Cloud/SecDevOps Engineer

Leidos•Clarksburg, WV

About The Position

Leidos is hiring a Cloud/SecDevOps Engineer to serve a federal law enforcement agency in Clarksburg, West Virginia. The role integrates security architecture and engineering into the information technology lifecycle in an Infrastructure as Code (IaC) cloud environment. The engineer monitors operational and development systems, investigates and resolves user issues, and applies knowledge of deployed IaC to incorporate security concepts, controls, and mechanisms into system design and architecture. The role may include deploying system patches; engineering, implementing, integrating, maintaining, and improving systems; and performing technical Agile work tracking and planning, design, development, integration, verification, and validation. The environment includes multiple physical and cloud-based sites. The engineer monitors systems, supports users, administers IaC security, and configures components and software using IaC utilities. Software change management may also be part of the work. The position involves complex technical assignments that require independent judgment, innovation, and the development of solutions using technical expertise and collaboration. The engineer contributes to deliverables and performance metrics where applicable, works independently on larger moderately complex assignments, and may assist other technical staff.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Information Systems, Information Systems Management, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or a related discipline, or equivalent experience; cybersecurity and IaC certifications may be considered in lieu of a degree.
4–8 years of relevant experience.
Ability to work collaboratively and independently to develop creative solutions.
Ability to work productively in a small team environment, both in person and through remote telework.
Self-starter.
Strong communication skills.
U.S. citizenship.
Department of Defense Top Secret clearance required.

Nice To Haves

Infrastructure management experience setting up and maintaining servers and cloud systems.
Expertise designing immutable infrastructure and AMIs with automated tools such as HashiCorp Packer, including Citrix Virtual Delivery Agent (VDA) installation and optimization in image builds.
Experience creating and maintaining automated processes for testing, deployment, and security.
Experience integrating automated image builds into a CI/CD lifecycle, such as GitLab CI, to keep AMIs patched, hardened, and updated without manual intervention.
Experience developing and maintaining Ansible playbooks and roles to automate configuration of secure, STIG-compliant operating systems.
Understanding of Citrix infrastructure and ability to troubleshoot VDA registration, session latency, and ICA/HDX display protocol issues on cloud-hosted instances.
Experience collaborating with development, operations, and other teams.
Experience identifying and fixing production issues and monitoring system performance.
Experience launching product updates and creating integrations to improve user experience.
Ability to incorporate cybersecurity best practices into processes.
Experience with Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes, Istio, AWS EKS, EC2, S3, RDS, CloudWatch, Redis, Elasticsearch, Grafana, and GitLab.
Experience with Linux.
Experience with Eclipse, VS Code, GitLab, Jira, and Confluence.
Experience with GitLab source control.

Responsibilities

Monitor operational and development systems across physical and cloud-based sites.
Investigate and resolve issues reported by system users.
Integrate security architecture and engineering into the IT lifecycle in an IaC cloud environment.
Apply knowledge of deployed IaC to incorporate security concepts, controls, and mechanisms into system design and architecture.
Support system patching and the engineering, implementation, integration, maintenance, and improvement of systems.
Perform technical Agile work tracking and planning, technical design, development, integration, verification, and validation.
Support users and administer IaC security; configure necessary components and software using IaC utilities.
Perform software change management as needed.
Develop solutions to technical problems and collaborate with colleagues and other technical staff.
Contribute to deliverables and performance metrics where applicable.