Lead Cloud Architect
About The Position
Leidos seeks a Lead Cloud Architect to serve as the senior technical architecture lead for the Department of the Air Force A1 Multi-Cloud Ecosystem (A1 MCE), a Government-led, contractor-operated platform that includes the A1 Virtual Data Center, the SAF/CN Azure Innovation Landing Zone, AWS GovCloud workloads, and associated common services. Designated Key Personnel under PWS 6.7.1, this role owns the overall technical vision, design, and integrity of the A1 MCE architecture, including integration of new cloud service providers and core platform services. The architect leads multi-cloud architecture, technical assessments, engineering reviews, and design recommendations across AWS GovCloud and Azure environments. The role collaborates with Government technical authorities, DevSecOps and site reliability engineering teams, and cybersecurity leadership to deliver secure, resilient, compliant, and well-governed cloud services. It also supports tenant onboarding, platform operations and optimization, technical integration with enterprise cloud constructs, and the mentoring and knowledge transfer of engineers. The position is performed at a contractor-designated worksite, with onsite attendance at JBSA-Randolph or other Government facilities for scheduled meetings, reviews, or approved events as required. Assignment and start date depend on contract award, funding, and successful onboarding. The listed pay range is $154,050.00–$278,475.00; it is a general guideline and not a guarantee of compensation.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field with 19+ years of relevant experience; or a master’s degree with 15+ years; or a doctorate with 13+ years, in designing, implementing, and operating enterprise cloud infrastructure. Additional relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree in accordance with Leidos policy.
- Demonstrated architecture leadership in production AWS and Azure multi-cloud environments, including networking, IAM, security boundaries, infrastructure automation, and platform services.
- Experience with AWS GovCloud, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform and/or CloudFormation), cloud governance, DevSecOps integration, high availability, and disaster recovery.
- Ability to develop architecture artifacts, lead technical reviews, and work within Government approval and change-control processes.
- Favorably adjudicated Tier 3 investigation or investigation sufficient for Secret clearance before contract performance, and active DoD IAT/IAM Level II baseline certification or accepted current equivalent before performance, as required by PWS 6.7.2.
- Must have an active Secret Security Clearance.
Nice To Haves
- Experience supporting DoD IL4/IL5 cloud platforms, FedRAMP, DISA STIGs, DoD Cloud Computing SRG, and RMF/ATO processes.
- AWS Professional-level and/or Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification.
- Kubernetes, GitLab CI/CD, ServiceNow, and observability experience.
- Experience with enterprise landing zones, multi-account cloud governance, cloud cost optimization, and integration with Cloud One or JWCC constructs.
Responsibilities
- Own and maintain integrated multi-cloud reference architectures, design patterns, architecture documentation, and technical roadmaps across infrastructure, networking, identity, shared services, and cloud platform operations.
- Evaluate and recommend secure, resilient, and scalable solutions for AWS GovCloud IL4/IL5 and Azure environments, and provide technical assessments for new cloud service provider and core service integration.
- Lead architecture reviews, dependency analysis, engineering trade studies, and design recommendations for the A1 DTA Cloud Center of Excellence and designated Government technical authority.
- Obtain formal Government review and written approval before major architectural or strategic changes.
- Define repeatable infrastructure-as-code patterns, multi-account governance, automated configuration and patching, disaster recovery, and resilient edge service architectures with DevSecOps and site reliability engineering teams.
- Partner with cybersecurity leadership to incorporate Zero Trust principles, least privilege, boundary protection, continuous monitoring, and FedRAMP/DISA compliance into platform designs.
- Support tenant onboarding, platform performance and availability engineering, architecture troubleshooting, optimization, FinOps, and technical integration with enterprise cloud constructs such as Cloud One/JWCC.
- Mentor engineers, communicate technical risks and recommendations, and support technical documentation, reviews, transition, and knowledge transfer.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
