Leidos had a career opening for a Cloud Database Systems Architect.
Our capability incubation team is a specialized, agile unit within our CTO team focused on rapidly conducting proof of concepts, developing, testing, and maturing new business concepts and technologies including cloud migrations. It bridges the gap between ideation and formal validation before integration ready for production deployment using iterative short-cycles (2–4 weeks on average, 1-3 months for larger projects).
Key Responsibilities include
•Identifying and exploring industry database, storage, archiving and other data management solutions
•Recommending database and storage solution options to solve the defined problems / opportunities
•Planning, designing and implementing cloud based database solution including RDS, No SQL, Aurora, DynamoDB etc
•Creating and implementing scripts to automate deployment processes using tools like Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation
•Ensuring all cloud database environments meet security standards and compliance requirements
•Planning and executing the migration of existing on-premises databases to the cloud.
•Developing the High-Level Designs
•Architecting hybrid-cloud solutions
•Evaluating new technologies and staying current with a broad range of industry solutions
•Documenting the assessment method and evaluation results
•Onboarding POC vendors including but not limited to risk assessment, compliance assessment and remediation plans/ investments required to make the solution viable
•Developer-focused mindset enabling custom integrations
•Strong requirements gathering and understanding skills driving the design of large systems for global use
•Excellent communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders enabling consistent messaging and detailed requirements
•Global cloud deployment of multiple levels (GCC, GovCloud, Commercial, etc)
Experience
•BS degree and 12+ years of experience. Additional years experience ay be used in lie of a degree.
•5+ years’ experience designing new solutions and 10+ industry experience
•Background as an engineer
•Health industry experiences an advantage
•Cloud multi-governance level experience (GCC, OCI, GovCloud, Commercial, etc)
•Azure and AWS experience
•Oracle and SQL experience
•Cloud database experience
Qualities
•Self-motivated and focused on delivering outcomes
•Resilient with the ability to find innovative ways around against roadblocks
•Enthusiasm and curiosity to explore and pick up new technologies and concepts
•Can work in an iterative way starting with ambiguity and loosely structured requirements
•Thrive in fast paced, high change environments
•Can work independently
•Fosters an inclusive team environment
•Refined presentation and communication skills with ability to tailor message to the audience
Industry Certification
•Database certifications such as Oracle and SQL
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April 2, 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 $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.
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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