Senior Cloud Engineer

Leidos

Actively hiring
5783 San Antonio Tx, US Posted 24 days ago $131,300–$237,350 / year
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TL;DR

The Cloud Operations Engineer role at the Digital Modernization Sector’s Integrated Defensive Cyber System (IDCS) Cloud Team involves maintaining and optimizing cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, GCP, Oracle Cloud, and private clouds. Day-to-day responsibilities include deploying and configuring commercial and custom capabilities, managing compute resources, implementing IaC with tools like Terraform, supporting DevSecOps pipelines, ensuring compliance with DoD cybersecurity policies, and collaborating with various technical teams to enhance system performance and reliability. The ideal candidate has 6-12 years of cloud operations experience, a relevant degree or equivalent work experience, and certifications such as Security+ or GSEC. Additional preferred qualifications include TS/SCI clearance and agile project management certifications.

Skills

AWS Azure GCP Oracle Cloud Terraform CloudFormation Docker Kubernetes CI/CD Prometheus PostgreSQL MySQL NIST SP 800-53 RMF STIGs DevSecOps Infrastructure-as-Code

What you'll do

  • Manage and optimize cloud infrastructure environments across multiple platforms.
  • Implement and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) for automated provisioning.
  • Monitor system performance and reliability to ensure high availability.
  • Ensure compliance with NIST SP 800-53, RMF, STIGs, and DoD cybersecurity policies.
  • Identify and resolve operational issues impacting cloud-based applications.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field and 8–12 years of relevant cloud operations experience.
  • Current DoD 8570/8140 baseline certification for Intermediate System Administrator roles.
  • Minimum 6 years of hands-on experience in operating and maintaining AWS, Azure, or GCP environments.
  • Experience implementing Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) using tools like Terraform or CloudFormation.
  • Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to conduct root cause analysis.
  • Familiarity with RMF, STIGs, and DoD cybersecurity requirements.
  • Experience supporting DevSecOps pipelines and automated deployment workflows.

Market check

Salary context

This $131,300–$237,350 range sits above 68% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$119,800–$204,970

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$142,400–$192,843

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 240 comparable postings.

* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

Employer

About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations.

Leidos currently has 199 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $107,900–$195,050 across 187 roles with salary data.

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