Senior Cloud Engineer

Job overview

The Senior Cloud Engineer role is an onsite position based in East Carondelet, IL, with an annual salary range of $154,050.00 to $278,475.00. This role supports the Leidos Air and FS2 Team in delivering advanced cloud architecture and integration solutions for mission-critical government systems. The role exists to design, deploy, and maintain complex AWS cloud environments, ensuring high availability and security compliance. The engineer will provide technical leadership, architectural analysis, and implementation support to optimize system performance and meet evolving mission requirements.

What you'll do

• Design and implement AWS system architectures
• provide architectural analysis for cloud systems
• support Engineering Review Board evaluations
• create system documentation
• triage system outages
• manage data store migrations
• validate government system changes
• perform end-to-end testing.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

full-time

day shift

east carondelet il

leidos

cloud engineering

aws

security clearance

onsite

systems engineering

infrastructure

$154k-$278k

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave, and Retirement.

Why this role

Requires TS/SCI Security Clearance and DoD 8570 IAT Level 2/3 compliance.

About the employer

Leidos is hiring for this role. Industry: Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services. Sector: 51.