Systems Engineer IV - Cloud Engineering Lead

Description

The Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Atlantic is anticipating a new contract award with the Defense Health Agency (DHA) to support the Clinical Information Modernization (CIM) Integrated Product Team (IPT) and the Datacenter Operations Program (DCOPS). This includes the DHA Private Cloud (DPC), Application Virtualization Hosting Environment (AVHE), and DevSecOps Community Cloud (DSOCC).

Position Description

The Cloud Engineering Lead is responsible for leading the team in support of support and sustainment strategies for cloud computing instantiations, providing subject matter expertise integrating the existing on-premise environment with current and future cloud computing instantiations. The candidate must have experience in cloud computing technologies and be able to provide subject matter expertise for AWS GovCloud and Microsoft Azure GovCloud.

• Provide subject matter expertise on multiple cloud services including IaaS, PaaS, DBaaS, SaaS, and FEDRAMP.
• Aid the government in the architectural design and engineering of cloud technologies, identifying areas to gain efficiencies and reduce costs.
• Develop and maintain documentation for architectural designs, deployment, and implementation supporting cloud technologies installation and configuration.
• Perform installation and configuration of hardware and software supporting cloud technologies using industry standard best practices for the server virtualization environment where applicable.
• Test new versions of cloud technologies software in the pre-production lab environment(s) including regression testing on standard configurations.
• Recommend upgrade processes and execute system wide upgrades to both pre-production lab environment(s) and production environment(s) following program change management processes and procedures.
• Implement standard configuration and maintain patch and platform versions across both pre-production lab environment(s) and production environment(s).
• Provide technical support for instantiations of these cloud technologies on a 24x7 basis to ensure rapid problem resolution and maximum uptime.
• Support IAVA/STIG/other DoD policy implementations and documentation for cloud technologies platforms to include RA and RMF.
• Write and maintain Architecture Diagrams, Architecture Network Boundary Diagrams, and Installation Configurations Guides.
• Communicate directly with ALL members of the Team, including issue management support, clarification, and prioritization of production onsite tasks, reports, and site summaries.
• May communicate with parties external to the organization (e.g., sub-contractors, vendors, government, etc.).
• Influence project/team leaders regarding solution design, process, and/or approaches.
• Provide Engineering Tier 3 assistance in the management of Help Desk related issues in production.
• Responsible for entire projects or processes spanning multiple technical areas.
• Regularly employs ingenuity and creativity to develop new technical solutions and systems to achieve functional objectives.

Required Skills

• Bachelor’s degree with 10+ years’ experience in DoD enterprise environments or Master’s degree with 8+ years' experience in DoD enterprise environments.
• Currently hold an active DoD Secret Security Clearance.
• Strong writing skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent communications skills.
• Technical Cloud Architecture Background and Experience with DevSecOps, VDI, and hybrid cloud engineering.

Preferred Skills

• Cloud computing technologies experience for AWS GovCloud and Microsoft Azure GovCloud.
• Cloud Architecture Background and Experience with DevSecOps.

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.

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