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February 17, 2026
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Cloud Engineer Tier 2

United States
Full-time
Remote
$70K/yr - $126K/yr
Entry, Mid Level
Leidos is a leading technology company seeking a motivated Cloud Engineer to support the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in Baltimore, MD. The role involves managing and optimizing cloud applications, ensuring high-quality solutions for Medicare and Medicaid functions, and collaborating with various teams to enhance cloud performance and security.
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Responsibilities

  • Manage and improve an Enterprise patching solution that is maintained by the team
  • Work with the security team to address security vulnerability findings
  • Participate in patching and on-call rotation
  • Build and maintain products focused on application development lifecycle automation
  • Work with the cloud, security, testing, and application teams to build orchestration pipelines
  • Build, support, and maintain CI/CD pipelines that conduct multiple deployments a day
  • Provide guidance and stewardship in Agile and DevOps practices that maximize flow
  • Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement by establishing and participating in feedback loops
  • Assist with IAM access issues and help resolve them
  • Become a subject matter expert with CMS Hybrid Cloud and CMS Enterprise Shared Service offerings
  • Develop strong relationships and partnerships with the other CMS Hybrid Cloud Product Teams
  • Promote strong quality control practices for all managed services as well as maintain robust documentation
  • Utilize Systems Manager to establish custom documents to assist application teams

Qualification

Required

  • BS degree and 2+ years of prior relevant experience. Experience may be substituted in lieu of degree
  • Knowledge of cloud-based security tools, best practices and policies including demonstrated experience protecting all layers of the application stack
  • Knowledge of the Software Delivery Life Cycle (SDLC)
  • Storage classes and orchestration of lifecycle policies
  • Cloud cost structures
  • Strong and relevant experience in cloud technologies, cloud services, IaC, cloud storage, cloud networking and cloud security
  • Package Management tools: rpm, pip
  • Experience with container build and orchestration: Kubernetes and/or Docker Swarm
  • Build Tools: Jenkins, GitLab, GitHub
  • Dependency Management tools: Maven
  • Configuration Management tools: Ansible, Terraform, Git
  • Strong knowledge and experience with Cloud IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS offerings
  • Extensive experience with AWS/Azure CLI, shell languages (e.g., Bash, PowerShell), and formal programming languages (e.g., Python, Golang, Rust)
  • Experience with containers (Docker, ECS, EKS), serverless (Lambda), and Virtual Machine (VMware, KVM) architectures
  • Experience bootstrapping and automating the build of complete environments
  • Efficient communication, zero handoff mentality
  • Excellent writing and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to manage conflict effectively
  • Ability to adapt and be productive in a fast-paced dynamic environment
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills supporting multiple stakeholders and business operations
  • Self-starter, self-managed, and a team player

Preferred

  • Cloud Certification (e.g., AWS, Azure)
  • Proven ability to work with challenging customers
  • Experience with AWS System Manager
  • Experience with IaC tools like Terraform, Helm, Packer, etc
  • Experience and understanding of automating manual processes
  • Agile-based knowledge and skill, including experience with Scrum Ceremonies and work management tools (e.g., JIRA, Confluence)
  • Security Skills—Knowledge of information assurance compliance and information security basics within CMS

Benefits

Leidos is a Fortune 500® innovation company rapidly addressing the world’s most vexing challenges in national security and health.
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