The Leidos CIO Cloud Services team, reporting through the Digital Modernization sector, is seeking a Cloud Solutions Enablement Specialist. In this role you will be responsible for developing and architecting hosting solutions for our customers. We are looking for a seasoned technical individual contributor with extensive expertise in cloud hosting such as AWS and Azure. The ideal candidate will also have extensive technical expertise, leadership skills, and a strategic mindset.
Location: This position allows full time telework from any U.S. based location.
Travel: This position may require some travel to Orlando, FL, Dallas, TX, Virginia/DC area, or other locations for business purposes.
Citizenship: U.S. Citizenship is required and you must have the ability to obtain clearance, as needed.
Primary Responsibilities
Responsible for developing solutions and automations to technical needs, workflows, issues and problems based on customer requirements
Leverage SAFE Agile practices to support business operations
Responsible for entire projects or processes spanning multiple technical areas.
Responsible for developing integrated solutions and workflows to streamline the onboarding process
Regularly employs ingenuity and creativity to develop new technical solutions and systems in order to achieve functional objectives.
Communicate well with internal team members across multiple areas and client team members.
May communicate with parties external to the organization (e.g., sub-contractors, vendors, etc.)
Work to influence project/team leaders regarding solution design, process and/or approaches.
Required Qualifications
US citizenship is required and able to obtain security clearance as needed.
Bachelor's degree and 8 – 12 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 6 – 10 years of prior relevant experience. May possess a Doctorate in technical domain.
Worked as a Solution Architect with enterprise-grade Cloud based solutions in one of the major Cloud provider technologies (AWS, Azure, Google).
Hold at least one professional level certification in AWS or Azure.
Demonstrable knowledge of systems engineering and architecture framework concepts and ability to apply these concepts throughout significant engagements
Strong foundational knowledge of technology concepts including cloud operating models, networking, security, compute and operating systems.
Ability to communicate and interact effectively at all levels of staff and management.
Ability to exercise independent judgment, develop relationships, and obtain consensus among interested parties.
Ability to develop peer networks across an enterprise to maintain technology awareness and to support the resolution of problems.
Possession of excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications
AWS Certified Solution Architect Associate/Professional or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional preferred.
Azure Solution Architect Expert certification or Google Cloud Architect Professional certification.
Experience with SAFe or other Agile Methodologies for planning/documenting work.
Worked in an ITIL environment.
Experience with Splunk, PowerBI or other observability tools.
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Original Posting:September 29, 2025For U.S. Positions: 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.
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