Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Architecture and Engineering Manager

Leidos

2d•Remote

About The Position

Leidos is seeking an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Architecture and Engineering Manager for the U.S. Air Force Cloud One Architecture and Common Shared Services contract. This role focuses on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Engineering and Support, coordinating across multiple cloud platforms including AWS, Azure, Google, and Oracle. The position offers an opportunity to modernize a large-scale multi-cloud environment to support USAF system resiliency, security, and cost-effectiveness. This is a remote position with occasional travel required. The ideal candidate will be a highly capable Cloud Architect with expertise in multiple cloud platforms, responsible for designing scalable cloud-native solutions, leading development efforts, and ensuring best practices in architecture, development, deployment, and security. It is a hybrid management and hands-on technical role requiring active participation in architecting, coding, debugging, and mentoring.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and 12+ years of experience in cloud architecture, or enterprise IT, or a Master’s with 10+ years of applicable experience.
Active Secret clearance.
US citizenship required.
CompTIA Security+ or equivalent (IAT-2) certification.
Strong understanding of Active Directory, Azure AD, SAML and the standards, procedures, and processes.
Experience with Ansible, Oracle console, Jira, Confluence, GitLab and GitLab CI/CD pipelines, and multiple OCI cloud Software as a Service (SaaS) offerings.
Experience administering Windows and Linux Servers, and related services.
Excellent customer service skills, with experience working in a customer-facing position.
Excellent verbal and written communications skills.

Nice To Haves

Experience with USAF Cloud One or Platform 1.
Experience with Zero Trust Architecture.
4+ years of prior experience managing/leading teams/projects.
C1NACSS certification.

Responsibilities

Design and architect scalable, and resilient Oracle Cloud infrastructure solutions and shared services that comply with applicable industry standards (e.g., SOC2, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, etc.) and regulatory requirements (e.g., NIST, DOD CC SRG).
Develop cloud strategy and roadmaps aligned with organization objectives and technical requirements.
Evaluate emerging cloud technologies and assess their potential impact on organizational goals.
Use and drive adoption of DevSecOps practices and related automation such as GitLab pipelines, Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes, Jira, Confluence, Artifactory, and automated testing.
Optimize performance and reliability of the OCI Cloud One environment and shared services.
Implement / integrate with identity and access management solutions, security monitoring frameworks, and other multi-cloud common services.
Support customer onboarding and implement a consistent pathway to cloud adoption.
Configure and troubleshoot cloud, virtual, and physical hardware and software systems.
Prepare detailed technical documentation to support development and operational processes.
Support security assessments and remediate vulnerabilities in cloud environments.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams including other Cloud One environment teams, development, operations, security, and product management.
Create reference architectures, design patterns, and technical standards for cloud implementations.
Partner with business stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
Present architectural designs and recommendations to executive leadership.
Mentor, guide and supervise development teams of up to 10 engineers and technical specialists on cloud-native application design and deployment.
Lead architectural reviews and provide guidance on complex technical decisions.