Microsoft Azure Architecture and Engineering Manager

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers. They are seeking a Microsoft Azure Architecture and Engineering Manager to design scalable cloud-native solutions, lead development efforts, and ensure best practices in a multi-cloud environment supporting the Department of the Air Force.

Responsibilities:

• Design and architect scalable, resilient, and secure cloud solutions across AWS and others
• Develop cloud strategy and roadmaps aligned with organization objectives and technical requirements
• Evaluate emerging cloud technologies and assess their potential impact on organizational goals
• Drive adoption of DevOps practices, infrastructure as code, and automation frameworks
• Optimize application performance and reliability in cloud environments
• Design secure cloud architectures implementing zero-trust principles and defense-in-depth strategies
• Ensure compliance with industry standards (SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, etc.) and regulatory requirements
• Implement / integrate with identity and access management solutions and security monitoring frameworks
• Facilitate customer onboarding and implement a consistent pathway to cloud adoption
• Manage and optimize Microsoft Azure, networking, VPNs, IaaS, PaaS, and SQL systems
• Implement and maintain tools and services such as Jenkins, Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes, Jira, Confluence, Artifactory, and Guacamole to support DevSecOps practices
• Containerize applications to enhance scalability and deployment efficiency
• Support the design and development of Shared Services
• Configure and troubleshoot cloud, virtual, and physical hardware and software systems
• Establish and maintain SQL and NoSQL databases, ensuring their performance and reliability
• Prepare detailed technical documentation to support development and operational processes
• Conduct security assessments and remediate vulnerabilities in cloud environments
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including development, operations, security, and product management
• Create reference architectures, design patterns, and technical standards for cloud implementations
• Partner with business stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into technical solutions
• Present architectural designs and recommendations to executive leadership
• Mentor, guide and supervise development teams of up to 15 engineers and technical specialists on cloud-native application design and deployment
• Lead architectural reviews and provide guidance on complex technical decisions

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree and 12+ years or more of experience; Master's and 10+years or more of experience, additional year of experience will be accepted in lieu of a degree
• Must have a Secret Clearance
• Certifications: CompTIA Security+ or equivalent (IAT-2)
• Excellent customer service skills, with experience working in a customer-facing position
• Experience administering Windows and Linux Servers, and related services
• Strong understanding Active Directory, Azure AD, SAML and the standards, procedures, and processes
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills
• Experience with Ansible, Azure console, Elastic, Jira, Confluence, Git, and multiple Azure cloud Software as a Service (SaaS) offerings
• Experience onboarding customer log-data from cloud platforms to on-premises or cloud-based analysis environments such as Elastic or Splunk
• Experience with USAF Cloud One or Platform 1
• Experience with Zero Trust Architecture
• Cloud certifications in Azure