Cloud Engineer

Leidos; Farnborough; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Contributory Pension Scheme

Private Medical Insurance

33 days Annual Leave

Flexible benefits

Flexible Working Scheme

Job summary

Leidos UK & EUROPE is seeking talented Cloud Engineers to join our growing DevOps teams in 2026. You will help transform and support public cloud workloads, with a focus on AWS and infrastructure automation, across UK programmes.

Based in the UK (Bristol, Farnborough or Whiteley), you will work with developers and testers to transition legacy systems to AWS, implement IaC, and uphold security and compliance standards while collaborating within Agile delivery teams.

Qualifications

• Experience implementing solutions on AWS with Linux.
• IaC experience using Terraform and Ansible.
• Experience in a DevOps environment.
• Security-focused across all workloads.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines.
• Automating deployment and configuration of COTS software across environments.
• Awareness of Agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban).
• Excellent communication skills.
• UK national and eligible for SC clearance.

Skills

AWS

Linux

Terraform

Ansible

DevOps

Security

CI/CD

Automation

Agile

UK National

SC clearance

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Bitbucket

Bamboo

Job description

Description

We Need You...

Join Our Talent Community:

Leidos UK & EUROPE are always on the lookout for talented individuals to join our company and would love to hear from you.

If you cannot see a vacancy on our careers page that matches your current requirements, please register your interest in Leidos UK & EUROPE, by submitting an application via ‘Join Our Talent Community’ on the UK careers page and we will be in touch as soon as a role matching your skill set becomes available.

Location:

Future vacancies could be available in Bristol, Farnborough or Whiteley (Hampshire).

The Role:

Due to growth within UK programmes, we will need talented Cloud Engineers throughout the course of 2026…

We are on a mission to ensure that Leidos stands out in what is becoming an increasingly popular market place. It means creative solutions to problems using innovative design implementation and testing of systems and services with a focus on scalability and sustainability.

Specifically you will be part of a DevOps team transforming, supporting and maintaining a system of critical national infrastructure to public cloud adhering to engineering best practices.

You will be expected to work closely with team members and the broader programme to transition legacy infrastructure to AWS Cloud. You should be comfortable supporting other team members where required and interact closely with developers and testers.

Highly technical in nature, in your role you will need demonstrable experience of transitioning legacy platforms to AWS.

The legacy platform utilises a wide variety of technologies so you must be flexible and quick to acquire new skills.

Required Skills:

Demonstrable experience of implementing solutions using:

• AWS with Linux technologies
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and Ansible
• Demonstrable experience of working in a DevOps environment
• Experience of applying security to all workloads
• Experience of working with CI/CD infrastructure pipelines
• Demonstrable experience of automating deployment and configuration pipelines of COTS software and promoting through multiple environments
• Experience of working Agile teams being aware of Agile methodologies (using Scrum or Kanban)
• Excellent communication skills
• Candidate must be a UK National
• Must be able to obtain an SC level clearance

Desired Skills:

• AWS Qualifications in your area of expertise
• Experience of working with the Atlassian toolset (e.g. Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, Bamboo)
• Experience with biometric systems

Clearance Requirements:

• Clearance to Start BPSS
• Clearance for Role SC
• You must be willing to undergo SC or DV clearance dependent upon the security requirements for the role

What we do for you:

At Leidos we are PASSIONATE about customer success, UNITED as a team and INSPIRED to make a difference. We offer meaningful and engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals, all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance.

We provide an employment package that attracts, develops and retains only the best in talent. Our reward scheme includes:

• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• 33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays)
• Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme)
• Flexible Working Scheme

Commitment to Diversity:

We welcome applications from every part of the community and are committed to a truly diverse and inclusive culture. We foster a sense of belonging, welcoming all perspectives and contributions, and providing equal access to opportunities and resources for everyone. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please let us know, and we will respond in a way that best fits your needs.

Who We Are:

Leidos UK & EUROPE – we work to make the world safer, healthier, and more efficient through technology, engineering and science.

Leidos is a growing company delivering innovative technology and solutions focused on safeguarding critical capabilities and transformation in frontline services, our work in the United Kingdom includes addressing some of the most complex problems in defence, healthcare, government, safety and security, and transportation.

What Makes Us Different:

Purpose: you can use your passion and abilities at Leidos to keep the people you care about safe. We are at the forefront of machine learning, AI, cyber security and solutions. Using your skills in the technology frontline by helping to build a safer world. You can inspire change.

Collaboration: having flexibility to do your job is one of our core benefits, enabling you to become part of our extraordinary team. We have been empowering our people to work flexibly for years. Whether you work from home, the office or on customer sites, we will give you the digital tools and the flexibility to work smarter and align your needs and ours.

People: Leidos empowers people from every background to be themselves and gives you the tools to learn new skills by enabling growth while developing. We believe that extraordinary people need opportunities to grow, to be inspired and to inspire others. At Leidos, we invest in technical academies, career rotations and a career development plans that enhance your future.

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Pay Range:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand 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.

About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

Pay and Benefits

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-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.