Cloud/SecDevOps Engineer

Leidos; Deutschland; Vor Ort; EUR 60.907 - 110.101; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Leidos develops and sustains large data and technology infrastructures for U.S. federal agencies. This role serves a federal law enforcement agency in Clarksburg, WV, focusing on security‑driven Infrastructure as Code (IaC) in cloud environments.

You will monitor systems, tackle issues, and support patching and improvements throughout the lifecycle. Required are a Bachelor’s degree in a related field, 2–4 years of experience, and U.S. Citizenship with DOD Top Secret Clearance.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
• 2–4 years of relevant experience in cybersecurity and IaC environments.
• U.S. Citizenship and DOD Top Secret Clearance required.
• Ability to work both collaboratively and independently in a small team.

Aufgaben

• Monitor and support security‑driven IaC implementations across cloud and on‑premise systems.
• Integrate security concepts into design and architecture during development lifecycles.
• Assist with patching, maintenance, and system improvement.
• Perform Agile work planning, design, development, integration, and validation.
• Support multiple sites with remote telework capabilities and IaC management.
• Collaborate across teams to resolve complex technical issues and deliver solutions.

Kenntnisse

Team collaboration

Independent work

Strong communication

Self-starter

Ausbildung

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Information Systems, Information Systems Management, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or equivalent experience

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Kubernetes

Istio

AWS: EKS, EC2, S3, RDS, CloudWatch

Redis

Elasticsearch

Grafana

GitLab

Jobbeschreibung

Description

Leidos develops and sustains large data and technology infrastructures and integrates complex law enforcement IT systems for U.S. federal agencies. This role serves a federal law enforcement agency in Clarksburg, WV.

Primary Responsibilities

• Monitor operational and development systems; investigate and resolve user issues related to integration of security architecture and engineering efforts into the IT lifecycle in an Infrastructure as Code (IaC) cloud‑based environment.
• Leverage knowledge of deployed IaC to ensure that integrated security concepts, controls, and mechanisms are deployed during design and architecture phases to produce a reliably secure product.
• Assist with patching of systems, engineering, implementation, integration, maintenance and improvement of systems.
• Perform technical Agile work tracking and planning, technical design, development, integration, verification and validation.
• Monitor multiple physical and cloud‑based sites; support users and administer IaC security, configuring components and software using IaC utilities.

Additional Responsibilities

• Software change management.
• Possess and apply expertise on complex work assignments, demonstrating originality and innovation.
• Develop methodology and present solutions to problems with appreciable latitude.
• Contribute to deliverables and performance metrics where applicable.
• Achieve day‑to‑day objectives with moderate impact on the area/project team.
• Work independently on larger, moderately complex projects/assignments.
• Assist other technical staff with tasks and assignments.
• Address somewhat complex technical issues using internal best practice and collaboration with colleagues.
• Develop solutions to technical problems that require depth of technical knowledge but are typically limited in complexity.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Information Systems, Information Systems Management, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or equivalent experience; cybersecurity and IaC certifications may be considered.
• 2–4 years of relevant experience.
• Ability to work collaboratively and independently to develop creative solutions.
• Ability to work well and productively within a small team environment, both in‑person and remote telework.
• Self‑starter.
• Strong communication skills.
• U.S. Citizenship.
• DOD Top Secret Clearance required.

Preferred Experience

• Infrastructure management: setting up and maintaining servers and cloud systems.
• Immutable Infrastructure & AMI Design: expertise in designing AMIs using automated tools such as HashiCorp Packer, including Citrix Virtual Delivery Agent (VDA) installation and optimization.
• Process automation: creating and maintaining automated testing, deployment, and security processes.
• Automated image pipelines: integrating image builds into a CI/CD lifecycle (e.g., GitLab CI) to ensure AMIs are patched, hardened, and updated automatically.
• Configuration management (Ansible): developing and maintaining Ansible playbooks and roles to automate configuration of secure, STIG‑compliant operating systems.
• Virtualization & remote display: understanding Citrix infrastructure components and troubleshooting VDA registration, session latency, and display protocol issues (ICA/HDX) on cloud‑hosted instances.
• Collaboration with development, operations, and other teams to ensure effective communication.
• Troubleshooting: identifying and fixing production issues and monitoring system performance.
• Product updates: launching product updates and creating integrations to improve the user experience.
• Cybersecurity: incorporating best practices into processes.

Technologies Desired

• Terraform
• Ansible
• Kubernetes
• Istio
• AWS services: EKS, EC2, S3, RDS, CloudWatch
• Redis
• Elasticsearch
• Grafana
• GitLab

Preferred Qualifications

• Operating systems: Linux.
• Software development tools: Eclipse, VS Code, GitLab, Jira, Confluence.
• Languages/frameworks: Jira (tool)
• Source control: GitLab.

Pay Range

$69,550.00 – $125,725.00

Pay and Benefits

Competitive compensation, health and wellness programs, income protection, paid leave, and retirement benefits.

Commitment to Non‑Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.