AWS & Azure Administrator - Leidos

Description

At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customers’ success. We empower our teams, contribute to our communities, and operate sustainable. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community. Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide the way we do business.

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The Digital Modernization Sector brings together our digital transformation and IT programs, allowing us to better serve our customers through scale and repeatability. Leidos has a critical need for a AWS/Azure Administrator to support the DHS Cyber Assessments Program.

The mission of the DHS Chief Information Security Officer Directorate (DHS CISOD) is to support the Department’s implementation of all applicable regulatory requirements including the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 (FISMA), relevant Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circulars, Executive Orders, Federal laws, directives, policies, and regulations. The DHS CISOD’s mission is to also provide the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) a secure and trusted computing environment. The DHS CISOD assists in ensuring Department compliance with information security requirements. Information security is an essential business function, critical to enabling DHS to conduct its operations and deliver service to the public.

Leidos has a critical need for a AWS & Azure Administrator to support the DHS Cyber Assessments Program.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Conceptualize, design, build, and maintain current and future customer-supported tools and platforms
• Manage multiple assignments and work independently with minimal oversight
• Produce system design documents.  Support architectural analysis of cyber security features and existing system related to future needs and trends
• Review and provide input to system requirements based on cybersecurity posture
• Compile industry best practices and lessons learned into future iterations and new designs
• Provide broad-based experience in IT Service Management and apply the experience to specific cyber security initiatives relating to system design, development, and operations and maintenance
• Employ measures to ensure the deployed infrastructure is secure and available
• Advise and assist team members to deploy and configure collection services and tools
• Develop processes to evaluate and improve all operating systems, hardware, software, and firmware solutions
• Work closely with stakeholders to solve technical problems at the network, system and application levels
• Collaborate, coordinate, and build relationships with customer representatives and external stakeholders
• Conduct periodic architectural reviews of installed sensors to assess effectiveness and propose optimal installation alternatives as required
• Draft technical documentation, reports, and presentations as needed for customer or internal use.
• Manage physical and virtual infrastructure and troubleshoot problems to successful completion
• Create and manage shell scripts for task automation and log extraction
• Develop solutions to complex technical issues
• Provide follow-up reports (technical findings, feedback, resolution steps taken) for root cause analysis, engineering technical assessments, and process improvement initiatives
• Provide training and documentation for customer and internal teams
• Review and approve documentation and diagrams (e.g., system specifications).
• Identify tasks and issues that may have an impact on service levels or schedules and provide realistic schedule and cost estimates
• Maintain a current working knowledge of IT development methodology, architecture design, security best practices, and technical standards.
• Communicate with other technical leads, IT groups, and customer reps so they understand all aspects of proposed changes/solutions.

Basic Qualifications

• BS degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, Math or related field and 8+ years of prior relevant experience with a focus on cybersecurity OR MS/6+. Additional years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Expertise with Azure services and components to build, manage, and maintain Azure Cloud environments
• Experience installing, configuring, securing, and troubleshooting Linux.
• Extensive automation experience with PowerShell and Shell Scripting for automating repeatable tasks and installations
• Extensive knowledge of server operations and maintenance
• Extensive experience managing enterprise networks
• Understanding of cloud terminology, architecture, and tools to include installing, provisioning and monitoring.
• Experience installing, configuring, and maintaining tools such as Tanium, Nessus, Forescout, and Cyberark in a hybrid-cloud environment
• Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Entry on Duty (EOD) is required to support this program

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience automating management tasks with Ansible, Puppet, or Chef
• Experience working among different Cloud Provider environments (Azure, AWS, GCP)
• Experience developing in Bash, Python, and/or Powershell
• Experience working with SIEM tools such as Splunk to ingest, normalize, store, and maintain data from endpoint, network, and application sourcetypes.

Original Posting Date:

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.

Pay Range:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

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