Leidos

Lead Cloud Architect

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2 days ago
Universal City, TX, USAStaff+
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$154k - $278k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Own and maintain integrated multi-cloud reference architectures, design patterns, documentation, and technical roadmaps.
  • Evaluate and recommend secure, resilient, scalable solutions for AWS GovCloud IL4/IL5 and Azure environments.
  • Lead architecture reviews, dependency analysis, engineering trade studies, and design recommendations.
  • Define infrastructure-as-code, multi-account governance, automated configuration, patching, disaster recovery, and resilient edge-service patterns.
  • Incorporate Zero Trust, least privilege, boundary protection, continuous monitoring, and government compliance requirements into platform designs.
  • Support tenant onboarding, platform performance and availability engineering, troubleshooting, optimization, FinOps, and enterprise cloud integration.
  • Mentor engineers and support technical documentation, reviews, transition, and knowledge transfer.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree with 19+ years of relevant experience, master’s degree with 15+ years, or doctorate with 13+ years; additional relevant experience may substitute for a degree under 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, 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 sufficient investigation for Secret clearance before performance.
  • Active DoD IAT/IAM Level II baseline certification or accepted current equivalent before performance.
  • Active Secret Security Clearance.
  • Preferred experience with DoD IL4/IL5 cloud platforms, FedRAMP, DISA STIGs, DoD Cloud Computing SRG, and RMF/ATO processes.
  • Preferred AWS Professional-level and/or Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification, plus Kubernetes, GitLab CI/CD, ServiceNow, and observability experience.
  • Preferred experience with enterprise landing zones, multi-account governance, cloud cost optimization, and Cloud One or JWCC integration.

Benefits

  • 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 are contingent on contract award, funding, and successful onboarding.
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About Leidos

10,000+ employees

Leidos builds and operates technology and engineering solutions for defense, intelligence, civil, and health agencies, including systems integration, cyber, enterprise IT, sensors, and healthcare IT. It primarily sells through government contracts and long-term programs, plus managed services and mission software. Founded in 1969 and headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos is a Fortune 500 public company on the NYSE; customers include U.S. defense and intelligence agencies and civil bodies such as the FAA.

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