Cloud Architect
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Job Location:
Huntsville, AL - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 131300 - 237350
Posted on:
2 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Leidos was awarded the U.S. Air Force Cloud One Architecture and Common Shared Services contract and currently has several openings for various levels of Cloud Architects across AWS Azure Google 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 cost effectiveness.
Location:
These positions 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 Could Include:
We are seeking highly capable Cloud Architects with expertise in multiple cloud platforms. A successful individual will be responsible for designing scalable cloud-native solutions leading development efforts and ensuring best practices across architecture development deployment and security. This is a hands-on technical role that requires rolling up your sleeves to architect code debug and mentor.
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
Technical Leadership
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
Minimum Qualifications
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
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
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with USAF Cloud One or Platform 1
Experience with Zero Trust Architecture
Cloud certifications in AWS Azure Google or Oracle clouds
Come break things (in a good way). Then build them smarter.
Were the tech company everyone calls when things get weird. We dont wear capes (theyre a safety hazard) but we do solve high-stakes problems with code caffeine and a healthy disregard for how its always been done.
Original Posting:
December 24 2025For 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 $131300.00 - $237350.00The 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.
Required Experience:
Staff IC
Key Skills
- APIs
- Pegasystems
- Spring
- SOAP
- .NET
- Hybris
- Solution Architecture
- Service-Oriented Architecture
- Adobe Experience Manager
- J2EE
- Java
- Oracle
About Company
Leidos is an innovation company rapidly addressing the world's most vexing challenges in national security and health. Our 47,000 employees collaborate to create smarter technology solutions for customers in these critical markets.
