AWS Cloud Architect Manager (USAF Cloud One)

Description

Leidoswas awardedthe U.S. Air Force Cloud One Architecture and Common Shared Services contractandcurrently hasan opening for aCloudEngineer/ArchitectManager.This positionfocuses onMultiCloud Managementand will coordinate across multiple areas as the programsupportsAWS, Azure, Google, and Oracle clouds. This is an exciting opportunity to use your experiencetomodernize a leading, global-scalemulti-cloud environmentin support of a critical mission, supporting USAF system resiliency, security, and cost effectiveness.

Location:

These positions will behybridremote. Candidateswillbe requiredto work onsite as needed. Preferred candidates will belocatednear Hanscom AFB (Boston, MA)orwork in Huntsville, AL.

Primary ResponsibilitiesInclude:

We areseekinga highly capable CloudManager. This individual willbe responsible formanaging a team as well as contributing as an individual bydesigning scalable cloud-native solutions, leading development efforts, and ensuring best practices across architecture, development, deployment, and security.

• Oversight: Manage the team ensuring the cloud infrastructure meets security, performance, and scalability requirements

• Team Leadership: Lead, mentor, and develop staff, fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement

• Service and Integration:Implement, and deploy services using best practices for service delivery, incident management, and problem resolution, ensuring compliance with SLAs and KPIs

• Collaboration: Work closely with operations, application development, and business area to ensure alignment of cloud services with overall requirements and objectives

• Manages engineering and architecture staffing including hiring and employee management while ensuring cleared and certified personnel are aligned to requirements

• Organize, direct and coordinate planning and execution of engineering activities, and review the work of subordinates, including subcontractors, to ensure that the schedule, standards, and reporting responsibilities are met.

• Identifyand mitigate risks that couldimpactprogram success, develop risk mitigation strategies, andfacilitateresolution.

• Provides leadership during Transition-In, ensuring continuity of operations, minimal disruption to mission-critical services, and effective risk identification and mitigation.

• Setting team priorities, strategic vision,maintainingquality and product roadmaps.

• Establish organization policies, standards, and engineering procedures.

• Project Monitoring and Control: Tracking project progress,monitoringperformance against established SLA's, metrics, and taking corrective actions as needed.

• Quality Assurance: Ensuring that all project deliverables meet defined quality standards and requirements.

• Continuous Improvement:Identifyingopportunities to improve engineering practices and documentation to enhance delivery quality and speed.

• Interacts with the customer directly and communicates concerns to Leidos project management and technical team members.

• Conduct design reviews, system integrations, and develop comprehensiveas-builtand runbook documentation.

• Implement and manage performance monitoring tools and processes to ensureoptimalsystem performance and availability.

• Implement automation solutions,leveragingtools such as Ansible and various scripting languages, to streamline hosting operations and reduce manual intervention.

Technical Leadership

• Partner with business stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into technical solutions

• Present architectural designs and recommendations to executive leadership

• Mentor,guideand supervise development teams on cloud-native application design and deployment

• Lead architectural reviews and provide guidance on complex technical decisions

• Act as theCloud Managerto assess employee performance, hire new employees, and ensure compliance with corporate training requirementsfor Leidos employees

MinimumQualifications

• Bachelors and12+years or more of experience; Masters and10+years or more of experience.Additionalexperience may be accepted in lieu of degree.

• Interim Secret clearancerequiredto start; Ability to obtain Secret clearancerequiredtomaintainemployment

• US citizenshiprequired

• Certifications: CompTIA Security+ or equivalent (IAT-2)

• Certifications: One or more cloud certification

• Excellent customer service skills, with experience working in a customer-facing position

• Administration experience with cloud-based applications

• Excellent verbal and written communications skills.

• Experience with various cloud Software as a Service (SaaS) offerings

• Experience onboarding customer log-data fromcloud platformstoon-premiseor cloud-based analysis environments such as Elastic or Splunk

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with USAF Cloud One or Platform 1

• Experience with Zero Trust Architecture

• Cloud certificationsin AWS, Azure, Google, or Oracle clouds

• 4+ years of prior experience managing/leading teams/projects

• Experience with multiple CSPs/Clouds

• CertificationExamples -AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Professional),Azure Solutions Architect (Expert),MCSE (Server), Certified AWSSysAdmin, AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, AWS Certified Developer, AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Dev/Associate), AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, AWS Certified Advanced Networking, AWS Certified Security, Azure Developer Associate, Azure Solutions Architect

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo - because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 - and moving faster than anyone else dares.

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.

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.

About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

Pay and Benefits

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits.

Securing Your Data

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If you believe you are the victim of a scam, contact your local law enforcement and report the incident to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.

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