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Description

This position is for a Cloud Engineer, who can also function as a Linux Systems Administrator, to join our team in Chantilly, VA. The team is comprised of highly technical and motivated individuals. The engineer for this role will design and implement solutions to complex problems. As such, this individual must be an independent thinker and excellent problem solver. The successful candidate must be self-motivated and work well individually and in small to medium sized teams. The candidate must be capable of performing duties without appreciable direction or supervision.

The program is made up of CONUS and OCONUS teams who regularly interact across varying time zones. As a result, the candidate must have excellent communication skills and be flexible with regards to team work and tasking. A demonstrated ability to perform in cross-functional teams in order to achieve results in a timely manner is desired.

Primary Responsibilities:

+ Provisioning, configuring and maintaining cloud infrastructure, as well as local on-site servers

+ Deployment, automation, management, and maintenance of cloud-based production system

+ Ensuring availability, performance, security, and scalability of production systems

+ Management of creation, release, and configuration of production systems

+ Performing vulnerability scanning and ensuring compliance with configuration management tools

+ Administering and troubleshooting Linux-based systems

+ Troubleshooting problems across a wide array of services and functional areas

+ Creating and maintaining supporting documentation

Basic Qualifications:

+ Requires a Bachelor’s degree in telecommunications, network engineering, computer science, or related subject and at least 12 years of experience **OR** Master’s degree in telecommunications, network engineering, computer science, or related subject and at least 10 years of experience **OR** 16 years experience in lieu of degree.

+ **Must have a TS/SCI With Poly to be considered**

+ Experience with Ubuntu Linux administration, KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine), Salt Stack, Kerberos, LDAP

+ Integration and test experience

+ Ability to think and act strategically; capable of working independently or collaboratively as part of a small team

+ Experience setting-up, securing, and automating AWS cloud environments

Desired Qualifications:

+ CompTIA Linux+ or Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA)

+ AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

+ AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associate

+ AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate

+ AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional

+ AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional

+ OCONUS experience and willingness to travel OCONUS as

Original Posting:

May 21, 2025

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

Pay Range $126,100.00 - $227,950.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand 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.

REQNUMBER: R-00159623

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status. Leidos will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment in accordance with relevant Laws. Leidos is an equal opportunity employer/disability/vet.