Senior Cloud Systems Engineer - Zero-Trust and Hybrid (Remote)

Leidos; Odenton (MD); Remote; USD 131,000 - 237,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a Principal Cloud Systems Engineer to join the Defense Enclave Services (DES) team, supporting a DoD modernization program. The role focuses on distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and migration of on-prem apps to cloud for zero-trust initiatives, with hybrid on-prem and Azure environments.

Responsibilities include designing and deploying secure cloud solutions, ensuring compliance with NIST/FedRAMP/FISMA, and advancing enterprise cloud architecture while maintaining

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience with 12+ years in systems engineering.
• Experience designing, deploying, and operating cloud solutions.
• Familiarity with NIST, FedRAMP, and FISMA security requirements.

Responsibilities

• Design zero-trust network solutions for hybrid on-prem and Azure enclave.
• Ensure security requirements are met without operational impact.
• Support cloud deployment of modernized network services.
• Develop secure network solutions with virtual switches, VPCs, and virtual firewalls.
• Contribute to enterprise cloud and mission architecture design.
• Evaluate architectures for cloud alignment with modernization goals.
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency and reduce sustainment costs.
• Enforce security best practices and guidelines.

Skills

Azure

AWS

GCP

ICAM/IDAM

Security best practices

Distributed teams

Cloud deployment

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Virtual switches

VPCs

Virtual Firewalls

AzureAD

CyberArk

Okta

Job description

Leidos is seeking a Principal Cloud Systems Engineer to join the Defense Enclave Services (DES) team, supporting a DoD modernization program. The role focuses on distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and migration of on-prem apps to cloud for zero-trust initiatives, with hybrid on-prem and Azure environments.

Responsibilities include designing and deploying secure cloud solutions, ensuring compliance with NIST/FedRAMP/FISMA, and advancing enterprise cloud architecture while maintaining