Cloud Architect
Bedford, MA, United States
- IT
- Full-time
- Cloud Architect
- AWS
- Azure
The Cloud Architect role involves designing, implementing, and managing scalable, secure multi-cloud solutions across platforms like AWS, Azure, Google, and Oracle to support a critical USAF mission. Responsibilities include developing cloud strategies, driving DevSecOps practices, ensuring compliance with security standards, and providing technical leadership and mentorship. The position requires extensive experience, strong technical skills in cloud and security technologies, and the ability to collaborate across teams in a hybrid work environment.
Description
Leidos was awarded the U.S. Air Force Cloud One Architecture and Common Shared Services contract, and currently has several openings for various levels of Cloud Architects across AWS, Azure, Google, and Oracle clouds. This is an exciting opportunity to use your experience to modernize a leading, global-scale multi-cloud environment in support of a critical mission, supporting USAF system resiliency, security, and cost effectiveness.
Location:
These positions will be hybrid remote. Candidates will be required to work onsite as needed. Preferred candidates will be located near Hanscom AFB (Boston, MA) or work in Huntsville, AL.
Primary Responsibilities:
We are seeking highly capable Cloud Architects with expertise in multiple cloud platforms. A successful individual will be responsible for designing scalable cloud-native solutions, leading development efforts, and ensuring best practices across architecture, development, deployment, and security. This is a hands-on technical role that requires rolling up your sleeves to architect, code, debug, and mentor.
Design and architect scalable, resilient, and secure cloud solutions across AWS and/or Azure
Develop cloud strategy and roadmaps aligned with organization objectives and technical requirements
Evaluate emerging cloud technologies and assess their potential impact on organizational goals
Drive adoption of DevOps practices, infrastructure as code, and automation frameworks
Optimize application performance and reliability in cloud environments
Design secure cloud architectures implementing zero-trust principles and defense-in-depth strategies
Ensure compliance with industry standards (SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, etc.) and regulatory requirements
Implement identity and access management solutions and security monitoring frameworks
Facilitate customer onboarding and implement a consistent pathway to cloud adoption
Manage and optimize AWS, Azure, Google, and/or Oracle environments, networking, VPNs, IaaS, PaaS, and SQL systems.
Implement and maintain Jenkins, Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes, Jira, Confluence, Artifactory, and Guacamole to support DevSecOps practices.
Containerize applications to enhance scalability and deployment efficiency.
Support the design and development of Shared Services.
Configure and troubleshoot cloud, virtual, and physical hardware and software systems.
Establish and maintain SQL and NoSQL databases, ensuring their performance and reliability.
Prepare detailed technical documentation to support development and operational processes.
Conduct security assessments and remediate vulnerabilities in cloud environments
Collaborate with cross-functional teams including development, operations, security, and product management
Create reference architectures, design patterns, and technical standards for cloud implementations
Technical Leadership
Partner with business stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into technical solutions
Present architectural designs and recommendations to executive leadership
Mentor, guide and supervise development teams on cloud-native application design and deployment
Lead architectural reviews and provide guidance on complex technical decisions
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelors Degree and twelve (12) years or more of experience; Masters and ten (10) years or more of experience. Additional years of experience may be accepted in lieu of degree
Must have a Public Trust
US citizenship required
Certifications: CompTIA Security+ or equivalent (IAT-2)
Excellent customer service skills, with experience working in a customer-facing position
Administration experience with cloud-based applications (MS O365, SharePoint, Azure AD, AWS)
Experience administering Windows Server, and related services
Strong understanding Active Directory, Azure AD, SAML and the standards, procedures, and processes
Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
Experience with Ansible, AWS console, Elastic, AWS, Azure, Jira, Confluence, Git, Bitbucket and various cloud Software as a Service (SaaS) offerings
Experience onboarding customer log-data from cloud platforms to on-premise or 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 certifications in AWS, Azure, Google, or Oracle clouds
Come break things (in a good way). Then build them smarter.
We're the tech company everyone calls when things get weird. We don’t wear capes (they’re a safety hazard), but we do solve high-stakes problems with code, caffeine, and a healthy disregard for “how it’s always been done.”
Original Posting:
December 29, 2025For 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 $131,300.00 - $237,350.00The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and 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.
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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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