Junior Cloud​/SecDevOps Engineer

Leidos is the largest provider of U.S. government IT services, delivering and sustaining large data and technology infrastructures and integrating complex law‑enforcement IT systems for federal agencies. This role supports a federal law‑enforcement agency in Clarksburg, WV.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Information Systems, Information Systems Management, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or 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.

• Terraform
• Ansible
• Kubernetes
• Istio
• AWS: EKS, EC2, S3, RDS, Cloudwatch
• Redis
• Elasticsearch
• Grafana
• Gitlab

• Operating Systems:
  Linux
• Software development tools:
  Eclipse, Vscode, Gitlab, Jira, Confluence
• Languages/frameworks:
  Jira
• Source control tools:
  Gitlab

Pay range: $57,850.00 - $. Employment benefits include compensation, health and wellness programs, income protection, paid leave, and retirement options. More details are available at

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.