Senior Cloud Engineer

Leidos

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Work type: Hybrid
Location: Reston, VA
Salary: $92,300–$166,850 / yr
Posted: 38 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live 2 days ago
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $168k

This role $130k

$77k most similar roles pay here $234k

This role pays less than 89% of similar roles. Most pay $149,500–$187,287 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $130k versus about $168k for comparable roles.

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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 264 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $92,300–$166,850 across 245 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Cloud Engineer

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Senior Cloud Engineer The Senior Cloud Engineer joins the Analysis Solutions Business Area team to manage and secure mission-critical infrastructure within a hybrid environment. This role involves bridging the gap between unclassified and classified enclaves while ensuring compliance with federal mandates. The engineer will architect, design, and deploy scalable AWS solutions, manage Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or AWS CloudFormation, and maintain CI/CD pipelines via GitLab or GitHub Actions. Key responsibilities include implementing security controls aligned with DoD RMF, NIST SP 800-53, and CIS/STIG guidelines, while managing IAM, MFA, and KMS for secure key management. The role requires expertise in AWS GovCloud regions and core services like EC2, S3, VPC, RDS, Route53, and CloudWatch. Technical skills include Python scripting and OS knowledge to resolve infrastructure defects and ensure secure data replication across isolated cloud boundaries.

Skills

AWS Terraform CloudFormation Python CI/CD GitLab GitHub Actions IAM AWS KMS EC2 S3 VPC RDS Route53 CloudWatch RMF NIST SP 800-53 CIS STIG

What you'll do

Architect and deploy secure, scalable AWS solutions for unclassified and classified environments.
Manage hybrid connectivity and data replication between unclassified and classified network enclaves.
Provision and maintain infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code tools like Terraform or CloudFormation.
Implement security controls to comply with DoD RMF, NIST SP 800-53, and CIS/STIG guidelines.
Manage Identity and Access Management (IAM), multi-factor authentication, and AWS KMS key management.
Audit air-gapped and classified cloud environments for federal encryption standards.
Maintain CI/CD pipelines to ensure automated and audited deployments.
Monitor system performance and perform root-cause analysis to resolve infrastructure defects.

What we're looking for

Must be a U.S. Citizen.
Must possess a TS/SCI clearance with a Polygraph.
A Bachelor's degree and 12–15 years of experience or a Master's degree and 10–13 years of experience is required.
Requires at least 3 years of hands-on, production-level AWS cloud engineering experience.
Must have experience designing or operating within AWS GovCloud (US) regions.
Experience with AWS Core services including EC2, S3, VPC, RDS, Route53, IAM, CloudWatch, and KMS is required.
Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation is required.
Experience in OS and scripting with Python is required.

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