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Leidos

Cloud Engineering Lead

Leidos

. Design, develop, configure, and deploy IaaS/PaaS and SaaS services within the Azure Cloud .

Posted 10/7/2026full-timeOdenton • Maryland • United StatesSenior💰 $131,300 - $237,350 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
AnsibleAWSAzureCloudGoogle Cloud Platform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Design, develop, configure, and deploy IaaS/PaaS and SaaS services within the Azure Cloud
  • Support multiple engineering projects modernizing the DoD environment, including migrating applications from on-premise to the cloud and zero-trust network initiatives
  • Design, deploy, test, and migrate developed solutions
  • Provide thought leadership and mentoring to a team of cloud engineers
  • Collaborate with technical team leads and solutions engineers
  • Provide input to enterprise cloud and mission architecture
  • Evaluate and support application architectures across platforms for alignment with cloud and application modernization strategies
  • Identify opportunities to improve user experience, efficiency, and sustainment costs
  • Enforce security best practices and guidelines
  • Facilitate cloud engineers' career growth, including participation in annual performance reviews
  • Scale cloud solutions and migrate data center capabilities to the cloud for Fourth Estate Networks and users

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience and 12+ years of prior relevant experience
  • Experience managing teams of engineers, including mentoring and fostering communication and collaboration across the team
  • Expertise designing, deploying, and operating solutions built on Azure, AWS or GCP
  • Experience with Identity Access Management (IDAM), AzureAD, and CyberArk, Okta or other modern ICAM solutions
  • Experience developing and deploying Infrastructure as Code (IaC), utilizing continuous integration / continuous deployment (CI/CD) tools, and leveraging automation platforms such as Ansible or Azure Functions
  • Understanding of Federal Government application, server, and network security requirements such as NIST, FedRAMP, and FISMA
  • Ability to work effectively within a distributed technical team, aided by strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Current IAT Level II (or higher) Certification such as Security + or CISSP
  • Recognized cloud certification, such as Microsoft Azure Associate Administrator preferred
  • Familiarity with the Atlassian suite, including Jira and Confluence preferred
  • Must possess an Active SECRET or above DoD clearance
  • US Citizenship required