Junior Cloud​/SecDevOps Engineer Security Clearance

Position: Junior Cloud/SecDevOps Engineer with Security Clearance
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- Description As the largest provider of US government IT services, Leidos develops and sustains large data and technology infrastructures and integrates complex law enforcement IT system for a number of US federal agencies.  At Leidos, we offer engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals and growth.  This role would be serving a federal law enforcement agency in Clarksburg, WV.

Primary Responsibilities:

* Responsible for monitoring operational and development systems, investigating and resolving system user issues reported with these systems with regard to the integration of security architecture & engineering efforts into the information technology life-cycle in an Infrastructure as Code (IaC) cloud-based environment.
* Leveraging knowledge of the deployed IaC, ensures integrated security concepts, controls, and mechanisms deployed into the design and architecture phases to produce a reliably secure product.
* May also assist with the deployment of patching of systems, the engineering, implementation, integration, maintenance and improvement of systems.
* Additional responsibilities include technical Agile work tracking and planning, technical design, development and integration, verification and validation.
* The environment requires monitoring multiple physical and cloud-based sites, and monitoring, supporting users and administering the IaC security, configuring necessary components and software utilizing IaC utilities. Responsibilities may also include:
* Software change management.
* Applies fundamental concepts, processes, practices, and procedures on technical assignments
* Performs work that requires practical experience and training.
* Work is performed under supervision.
* Solves simple, routine technical problems following established procedures and policies.
* Requires basic knowledge of and ability to apply principles, theories, and concepts of narrow technical domain.

Preferred Experience:

* Infrastructure management:
Set up and maintain infrastructure, including servers and cloud systems
* Immutable Infrastructure & AMI Design:
Expertise in designing AMIs using automated tools like Hashi Corp Packer; specifically incorporating Citrix Virtual Delivery Agent (VDA) installation and optimization into the image build process.
* Process automation:
Create and maintain automated processes for testing, deployment, and security
* Automated Image Pipelines:
Experience integrating image builds into a CI/CD lifecycle (e.g., Git Lab CI) to ensure AMIs are patched, hardened, and updated without manual intervention.
* Configuration Management (Ansible):
Experience developing and maintaining Ansible playbooks and roles to automate the configuration of secure, STIG-compliant operating systems.
* Virtualization & Remote Display:
Understanding of Citrix infrastructure components and the ability to troubleshoot VDA registration, session latency, and display protocol issues (ICA/HDX) on cloud-hosted instances.
* Communication:
Collaborate with development, operations, and other teams to ensure effective communication
* Troubleshooting:
Identify and fix issues in production, and monitor system performance
* Product updates:
Launch product updates, and create integrations to improve the user experience
* Cybersecurity:
Incorporate cybersecurity best practices as directed into processes

Basic Qualifications:

* Bachelor’s degree in Computer Information Systems, Information Systems Management, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, other related discipline, or equivalent experience;
Cyber Security and IaC certifications may be considered in lieu of a degree
* 2 years of general experience
* Ability to work collaboratively and independently to develop creative solutions
* Ability to work well and productively within a small team environment both in-person and remote telework
* Self Starter
* Strong communication skills
* US Citizenship
* DOD Top Secret Clearance is required. Technologies Desired:
* Terraform
* Ansible
* Kubernetes
* Istio
* AWS: EKS, EC2, S3, RDS, Cloudwatch
* Redis
* Elasticsearch
* Grafana
* Gitlab

Preferred Qualifications:

* Operating Systems:
Linux
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