Senior Cloud Systems Owner

Leidos Inc; Ashburn (VA); On-site; USD 107,900 - 195,050; Full time

Job summary

Leidos Inc. is seeking a Senior Cloud Systems Owner to lead cloud infrastructure for enterprise FAA-related platforms.

You will drive Kubernetes platform design, IaC, and security across development and production environments, partnering with engineers, cybersecurity, and DevSecOps to deliver reliable, scalable cloud services. The role requires strong leadership, hands-on cloud expertise, and the ability to work in a government-focused program with potential Public Trust suitability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/IS/Engineering or related field with 8-12 years of experience, or Master's with 6-10 years.
• Extensive experience administering enterprise AWS or GCP cloud environments.
• Advanced experience designing, deploying, and administering Kubernetes clusters in production.
• Extensive experience IaC using Terraform and/or CloudFormation.
• Experience designing secure, scalable, and highly available cloud infrastructure.
• Strong automation experience using Ansible, Bash, Python.
• Strong Linux administration, including hardening and performance tuning.
• Experience with Git workflows and IaC.
• Networking fundamentals including TCP/IP, DNS, load balancing, VPCs.
• Identity management, PKI, TLS/SSL, and cloud security best practices.
• Ability to obtain SF-85 Public Trust; US Citizenship.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, deployment, administration, and lifecycle management of cloud infrastructure.
• Provide technical leadership for Kubernetes platform administration and upgrades.
• Establish Kubernetes standards including ingress, network policies, storage, and Helm deployments.
• Develop and govern IaC using Terraform and/or CloudFormation across environments.
• Design and manage AWS cloud services for highly available, resilient systems.
• Develop infrastructure automation using Ansible, Bash, Python.
• Lead Linux platform administration including patching and hardening.
• Design IAM, RBAC, secrets management, PKI, TLS/SSL solutions.
• Lead troubleshooting and root cause analysis across environments.
• Monitor platform health and collaborate with DevSecOps teams.

Skills

Cloud leadership

Kubernetes administration

Automation scripting

Security/compliance mindset

DevSecOps collaboration

Education

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

Master's degree with 6-10 years of experience

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

AWS CloudFormation

Ansible

Bash

Python

Git

AWS IAM

HashiCorp Vault

Job description

Description

Leidos is seeking Senior Cloud Systems Owners to join the Air Traffic Business Area within the Homeland Sector, supporting the development of next-generation flight service and air traffic systems. This work aligns with the FAA's broader initiative to modernize legacy flight service capabilities, replacing aging infrastructure with scalable, cloud-based platforms designed to improve safety and operational efficiency—particularly in remote and high-dependency aviation environments. These efforts focus on delivering mission-critical, future-ready solutions that provide safety-critical flight services to the pilot community.

Please note, this exciting position is currently unfunded and is in anticipation of future work.

In this position, you will serve as a Senior Cloud Systems Owner responsible for the technical leadership, architecture, and operational management of one or more enterprise cloud-hosted environments supporting Agile software development teams and production systems. You will lead the design and evolution of cloud infrastructure, establish platform engineering standards, and ensure environments remain secure, resilient, scalable, and operationally ready throughout the software lifecycle. Working closely with software engineers, systems engineers, cybersecurity personnel, DevSecOps engineers, Product Owners, and solution architects, you will help deliver reliable cloud platforms that enable mission-critical FAA applications.

This position supports government programs and requires the ability to obtain and maintain a favorable Public Trust investigation.

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead the design, deployment, administration, and lifecycle management of cloud infrastructure supporting development, integration, testing, and production environments.
• Provide technical leadership for Kubernetes platform administration, including cluster architecture, node lifecycle management, networking, RBAC, storage, upgrades, scalability, and operational health.
• Establish and maintain Kubernetes platform standards including ingress controllers, network policies, storage classes, cluster-wide Helm deployments, and platform security configurations.
• Develop and govern Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and/or AWS CloudFormation, creating reusable modules and establishing infrastructure standards across multiple environments.
• Design and manage AWS cloud services including networking, compute, storage, identity, and security services to support highly available and resilient systems.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure automation using Ansible, Bash, Python, or similar technologies to improve provisioning, operational consistency, system health, and compliance.
• Lead Linux platform administration including operating system lifecycle management, storage management, patching, hardening, and performance optimization.
• Design and implement identity and access management solutions using AWS IAM, Kubernetes RBAC, Active Directory, LDAP, or related technologies.
• Manage secrets, certificates, encryption keys, and PKI assets using AWS Secrets Manager, AWS KMS, HashiCorp Vault, or similar technologies while ensuring compliance with organizational security requirements.
• Lead troubleshooting and root cause analysis of complex infrastructure, networking, Kubernetes, and cloud platform issues across multiple environments.
• Monitor platform health, capacity, availability, performance, and operational metrics while implementing proactive improvements to increase system reliability and resilience.
• Collaborate with DevSecOps teams to ensure cloud platforms effectively support automated software deployment, operational monitoring, and security objectives.
• Partner with software engineering, systems engineering, and cybersecurity teams to evaluate infrastructure requirements and implement scalable platform solutions.
• Develop and maintain cloud architecture documentation, operational procedures, disaster recovery plans, platform standards, and implementation guidance.
• Mentor Cloud Systems Owners and provide technical leadership on cloud engineering best practices across Agile teams.
• Evaluate emerging cloud technologies and recommend improvements that enhance platform security, reliability, operational efficiency, and maintainability.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field with 8-12 years of relevant experience, or Master's degree with 6-10 years of experience.
• Extensive experience administering enterprise AWS or GCP cloud environments.
• Advanced experience designing, deploying, and administering Kubernetes clusters in production environments.
• Extensive experience developing Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and/or AWS CloudFormation.
• Experience designing secure, scalable, and highly available cloud infrastructure.
• Strong experience automating infrastructure provisioning and configuration management using Ansible or comparable technologies.
• Strong Linux administration experience including system hardening, storage management, and performance tuning.
• Experience developing automation using Bash, Python, or similar scripting languages.
• Strong understanding of Git version control and infrastructure-as-code workflows.
• Advanced knowledge of networking fundamentals including TCP/IP, DNS, routing, load balancing, firewalls, AWS VPC networking, security groups, and network ACLs.
• Experience implementing identity and access management, RBAC, secrets management, PKI, TLS/SSL, and cloud security best practices.
• Experience collaborating with software development and DevSecOps teams supporting cloud-native application environments.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical initiatives, mentor engineers, and establish engineering standards.
• Ability to obtain an SF-85 Public Trust suitability determination.
• US Citizenship.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting FAA or DoD systems.
• Knowledge of DevSecOps practices and cloud-native software delivery methodologies.
• Experience supporting highly available, mission-critical cloud environments.
• Experience with observability platforms, centralized logging, metrics collection, distributed tracing, and operational dashboards.
• Experience implementing disaster recovery, backup, and business continuity strategies for cloud platforms.
• Experience optimizing cloud infrastructure for performance, reliability, and cost efficiency.
• Experience with enterprise Kubernetes platforms such as Amazon EKS or Google Kubernetes Engine.
• AWS Professional, Kubernetes (CKA/CKAD), Terraform Associate, or comparable cloud certifications.
• Experience with cloud governance, operational readiness reviews, and platform lifecycle management.

Pay and Benefits

Pay Range: $107,900.00 - $195,050.00. 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 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 are fundamental to any career decision. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. 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.