Cloud Engineer

Leidos

  • United Kingdom
  • £44,400-56,900 per year
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 1 day ago
We Need You...are always on the lookout for talented individuals to join our company and would love to hear from you.If you cannot see a vacancy on our careers page that matches your current requirements, please register your interest in Leidos UK & EUROPE, by submitting an application via ‘ on the UK careers page and we will be in touch as soon as a role matching your skill set becomes available.The Role:Due to growth within UK programmes, we will need talented Cloud Engineers throughout the course of 2025…We are on a mission to ensure that Leidos stands out in what is becoming an increasingly popular market place. It means creative solutions to problems using innovative design implementation and testing of systems and services with a focus on scalability and sustainability.Specifically you will be part of a DevOps team transforming, supporting and maintaining a system of critical national infrastructure to public cloud adhering to engineering best practices.You will be expected to work closely with team members and the broader programme to transition legacy infrastructure to AWS Cloud. You should be comfortable supporting other team members where required and interact closely with developers and testers.Highly technical in nature, in your role you will need demonstrable experience of transitioning legacy platforms to AWS.The legacy platform utilises a wide variety of technologies so you must be flexible and quick to acquire new skills.Required Skills:Demonstrable experience of implementing solutions using:
  • AWS with Linux technologies
  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and Ansible
  • Demonstrable experience of working in a DevOps environment
  • Experience of applying security to all workloads
  • Experience of working with CI/CD infrastructure pipelines
  • Demonstrable experience of automating deployment and configuration pipelines of COTS software and promoting through multiple environments
  • Experience of working Agile teams being aware of Agile methodologies (using Scrum or Kanban)
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Candidate must be a UK National
  • Must be able to obtain an SC level clearance
Desired Skills:
  • AWS Qualifications in your area of expertise
  • Experience of working with the Atlassian toolset (e.g. Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, Bamboo)
  • Experience with biometric systems
Clearance Requirements:
  • Clearance to Start BPSS
  • Clearance for Role SC
  • You must be willing to undergo SC or DV clearance dependent upon the security requirements for the role
Are you ready to make an impact? Begin your journey of a flourishing and meaningful career, share your CV with us today...What we do for you:
At Leidos we are PASSIONATE about customer success, UNITED as a team and INSPIRED to make a difference. We offer meaningful and engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals, all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance.
We provide an employment package that attracts, develops and retains only the best in talent. Our reward scheme includes:
  • 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.Who We Are:– 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. We are at the forefront of machine learning, AI, cyber security and solutions. Using your skills in the technology frontline by helping to build a safer world. You can inspire change.Collaboration: having flexibility to do your job is one of our core benefits, enabling you to become part of our extraordinary team. We have been empowering our people to work flexibly for years. Whether you work from home, the office or on customer sites, we will give you the digital tools and the flexibility to work smarter and align your needs and ours.People: Leidos empowers people from every background to be themselves and gives you the tools to learn new skills by enabling growth whilst developing. We believe that extraordinary people need opportunities to grow, to be inspired and to inspire others. At Leidos, we invest in technical academies, career rotations and a career development plans that enhance your future.At Leidos, we don’t want someone who "fits the mold"—we want someone who melts it down and builds something better. This is a role for the restless, the over-caffeinated, the ones who ask, “what’s next?” before the dust settles on “what’s now.”If you’re already scheming step 20 while everyone else is still debating step 2… good. You’ll fit right in.Original Posting: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: £44,400.00-£56,900.00The 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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