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As the largest provider of US government IT services, Leidos develops and sustains large data and technology infrastructures and integrates complex law enforcement IT system for a number of US federal agencies. At Leidos, we offer engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals and growth. This role would be serving a federal law enforcement agency in Clarksburg, WV. Primary Responsibilities: Responsible for monitoring operational and development systems, investigating and resolving system user issues reported with these systems with regard to the integration of security architecture & engineering efforts into the information technology life-cycle in an Infrastructure as Code (IaC) cloud-based environment. Leveraging knowledge of the deployed IaC, ensures integrated security concepts, controls, and mechanisms deployed into the design and architecture phases to produce a reliably secure product. May also assist with the deployment of patching of systems, the engineering, implementation, integration, maintenance and improvement of systems. Additional responsibilities include technical Agile work tracking and planning, technical design, development and integration, verification and validation. The environment requires monitoring multiple physical and cloud-based sites, and monitoring, supporting users and administering the IaC security, configuring necessary components and software utilizing IaC utilities. Responsibilities may also include: Software change management. Applies fundamental concepts, processes, practices, and procedures on technical assignments Performs work that requires practical experience and training. Work is performed under supervision. Solves simple, routine technical problems following established procedures and policies. Requires basic knowledge of and ability to apply principles, theories, and concepts of narrow technical domain. Preferred Experience: Infrastructure management: Set up and maintain infrastructure, including servers and cloud systems Immutable Infrastructure & AMI Design: Expertise in designing AMIs using automated tools like HashiCorp Packer; specifically incorporating Citrix Virtual Delivery Agent (VDA) installation and optimization into the image build process. Process automation: Create and maintain automated processes for testing, deployment, and security Automated Image Pipelines: Experience integrating image builds into a CI/CD lifecycle (e.g., GitLab CI) to ensure AMIs are patched, hardened, and updated without manual intervention. Configuration Management (Ansible): Experience developing and maintaining Ansible playbooks and roles to automate the configuration of secure, STIG-compliant operating systems. Virtualization & Remote Display: Understanding of Citrix infrastructure components and the ability to troubleshoot VDA registration, session latency, and display protocol issues (ICA/HDX) on cloud-hosted instances. Communication: Collaborate with development, operations, and other teams to ensure effective communication Troubleshooting: Identify and fix issues in production, and monitor system performance Product updates: Launch product updates, and create integrations to improve the user experience Cybersecurity: Incorporate cybersecurity best practices as directed into processes Basic Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Information Systems, Information Systems Management, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, other related discipline, or equivalent experience; Cyber Security and IaC certifications may be considered in lieu of a degree 2 years of general experience Ability to work collaboratively and independently to develop creative solutions Ability to work well and productively within a small team environment both in-person and remote telework Self Starter Strong communication skills US Citizenship DOD Top Secret Clearance is required. Technologies Desired: Terraform Ansible Kubernetes Istio AWS: EKS, EC2, S3, RDS, Cloudwatch Redis Elasticsearch Grafana Gitlab Preferred Qualifications: Operating Systems: Linux Software development tools: Eclipse, Vscode, Gitlab, Jira, Confluence Languages/frameworks: Jira Source control tools: Gitlab If you re looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We re not hiring followers. We re recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We re already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares. Original Posting: May 12, 2026 For 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. Pay Range: Pay Range $57,850.00 - $104,575.00 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.

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Leveraging knowledge of the deployed IaC, ensures integrated security concepts, controls, and mechanisms deployed into the design and architecture phases to produce a reliably secure product.
Additional responsibilities include technical Agile work tracking and planning, technical design, development and integration, verification and validation.
Responsibilities may also include:
Applies fundamental concepts, processes, practices, and procedures on technical assignments
Work is performed under supervision.
Requires basic knowledge of and ability to apply principles, theories, and concepts of narrow technical domain.
Infrastructure management: Set up and maintain infrastructure, including servers and cloud systems
Automated Image Pipelines: Experience integrating image builds into a CI/CD lifecycle (e.g., GitLab CI) to ensure AMIs are patched, hardened, and updated without manual intervention.
Virtualization & Remote Display: Understanding of Citrix infrastructure components and the ability to troubleshoot VDA registration, session latency, and display protocol issues (ICA/HDX) on cloud-hosted instances.
Troubleshooting: Identify and fix issues in production, and monitor system performance
Cybersecurity: Incorporate cybersecurity best practices as directed into processes
years of general experience

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Primary Responsibilities:
May also assist with the deployment of patching of systems, the engineering, implementation, integration, maintenance and improvement of systems.
The environment requires monitoring multiple physical and cloud-based sites, and monitoring, supporting users and administering the IaC security, configuring necessary components and software utilizing IaC utilities.
Software change management.
Performs work that requires practical experience and training.
Solves simple, routine technical problems following established procedures and policies.
Preferred Experience:
Process automation: Create and maintain automated processes for testing, deployment, and security
Configuration Management (Ansible): Experience developing and maintaining Ansible playbooks and roles to automate the configuration of secure, STIG-compliant operating systems.
Communication: Collaborate with development, operations, and other teams to ensure effective communication
Product updates: Launch product updates, and create integrations to improve the user experience
Basic Qualifications:

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Platform: workday
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