Azure Cloud Engineer Ops Support

Leidos•Montgomery, AL

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

Leidos was awarded the U.S. Air Force Cloud One Architecture and Common Shared Services contract, and currently has an opening for Cloud Engineers across AWS, Azure, Google, and Oracle clouds. This is an exciting opportunity to use your experience to modernize a leading , global-scale multi-cloud environment in support of a critical mission, supporting USAF system resiliency, security, and cost effectiveness. Location: This position will be hybrid remote. Candidates will be required to work onsite as needed. Preferred candidates will be located near Hanscom AFB (Boston, MA) or work in Huntsville, AL. Primary Responsibilities : We are seeking an Azure Cloud Operation and support Engineer with expertise in multiple cloud platforms. A successful individual will be responsible for developing in a scalable cloud-native solutions, and ensuring best practices across architecture, development, deployment, and security from design, test, integration, production, sustainment and maintenance . This is a hands-on technical role that requires rolling up your sleeves to architect, code, debug, and mentor. Provide cloud operations and engineering tasks to enhance, sustain, and maintain scalable, resilient, and secure cloud solutions for Azure cloud environment Perform Azure cloud operations, sustainment, and maintenance activities to maintain optimum cloud performance, security, and cloud user experience Develop cloud strategy and roadmaps aligned with organization objectives and technical requirements Continuously e valuate emerging cloud technologies to maximize automation and perform assess ments of the potential impact on organizational and program goals Drive adoption of DevOps practices, infrastructure as code, and automation frameworks Optimize application performance and reliability in cloud environments Support Design, implementation and sustainment of secure cloud architectures implementing zero-trust principles and defense-in-depth strategies Ensure compliance with industry standards (SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, etc.) and regulatory requirements Architect, implement and maintain cloud networking security controls including STIG requirements Implement identity and access management solutions and security monitoring frameworks Facilitate customer onboarding and implement a consistent pathway to cloud adoption Assess legacy systems and design modernization strategies including containerization and microservices Support d evelop ment of migration methodologies and ensure minimal organizational disruption during transitions Manage and optimize cloud Azure environments, networking, VPNs, IaaS, PaaS, and SQL systems. Implement and maintain CI/CD workflows and infrastructure-as-code development using Jenkins, Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes, Jira, Confluence, Artifactory, and Guacamole to support DevSecOps practices. Containerize applications to enhance scalability and deployment efficiency. Support the design and development of Shared Services . Configure and troubleshoot cloud, virtual, and physical hardware and software systems. Establish and maintain SQL and NoSQL databases, ensuring their performance and reliability. Prepare detailed technical documentation to support development and operational processes. Collaborate with cross-functional teams including development, operations, security, and product management Create reference architectures, design patterns, and technical standards for cloud implementations

Requirements

Bachelors and 8+ years or more of experience; Masters and 6+ years or more of experience. Additional experience may be accepted in lieu of degree.
Interim Secret clearance to start; Ability to obtain Secret clearance to maintain employment
US citizenship
Certifications: CompTIA Security+ or equivalent (IAT-2)
Excellent verbal and written communications skills
Ability to lead and participate in team efforts to accomplish assigned tasks
Demonstrated experience in cloud operations and sustainment and performing tasks and actions described in the primary responsibilities section

Nice To Haves

Experience with USAF Cloud One or Platform 1
Experience with Zero Trust Architecture
Excellent customer service skills, with experience working in a customer-facing position
Strong understanding Active Directory, Azure AD, SAML and the standards, procedures, and processes
Experience with Ansible, AWS console, Elastic, AWS, Azure, Jira, Confluence, Git, Bitbucket and various cloud Software as a Service (SaaS) offerings
Administration experience with cloud-based applications (MS O365, SharePoint, Azure AD, AWS)
Experience administering Windows Server, and related services
Cloud certifications in AWS, Azure, Google, or Oracle clouds
Certification Examples - AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Professional) , Azure Solutions Architect (Expert) , MCSE (Server), Certified AWS SysAdmin , AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, AWS Certified Developer, AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Dev/Associate), AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, AWS Certified Advanced Networking, AWS Certified Security, Azure Developer Associate, Azure Solutions Architect

Responsibilities

Provide cloud operations and engineering tasks to enhance, sustain, and maintain scalable, resilient, and secure cloud solutions for Azure cloud environment
Perform Azure cloud operations, sustainment, and maintenance activities to maintain optimum cloud performance, security, and cloud user experience
Develop cloud strategy and roadmaps aligned with organization objectives and technical requirements
Continuously evaluate emerging cloud technologies to maximize automation and perform assessments of the potential impact on organizational and program goals
Drive adoption of DevOps practices, infrastructure as code, and automation frameworks
Optimize application performance and reliability in cloud environments
Support Design, implementation and sustainment of secure cloud architectures implementing zero-trust principles and defense-in-depth strategies
Ensure compliance with industry standards (SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, etc.) and regulatory requirements
Architect, implement and maintain cloud networking security controls including STIG requirements
Implement identity and access management solutions and security monitoring frameworks
Facilitate customer onboarding and implement a consistent pathway to cloud adoption
Assess legacy systems and design modernization strategies including containerization and microservices
Support development of migration methodologies and ensure minimal organizational disruption during transitions
Manage and optimize cloud Azure environments, networking, VPNs, IaaS, PaaS, and SQL systems.
Implement and maintain CI/CD workflows and infrastructure-as-code development using Jenkins, Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes, Jira, Confluence, Artifactory, and Guacamole to support DevSecOps practices.
Containerize applications to enhance scalability and deployment efficiency.
Support the design and development of Shared Services .
Configure and troubleshoot cloud, virtual, and physical hardware and software systems.
Establish and maintain SQL and NoSQL databases, ensuring their performance and reliability.
Prepare detailed technical documentation to support development and operational processes.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams including development, operations, security, and product management
Create reference architectures, design patterns, and technical standards for cloud implementations