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