AWS Cloud Practitioner

Leidos • Orlando, FL

2d • $116,350 - $210,325

About The Position

Leidos is seeking an experienced AWS cloud professional to support the Department of the Air Force (DAF) Battle Network and its supporting infrastructure in Orlando, Florida. The team helps the DAF field and operate its Digital Infrastructure (DI). The role contributes to day-to-day operations and the long-term maturation of complex, mission-critical systems.

As a member of the DINM team, the AWS Cloud Practitioner helps maintain the DI-N and DI-NIL architectures and services, with a strong focus on cloud operations. The position covers cloud environment management, access configuration, security and governance, cost optimization, performance monitoring, technical support, documentation, and support for verification and validation activities.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and 12+ years of prior relevant experience; additional years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner certification.
• U.S. citizenship and an active DoD Secret clearance, with the ability to upgrade to a TS/SCI clearance.
• Demonstrated knowledge of AWS cloud concepts and experience applying them to DoD programs.
• Working knowledge of networking concepts.
• Working knowledge of government system security scanning (ACAS/Nessus) and remediation, and ability to discuss security issues and concerns.
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot, isolate, and resolve technical issues.
• Experience participating in design reviews and providing customer-focused input.
• Demonstrated ability to participate in cross-functional planning, coordination, and execution across the full range of system integration activities.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including briefing technical and non-technical audiences and collaborating with customer representatives, domain experts, and systems engineers.
• Ability to work effectively with people from different disciplines and with varying levels of technical experience.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree with 10+ years of relevant experience.
• Four years of DoD-based system security testing (ACAS/Nessus) and remediation, with the ability to discuss security issues and concerns.
• Experience supporting Department of the Air Force programs.
• Experience developing, maintaining, and validating Infrastructure as Code, such as Terraform.
• Experience administering Windows and/or Linux operating systems.
• Experience designing and deploying networks, including validating network topologies for functionality, performance, stability, and scalability.
• Experience designing and validating cloud and edge computing and network solutions.
• Experience in integration, test, verification, and validation, including developing test methodologies and writing test specifications.
• Knowledge of test automation and test results analysis.
• Experience working on complex, multi-domain systems.
• Experience with Agile execution, including SAFe, and tools such as Jira and Confluence.

Responsibilities

• Manage and monitor cloud environments, including deployments, networking, VPCs, security groups, storage volumes, backups, and recovery.
• Work with customers to configure environments correctly and ensure access follows the principle of least privilege during stakeholder activities.
• Apply the AWS shared responsibility model, manage IAM, and maintain compliance with applicable regulatory and DoD security standards.
• Analyze AWS services and usage to identify and implement cost savings.
• Monitor system performance, support capacity forecasting, and contribute to cloud migration strategies.
• Support project-based technical work and manage support tickets to keep cloud environments secure and available.
• Thoroughly document builds, configurations, and process flows so required tasks are recorded and repeatable.
• Back up DI-NIL personnel on Verification and Validation activities for the Digital Infrastructure Network.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior