Senior Infrastructure Automation Architect

Leidos • Chantilly, VA

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Leidos Intelligence Group is seeking a senior-level automation engineer to design and build fully automated Windows-based enterprise environments using Infrastructure as Code principles. This role operates within a highly controlled, air-gapped enterprise environment and requires proven experience engineering and automating systems in isolated networks with no direct internet connectivity. The position is responsible for eliminating manual server builds and delivering repeatable, configuration-driven domain deployments across multiple environments. You will collaborate closely with senior-level Windows and Nutanix systems engineers within an established enterprise platform to modernize and standardize infrastructure delivery inside a secure, disconnected architecture. This is not a traditional system administration position. We are seeking a builder—someone who replaces manual processes with code, designs repeatable infrastructure patterns, and thinks in terms of declarative configuration rather than server-by-server management, specifically within constrained and isolated environments.

Requirements

• Must have a Top Secret/SCI w/Poly to be considered
• Must have a Bachelor’s degree and at least 12 years of experience OR a Master’s degree and at least 10 years of prior relevant experience preferred OR 16 years of relevant career experience in lieu of degree.
• Demonstrated experience designing and operating automation within air-gapped or fully disconnected environments
• Expert-level PowerShell development (modular, reusable, testable code)
• Deep experience with PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC)
• Strong Infrastructure as Code (IaC) experience in Windows environments
• Advanced Active Directory architecture and automation experience
• Experience automating enterprise Windows Server deployments
• Experience with virtualization platform APIs (e.g., Nutanix, VMware,)
• Experience implementing configuration drift detection and remediation
• Strong understanding of secure automation, artifact management, and least-privilege design

Nice To Haves

• Experience building internal artifact repositories for disconnected environments
• Automation of multi-tenant or networks
• Enterprise-scale configuration management strategy development
• Building golden images
• Experience designing automation supply chains for restricted networks

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement fully automated Windows domain deployments in an air-gapped infrastructure
• Build reusable PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) frameworks for disconnected networks
• Design configuration-driven provisioning of Active Directory Domain Controllers, PKI/ADCS, Exchange, file, print, and application servers
• Engineer automation solutions that do not rely on public repositories or internet-based package management
• Partner with senior Windows and virtualization engineers to integrate automation into existing enterprise platforms
• Implement Git-based configuration management within isolated repositories
• Design automation for multi-domain, multi-tenant, and segmented environments
• Eliminate configuration drift using declarative tooling
• Develop standardized infrastructure blueprints deployable on demand
• Integrate secure credential vaulting into automation workflows

Benefits

• Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

What This Job Offers

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