Cloud Systems Administrator

I'm reaching out to share an exciting opportunity for a Cloud Systems Administrator position with Leidos in Washington, DC. This is a contract-to-hire role, initially starting as a 6-month contract, with the intention to convert to full-time employment with Leidos after the contract period.

Upon conversion, the full-time salary will be $130,000/year, along with Leidos employee benefits.

Please note the following important details:

• Location Requirement: Candidate must reside in the DMV area (Washington, DC, Baltimore, MD, or Northern Virginia).
• Work Mode: Hybrid (On-site presence required in Washington, DC).
• Interview Process:
• First Round: In-person interview in Washington, DC
• Second Round: Telephonic interview

Below is the complete job description:

Position: Cloud Systems Administrator

Location: Washington, DC (Local DMV candidates only)
Remote Work: Yes (Hybrid, but local presence is required)
Type: 6-Month Contract to Hire
Full-Time Salary (after conversion): $130,000/year + Leidos Benefits

Job Overview:

The Civil Group at Leidos is seeking an experienced Cloud Administrator to join our growing team. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to important programs and work on cutting-edge multi-cloud environments. You ll play a critical role in engineering solutions, automating deployments, enforcing compliance, and enabling efficient cloud operations.

Primary Responsibilities:

Specifically, in this role you will be responsible for:

Cloud Administration

• Deployment of cloud resources and managing resource lifecycles, compliance, and access rights.
• Development and execution of deployments using infrastructure-as-code and usage of DevOps pipelines to operate cloud-native services and deployments.
• Monitor and manage FinOps dashboards and overall cloud and resource costs.
• Ensure the integrity and functional performance of data streams.
• Develop and implement cloud governance strategies including but not limited to finops, guardrails, compliance, & tagging strategies.

Network Infrastructure

• Implement highly available network architectures and manage network security and network routing in a hybrid-cloud environment.
• Manage IP based access rules, network address sourcing, and CIDR lists/lists.
• Implement and operate cloud based VPNs, VPN Gateways, peering connections, private-links, and endpoint services.

Collaboration

• Communicate effectively and promptly with DevSecOps teams to implement appropriate cloud-native solutions and maintain accurate and up-to-date documentation of the system and network infrastructure including diagrams, configuration details, and operational procedures.
• Participate in in-house training programs to foster and spread knowledge and awareness to project teams, promote and empower decision making, and manage incident reports.
• Identify and implement cost-saving improvements and operational efficiencies over the lifespan of projects and resources.
• Enable successful project outcomes by participating in application development lifecycles and building applications-as-code.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field + 4 years of relevant experience (or equivalent experience in lieu of degree).
• Proficiency with Microsoft Azure and AWS environments.
• Understanding of cybersecurity practices and Azure Sentinel.
• Strong knowledge of DNS, VPN, DHCP, TLS, IP routing, subnetting.
• Experience with automation and infrastructure tasks.
• Ability to troubleshoot and resolve technical issues independently.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Public Trust Clearance eligibility.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master s degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Certifications such as: Azure Solutions Architect Expert, AWS Solutions Architect Professional, CISSP.
• Experience with Microsoft Intune, Azure Policy, or Azure EntraID.
• Exposure to Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform).