementation of scalable reliable and secure cloudbased platform solutions using Azure services (e.g. Azure Virtual Machines Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Azure App Services Azure Storage).
• Collaborate with business units and technical teams to understand requirements and design cloud solutions that align with business needs and IT strategy.
• Architect cloud solutions to ensure high availability disaster recovery and performance optimization in a multicloud or hybrid environment.
• Manage and maintain cloud infrastructure ensuring consistent performance scalability and security of cloudhosted applications.
• Implement and maintain infrastructure automation using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates and Azure DevOps.
• Implement security best practices for cloud resources including encryption identity and access management (IAM) firewall configuration and network security.
• Use tools like Azure Security Center to monitor vulnerabilities threat intelligence and security events.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines to automate the deployment of cloud applications and infrastructure updates using tools such as Azure DevOps GitLab or Jenkins.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning monitoring and scaling to optimize operations and reduce manual intervention.
• Drive the adoption of DevOps and automation practices across the organization to accelerate development cycles and improve platform reliability.
• Monitor the health and performance of cloud resources using Azure Monitor Log Analytics and other monitoring tools.
• Perform ongoing tuning and optimization of cloud resources to improve system performance and minimize operational costs.
• Analyze system logs and metrics to troubleshoot resolve and prevent issues related to cloudbased applications and services.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive documentation for cloud architectures configurations automation processes and troubleshooting procedures.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Technology Engineering or a related field and 8 years of related work experience. Additional years of experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.
• 7 years of experience in cloud infrastructure and platform engineering with at least 3 years of handson experience specifically with Microsoft Azure.
• Deep expertise in Azure services including Azure Compute Azure Networking Azure Storage Azure Identity and Azure Security.
• Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (e.g. Terraform ARM templates Azure DevOps).
• Handson experience with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) containerization (e.g. Docker) and container orchestration.
• Expertise in monitoring and log aggregation tools including Azure Monitor Log Analytics Azure Security Center and thirdparty tools (e.g. Splunk Prometheus).
• Proficiency in automation and scripting languages such as PowerShell Bash or Python.
• Knowledge of DevOps principles and CI/CD pipeline tools such as Azure DevOps Jenkins or GitLab.
• Strong understanding of cloud security best practices including identity and access management (IAM) firewalls VPNs and data encryption.
• Familiarity with hybrid cloud environments and multicloud strategies.
• Proven ability to lead technical initiatives and work collaboratively across teams to deliver cloud platform solutions.
• Strong mentoring and coaching abilities to guide junior engineers and promote knowledge sharing.
• Effective communicator with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
• Experience managing cloudbased projects ensuring timely delivery and coordinating with stakeholders.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex issues identify root causes and implement efficient solutions.
• Experience with project management methodologies including Agile and Scrum to manage and prioritize cloud engineering tasks.

Desirable Skills:

• Certifications: Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate or equivalent Azurerelated certifications.
• Experience with multicloud environments (e.g. AWS GCP).
• Familiarity with serverless architectures and platforms (e.g. Azure Functions AWS Lambda).
• Knowledge of container security DevSecOps and cloudnative applications.

Original Posting:

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:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand 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.