Cloud Engineer — Secure, Scalable Cloud Architect

Leidos; Canberra; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life Days leave

Leidos Life Hub discounts

Job summary

Leidos Australia is seeking a Cloud Engineer to design, deploy, and optimise secure cloud environments across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. You will drive automation using Terraform, Ansible, and CloudFormation, and collaborate with cybersecurity teams to ensure compliance and protection of cloud assets.

You will contribute to migration of on-premises workloads to the cloud, enhance scalability, and support ongoing optimization in defense, government, and health sectors.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud services.
• Expertise in Terraform, Ansible, and CloudFormation for automated deployments and configuration management.
• Knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes for deploying and managing containerised applications in cloud environments.

Responsibilities

• Architect and deploy secure, scalable cloud environments that align with business needs.
• Oversee cloud resources (compute, storage, networking) across AWS, Azure, and GCP for performance and availability.
• Plan and execute migration of applications and data from on-premises to cloud platforms with minimal disruption.
• Develop scripts/workflows using Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation to automate deployments and optimize resource usage.
• Implement robust security measures, monitor compliance, and collaborate with cybersecurity teams to protect cloud environments.

Skills

AWS

Azure

GCP

Terraform

Ansible

CloudFormation

Docker

Kubernetes

Python

Bash

PowerShell

Java

Go

Cloud security

VPC design

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

CloudFormation

Job description

Leidos Australia is seeking a Cloud Engineer to design, deploy, and optimise secure cloud environments across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. You will drive automation using Terraform, Ansible, and CloudFormation, and collaborate with cybersecurity teams to ensure compliance and protection of cloud assets.

You will contribute to migration of on-premises workloads to the cloud, enhance scalability, and support ongoing optimization in defense, government, and health sectors.