[Hiring] Cloud Infrastructure Engineer @Leidos

Role Description

Design, automate, secure and support the cloud infrastructure and platform services used by ESCS. The Cloud Infrastructure Engineer works across delivery and operations to provide reliable environments, repeatable deployment, monitoring and lifecycle management.

The role you will play:

• Build and operate secure, reusable cloud foundations and environments.
• Automate infrastructure delivery and support efficient developer workflows.
• Embed reliability, observability, identity and security controls into the platform.

Primary Responsibilities

• Design, provision and maintain Azure and/or AWS infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code.
• Implement network, compute, storage, identity, secrets and platform services.
• Support landing-zone controls, subscription/account structures and environment separation.
• Build and maintain deployment pipelines and platform automation.
• Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, backup, recovery and capacity controls.
• Support containers and orchestration platforms where required.
• Apply patching, vulnerability remediation, configuration and change controls.
• Produce architecture-aligned technical documentation, runbooks and support evidence.

Qualifications

• Azure and/or AWS infrastructure engineering
• Terraform or equivalent Infrastructure as Code
• Cloud networking, DNS, load balancing and firewalls
• Identity and access management
• PowerShell, Python, Bash or equivalent automation
• CI/CD and DevSecOps practices
• Monitoring, observability and operational diagnostics
• Containers and Kubernetes awareness or experience
• Cloud security controls and policy enforcement
• Backup, resilience, recovery and service management

Requirements

• Delivery and support of production cloud infrastructure.
• Experience automating infrastructure and configuration.
• Experience diagnosing complex platform, network or identity issues.
• Experience producing supportable technical documentation and working within controlled change processes.

Desired Experience

• Azure Landing Zones, AWS Control Tower or equivalent governance patterns.
• Multi-cloud or enterprise migration programmes.
• Platform engineering and internal developer platforms.
• Zero Trust principles and security-conscious environments.

Clearance Requirements

• SC required to start
• SC required for the role

Benefits

• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• 33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays)
• Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme)
• Flexible Working Scheme

Commitment to Diversity

We welcome applications from every part of the community and are committed to a truly diverse and inclusive culture. We foster a sense of belonging, welcoming all perspectives and contributions, and providing equal access to opportunities and resources for everyone. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please let us know, and we will respond in a way that best fits your needs.

Company Description

Leidos UK & EUROPE – we work to make the world safer, healthier, and more efficient through technology, engineering and science.

Leidos is a growing company delivering innovative technology and solutions focused on safeguarding critical capabilities and transformation in frontline services, our work in the United Kingdom includes addressing some of the most complex problems in defence, healthcare, government, safety and security, and transportation.

What Makes Us Different

• Purpose: You can use your passion and abilities at Leidos to keep the people you care about safe.
• Collaboration: Having flexibility to do your job is one of our core benefits.
• People: Leidos empowers people from every background to be themselves and gives you the tools to learn new skills.

Pay Range

£58,400.00-£74,900.00

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.