Senior Azure Cloud Engineer Architect
LeidosVirginia, United States
Posted March 17, 2026
131300 - 237350 USD
About the Company
Leidos is a Fortune 500® innovation company rapidly addressing the world’s most vexing challenges in national security and health. The company's global workforce of 48,000 collaborates to create smarter technology solutions for customers in heavily regulated industries. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $15.4 billion for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2023. Leidos was cited for the meaningful work employees perform that is challenging, impactful, and aligned with our customers’ missions as reasons professionals want to work and stay at our company. Leidos has also been named to lists including Forbes’ Best Employers for Diversity, Forbes’ America’s Best Employers for Women, Military Times Best for Vets Employers, and Ethisphere Institute’s World's Most Ethical Companies®. Employees enjoy career enrichment opportunities available through mobility and development and experience rewarding relationships with supportive supervisors and talented colleagues and customers. Employees appreciate our flexible work environment, allowing for and encouraging a true work-life balance. Our professionals are also excited about our Employee Resource Groups, like the Collaborative Outreach with Remote and Embedded Employees (CORE), which strives to create an environment where every employee, regardless of location, feels fully engaged as a valued employee of Leidos. Your most important work is ahead, visit careers.leidos.com for our latest opportunities.
Job Description
Leidos is seeking an experienced Senior Azure Cloud Engineer Architect to support large-scale migration and operations on a large, high-profile DOD contract. The ideal candidate has deep expertise in Microsoft Azure architecture, identity and access management (IAM), Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory), and cross-cloud interoperability.
Requirements
- Active Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification (AZ-305 or equivalent).
- Active DoD Top Secret clearance with SCI Eligibility.
- DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification (Security+ ce, CISSP, or higher).
- BS degree and 12+ years of prior relevant experience or a Masters degree with 10+ years of prior relevant experience, additional years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
- Minimum 5 years of experience designing and implementing secure Azure-based solutions in enterprise or government environments.
- Proven expertise in Microsoft Entra ID / Azure AD, Azure RBAC, and Conditional Access.
- Experience with multi-cloud identity integration (Azure + AWS).
- Strong understanding of federated identity, modern authentication protocols (SAML, OIDC, OAuth 2.0), and cross-cloud authentication mechanisms.
- Familiarity with Azure Government (DoD), FedRAMP, and DISA STIG compliance frameworks.
- Hands-on experience with Terraform, Bicep, Azure CLI, and CI/CD automation.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to brief technical concepts to leadership and stakeholders.
- Must be able to work as part of a team to troubleshoot and resolve complex issues.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills. This includes drafting SOPs and technical documentation as well as communication with senior program and customer leadership.
- Must be able to present designs, plans, courses of action, and analyses of alternatives to technical leadership personnel and boards for approvals.
Benefits
- Generous Paid Time Off
- 401k Matching
- Retirement Plan
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
