Are you ready to work for a company that not only supports mission critical projects but also prioritizes investing in the growth and development of its employees?
Join us at Leidos, where your most important work is ahead! You will enjoy great benefits such as paid time off (PTO), flexible schedules, discounted stock purchase plans, career growth, education and training support, parental paid leave and more! You will have the opportunity to work under exceptional industry leadership at every level, where prioritizing employees, and their work, is paramount.
The Digital Modernization Sector at Leidos is brimming with exciting new opportunities—and we want you to be part of it!
Join our team working on one of our most prestigious programs delivering Cloud modernization and operations to the Department of the Air Force on the Cloud One Architecture and Common Shared Services (ACSS) contract.
Leidos was awarded the U.S. Air Force Cloud One Architecture and Common Shared Services contract and currently has an opening for an AWS Cloud Systems Engineer
This position focuses on AWS Engineering and 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 will be required to travel onsite as needed.
Primary Responsibilities:
Design and architect scalable, resilient, and secure cloud solutions across AWS and others.
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 / integrate with identity and access management solutions and security monitoring frameworks.
Facilitate customer onboarding and implement a consistent pathway to cloud adoption.
Manage and optimize AWS, networking, VPNs, IaaS, PaaS, and SQL systems.
Implement and maintain tools and services such as 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.
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor’s Degree and 8+ years or more of experience; Master’s and 6+ years or more of experience, additional years of experience may be accepted in lieu of degree.
Must have a Secret Clearance.
US citizenship required.
Certifications: CompTIA Security+ or equivalent (IAT-2).
Excellent customer service skills, with experience working in a customer-facing position.
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, Jira, Confluence, Git, and multiple AWS cloud Software as a Service (SaaS) offerings.
Experience onboarding customer log-data from cloud platforms to on-premises or cloud-based analysis environments such as Elastic or Splunk.
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June 8, 2026
For 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 $107,900.00 - $195,050.00
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.
Leidos is a Fortune 500® innovation company rapidly addressing the world’s most vexing challenges in national security and health. The company's global workforce of 48,000 collaborates to create smarter technology solutions for customers in heavily regulated industries. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $15.4 billion for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2023.
Leidos was cited for the meaningful work employees perform that is challenging, impactful, and aligned with our customers’ missions as reasons professionals want to work and stay at our company. Leidos has also been named to lists including Forbes’ Best Employers for Diversity, Forbes’ America’s Best Employers for Women, Military Times Best for Vets Employers, and Ethisphere Institute’s World's Most Ethical Companies®.
Employees enjoy career enrichment opportunities available through mobility and development and experience rewarding relationships with supportive supervisors and talented colleagues and customers. Employees appreciate our flexible work environment, allowing for and encouraging a true work-life balance. Our professionals are also excited about our Employee Resource Groups, like the Collaborative Outreach with Remote and Embedded Employees (CORE), which strives to create an environment where every employee, regardless of location, feels fully engaged as a valued employee of Leidos.
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