Azure Cloud DevOps Engineer

Leidos was awarded the U.S. Air Force Cloud One Architecture and Common Shared Services contract. Leidos is seeking a 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:

This position will be hybrid remote. Candidates may 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:

This individual will be responsible for technical planning design development integration verification and sustainment of secure cloud-native systems. The individual applies systems engineering principles to hardware software and networked environments supporting the full system lifecycle from requirements analysis through deployment and operational support.

• Perform systems requirements analysis functional analysis and requirements allocation for cloud-based and hybrid environments.
• Design implement and support secure CI/CD pipelines to enable automated scalable software delivery.
• Support the integration of DevSecOps pipelines across Azure cloud platforms.
• Develop maintain and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform Ansible or CloudFormation.
• Deploy configure integrate and support applications within cloud and hybrid environments.
• Assist with the configuration operation and sustainment of container platforms such as Kubernetes Docker and OpenShift.
• Analyze and support system availability scalability performance and resiliency across distributed cloud systems.
• Contribute to infrastructure modernization initiatives system upgrades and continuous improvement efforts.
• Implement and support automated security capabilities including vulnerability scanning SAST/DAST container security and compliance automation.
• Monitor system health using logging and monitoring tools and support incident troubleshooting root cause analysis and resolution.
• Support verification validation system testing and quality assurance activities for cloud-based solutions.
• Create and maintain technical documentation system diagrams and operational procedures.
• Collaborate with developers QA security operations and customer stakeholders to influence solution design processes and technical approaches.
• Apply and enforce established DevSecOps standards systems engineering processes and best practices.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors degree with 48 years of relevant experience or Masters degree with 26 years of relevant experience. Additional experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Interim Secret clearance required to start; ability to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance.
• U.S. citizenship required.
• CompTIA Security or equivalent certification (IAT Level II).
• Strong understanding of systems engineering principles and DevSecOps practices.
• Experience supporting or administering cloud-based platforms (AWS Azure GCP or OCI).
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins GitLab CI GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps.
• Familiarity with container technologies including Docker Kubernetes and OpenShift.
• Proficiency in at least one scripting or programming language (e.g. Python Bash Java Go).
• Solid understanding of Linux/Unix systems networking fundamentals and version control (Git).
• Strong collaboration communication and customer service skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting DoD or USAF cloud environments (e.g. Cloud One Platform One).
• Familiarity with Zero Trust architectures and security concepts.
• Cloud provider certifications (AWS Azure Google or Oracle).
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools such as Prometheus Grafana Splunk or ELK.
• Exposure to security scanning tools compliance frameworks and DevSecOps automation.
• Industry certifications such as CKAD KCNA AWS Certified DevOps Engineer AWS SysAdmin AWS Advanced Networking AWS Security Azure Developer Associate or Azure Solutions Architect.

• Example certifications include: Industry Professional certification Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate (KCNA) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Certified AWS SysAdmin AWS Certified Advanced Networking AWS Certified Security Azure Developer Associate Azure Solutions Architect

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