Junior Cloud/SecDevOps Engineer

Koitecc Solutions; Clarksburg (WV); On-site; USD 57,850 - 104,575; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement options

Paid leave

Job summary

Leidos in Clarksburg, WV seeks an IT Systems Engineer to monitor and secure IaC cloud environments, integrate security controls, and support deployment, testing, and maintenance across multiple sites. Strong collaboration, problem solving, and Agile planning are essential for success in this role.

Requirements include a Bachelor's degree or equivalent, 2+ years' experience, US citizenship, and DOD Top Secret clearance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a related field.
• 2 years of general experience or more in IT environments.
• Ability to work collaboratively and independently in a mixed on-site/remote setting.
• U.S. Citizenship and DOD Top Secret clearance are required.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and resolve issues across IaC cloud-based environments.
• Ensure security concepts and controls are integrated in design phases.
• Assist with patching, deployment, and scalable infrastructure initiatives.
• Participate in Agile work tracking, design, and integration activities.
• Maintain multiple sites and cloud-based systems, supporting users.

Skills

Collaboration

Communication

Problem solving

Agile methods

Self starter

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS or related

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Kubernetes

Istio

AWS (EKS, EC2, S3, RDS)

Redis

Elasticsearch

Grafana

GitLab

Job description

Leidos is the largest provider of U.S. government IT services, delivering and sustaining large data and technology infrastructures and integrating complex law‑enforcement IT systems for federal agencies. This role supports 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 assignments.
• Performs 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 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, or related discipline, or equivalent experience; Cyber Security and IaC certifications may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• 2 years of general 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

Pay range: $57,850.00 - $104,575.00. Employment benefits include compensation, health and wellness programs, income protection, paid leave, and retirement options. 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.