Senior Cloud Compute & Storage Architect (Multi-Cloud)

Leidos LLC; Bethesda (MD); Hybrid; USD 108,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a Cloud & Compute/Storage Architect to lead design of multi-cloud and on-prem storage solutions for a federal program in the DMV region. You will own the architecture across compute, storage, backups, and container services with emphasis on high availability and security.

The role requires strong experience with VMware, OpenShift, Kubernetes, Terraform, and CloudFormation, plus governance and cost-forecasting expertise. U.S. citizenship is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 8+ years in large federal IT infra or managed services.
• 3–5 years in a senior architect/lead role on enterprise IT environments.
• Hands-on multi-cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP) with IaC and DevSecOps practices.
• Strong compute environments knowledge and VMware expertise.
• Experience with enterprise storage/backup (SAN/NAS, file storage, DR).
• Familiarity with FedRAMP, cloud governance, and cost management.

Responsibilities

• Serve as senior technical architect for end-to-end compute, storage, and backup.
• Own distributed server strategy, policies, and hybrid cloud architecture.
• Architect storage, data management, and DR across on-prem and cloud.
• Lead CaaS with Kubernetes/OpenShift/Docker, ensure RBAC and HA.
• Design IaaS across AWS, Azure, GCP and establish landing zones.
• Guide development teams with IaC (Terraform, CloudFormation) and DevSecOps.
• Support cloud governance, entitlements, and cost forecasting.
• Mentor Cloud Engineers and provide Tier 3 support for incidents.
• Coordinate with FDA Change Control and transition teams.

Skills

Cloud Architecture

Multi-cloud

IaaS

Terraform

CloudFormation

DevSecOps

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Docker

VMware

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Docker EE

OpenShift

Kubernetes

Docker Swarm

NeuVector

Portworx

Job description

Leidos is seeking a Cloud & Compute/Storage Architect to lead design of multi-cloud and on-prem storage solutions for a federal program in the DMV region. You will own the architecture across compute, storage, backups, and container services with emphasis on high availability and security.

The role requires strong experience with VMware, OpenShift, Kubernetes, Terraform, and CloudFormation, plus governance and cost-forecasting expertise. U.S. citizenship is required.