Cloud Architect

Description

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

We are seeking highly capable Cloud Architect(s) 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

• Bachelor’s Degree and twelve (12) years or more of experience; Master’s 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

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with USAF Cloud One or Platform 1
• Experience with Zero Trust Architecture
• Cloud certifications in AWS, Azure, Google, or Oracle clouds

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Pay Range

Pay Range $131,300.00 - $237,350.00

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

About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit

Pay and Benefits

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.