Senior Cloud Platform Lead — AWS, Kubernetes, DevSecOps

Leidos; Ashburn (VA); On-site; USD 108,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a Senior Cloud Systems Owner in the Air Traffic Business Area to lead cloud infrastructure design, Kubernetes platform administration, and IaC governance for enterprise environments. This role supports agile software teams and production systems tied to FAA modernization efforts.

Unfunded position currently, anticipated to begin work upon future funding. Candidate must obtain a Public Trust clearance and be a US citizen, with strong cloud engineering, security, and automation

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 8+ years of relevant experience or Master's with 6+ years of experience.
• Extensive experience administering enterprise AWS or GCP cloud environments.
• Advanced experience designing, deploying, and administering Kubernetes clusters in production.
• Extensive experience developing Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and/or AWS CloudFormation.
• Experience designing secure, scalable, highly available cloud infrastructure.
• Strong experience automating infrastructure provisioning and configuration management using Ansible.
• Strong Linux administration including hardening, storage management, and performance tuning.
• Proficiency with Git version control and IaC workflows.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, deployment, administration, and lifecycle management of cloud infrastructure.
• Provide technical leadership for Kubernetes platform administration and standards.
• Develop and govern Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and/or CloudFormation.
• Design and manage AWS services to support highly available systems.
• Develop automation using Bash, Python, and Ansible for provisioning and health.
• Lead Linux platform administration including patching and hardening.
• Implement IAM/RBAC, secrets management, PKI, TLS/SSL and cloud security practices.
• Collaborate with DevSecOps and software teams to enable automated deployment and monitoring.

Skills

Kubernetes platform administration

Terraform

AWS CloudFormation

Ansible

Python/Bash scripting

Linux administration

IAM/RBAC/PKI/TLS

Git/version control

Cloud security best practices

Automation of provisioning

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering/Information Systems or related field

Master's degree

Tools

Kubernetes

AWS

HashiCorp Vault

Terraform

AWS CloudFormation

Ansible

Job description

Leidos is seeking a Senior Cloud Systems Owner in the Air Traffic Business Area to lead cloud infrastructure design, Kubernetes platform administration, and IaC governance for enterprise environments. This role supports agile software teams and production systems tied to FAA modernization efforts.

Unfunded position currently, anticipated to begin work upon future funding. Candidate must obtain a Public Trust clearance and be a US citizen, with strong cloud engineering, security, and automation