The selected candidate will be a senior member of the SMIT organization, providing strategic leadership, including creation or application of modernization strategies, multi-cloud architectures, roadmaps, and CONOPS.

What You'll Get to Do:
1. Cloud Strategy & Design:
-Develop and refine cloud architecture strategies that align with business objectives and requirements.
-Design multi-cloud solutions that ensure high availability, scalability, and performance.
-Lead the evaluation and selection of cloud providers and services based on project needs.
2. Leadership & Team Management:
-Lead a team of cloud engineers, providing mentorship, guidance, and performance management.
-Foster a collaborative and innovative team environment.
-Coordinate with other IT teams and stakeholders to ensure alignment of cloud initiatives with broader IT goals.
3. Migration & Refactoring:
-Oversee the analysis of existing applications to determine the best migration strategy to the cloud.
-Lead the migration of applications to multiple cloud environments, ensuring minimal disruption to operations.
-Guide the refactoring of applications to optimize performance and cost in the cloud.
4. Cloud Operations & Optimization:
-Implement best practices for cloud operations, including monitoring, security, and cost management.
-Continuously optimize cloud infrastructure and services for cost, performance, and scalability.
-Ensure the security and compliance of all cloud-based applications and data.
5. Stakeholder Communication & Reporting:
-Communicate cloud strategies, plans, and progress to senior management and other stakeholders.
-Provide regular reports on cloud performance, costs, and other key metrics.
6. Innovation & Continuous Improvement:
-Stay up-to-date with the latest cloud technologies and trends, and recommend new tools and services to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
-Lead efforts to integrate automation and DevOps practices into cloud operations.

You'll Bring These Qualifications:
• Typically requires Masters with 15-20 years of prior relevant experience or Doctorate with 13-16 years of prior relevant experience (in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field). A Master's degree is a plus.
• 12+ years of experience in IT infrastructure, with at least 5 years in cloud architecture and management. Additional years of relevant experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.
• US citizenship is required and able to obtain Secret security clearance.
• Proven experience leading teams in cloud migration and multi-cloud environments.
• Expertise in cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and others.
• Strong understanding of cloud-native application design, microservices, and containerization (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker).
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or ARM templates.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and project management skills.
• Relevant certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, or Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect are highly desirable.
• Knowledge of cloud security best practices and experience implementing them in multicloud environments.
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills with the ability to resolve complex infrastructure issues.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with stakeholders.
• Occasional travel may be required.

These Qualifications Would be Nice to Have:
• Certifications in AWS and/or Azure.
• Experience with hybrid cloud and edge environments (e.g., Azure Arc, Azure Stack, AWS.
• Outposts, AWS Family).
• Familiarity with cloud-native data services.
• Knowledge of infrastructure as code (IaC) principles and tools for managing multi-cloud environments.
• Experience working in cloud environments at different classification levels.
• Security+ or higher technical certification for DoD Secret clearance (IAT Level II+).

Original Posting Date:

2024-08-29
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 $144,300.00 - $260,850.00

The 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.

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