Cloud Engineer

Job TitleR-00183101Job DescriptionAs the largest provider of US government IT services, Leidos develops and sustains large data and technology infrastructures and integrates complex law enforcement IT system for a number of US federal agencies. At Leidos, we offer engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals and growth. This role would be serving a federal law enforcement agency in Clarksburg, WV. Primary Responsibilities:Responsible for monitoring operational and development systems, investigating and resolving system user issues reported with these systems with regard to the integration of security architecture & engineering efforts into the information technology life-cycle in an Infrastructure as Code (IaC) cloud-based environment.Leveraging knowledge of the deployed IaC, ensures integrated security concepts, controls, and mechanisms deployed into the design and architecture phases to produce a reliably secure product.May also assist with the deployment of patching of systems, the engineering, implementation, integration, maintenance and improvement of systems.Additional responsibilities include technical Agile work tracking and planning, technical design, development and integration, verification and validation.The environment requires monitoring multiple physical and cloud-based sites, and monitoring, supporting users and administering the IaC security, configuring necessary components and software utilizing IaC utilities.Responsibilities may also include:Software change management.Applies fundamental concepts, processes, practices, and procedures on technical assignmentsPerforms work that requires practical experience and training.Work is performed under supervision.Solves simple, routine technical problems following established procedures and policies.Requires basic knowledge of and ability to apply principles, theories, and concepts of narrow technical domain.Preferred Experience:Infrastructure management: Set up and maintain infrastructure, including servers and cloud systemsImmutable Infrastructure & AMI Design: Expertise in designing AMIs using automated tools like HashiCorp Packer; specifically incorporating Citrix Virtual Delivery Agent (VDA) installation and optimization into the image build process.Process automation: Create and maintain automated processes for testing, deployment, and securityAutomated Image Pipelines: Experience integrating image builds into a CI/CD lifecycle (e.g., GitLab CI) to ensure AMIs are patched, hardened, and updated without manual intervention.Configuration Management (Ansible): Experience developing and maintaining Ansible playbooks and roles to automate the configuration of secure, STIG-compliant operating systems.Virtualization & Remote Display: Understanding of Citrix infrastructure components and the ability to troubleshoot VDA registration, session latency, and display protocol issues (ICA/HDX) on cloud-hosted instances.Communication: Collaborate with development, operations, and other teams to ensure effective communicationTroubleshooting: Identify and fix issues in production, and monitor system performanceProduct updates: Launch product updates, and create integrations to improve the user experienceCybersecurity: Incorporate cybersecurity best practices as directed into processesBasic Qualifications:Bachelor's degree in Computer Information Systems, Information Systems Management, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, other related discipline, or equivalent experience; Cyber Security and IaC certifications may be considered in lieu of a degree2 years of general experienceAbility to work collaboratively and independently to develop creative solutionsAbility to work well and productively within a small team environment both in-person and remote teleworkSelf StarterStrong communication skillsUS CitizenshipDOD Top Secret Clearance is required.Technologies Desired:TerraformAnsibleKubernetesIstioAWS: EKS, EC2, S3, RDS, CloudwatchRedisElasticsearchGrafanaGitlabPreferred Qualifications:Operating Systems: LinuxSoftware development tools: Eclipse, Vscode, Gitlab, Jira, ConfluenceLanguages/frameworks: JiraSource control tools: Gitlab