Cloud/SecDevOps Engineer

Leidos LLC; Clarksburg (WV); On-site; USD 70,000 - 126,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos in Clarksburg, WV is seeking a security-focused Infrastructure/Cloud Engineer to monitor and steward IaC-based systems for a federal agency. The role emphasizes secure design, patch management, and automation in a mixed physical and cloud environment.

Candidates should have a bachelor’s or equivalent, 2–4 years of experience, US citizenship, and a DoD TS clearance, with hands-on work in Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes, and AWS. Strong collaboration and Agile practices are expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Information Systems, Information Systems Management, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 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
• US Citizenship required; DOD Top Secret Clearance may be required as applicable

Responsibilities

• Monitor operational and development systems; investigate and resolve user issues in an IaC cloud-based environment.
• Ensure security concepts, controls, and mechanisms are integrated into design and architecture phases.
• Assist with deployment, patching, maintenance and improvement of systems.
• Contribute to Agile work tracking, technical design, development and integration.
• Support multiple physical and cloud-based sites and administer IaC security.

Skills

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Self starter

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Kubernetes

Istio

AWS

Redis

Elasticsearch

Grafana

GitLab

Job description

As 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.
• Possesses and applies expertise on multiple complex work assignments.
• Assignments may be broad in nature, requiring originality and innovation in determining how to accomplish tasks.
• Operates with appreciable latitude in developing methodology and presenting solutions to problems.
• Contributes to deliverables and performance metrics where applicable.
• Works to achieve day-to-day objectives with moderate impact on the area/ project team.
• Works independently on larger, moderately complex projects/assignments.
• May assist other technical staff with tasks and assignments.
• Addresses somewhat complex technical issues/problems using internal best practice and through collaboration with colleagues.
• Develops solutions to technical problems that require depth of technical knowledge, but are typically limited in complexity.

Preferred Experience:

• Infrastructure management: Set up and maintain infrastructure, including servers and cloud systems
• Immutable 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 security
• Automated 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 communication
• Troubleshooting: Identify and fix issues in production, and monitor system performance
• Product updates: Launch product updates, and create integrations to improve the user experience
• Cybersecurity: Incorporate cybersecurity best practices as directed into processes

Basic 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 degree
• 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
• US Citizenship
• DOD Top Secret Clearance is required.

Technologies Desired:

• Terraform
• Ansible
• Kubernetes
• Istio
• AWS: EKS, EC2, S3, RDS, Cloudwatch
• Redis
• Elasticsearch
• Grafana
• Gitlab

Preferred Qualifications:

• Operating Systems: Linux
• Software development tools: Eclipse, Vscode, Gitlab, Jira, Confluence
• Languages/frameworks: Jira
• Source control tools: Gitlab

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.

Original Posting: March 13, 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: Pay Range $69,550.00 - $125,725.00 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.

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 here.

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Commitment and Diversity 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.