Description
Cloud Engineer (AZURE)

Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people and our community. Our mission and our values guide the way we do business. The foundation of our Leidos culture is our Values, Beliefs and Expectations by which we select, recognise and reward employees. They create the environment that drives us toward our mission. Inspired to make a difference, we are committed to solving the world’s toughest problems. Passionate about customer success by being determined to understand and respond to our customers’ needs as if they were our own. United as a team, we are bound together by our conviction that ethics and integrity is core to how we operate.

Role Description:
We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and self-motivated Cloud Engineer to join our team on a permanent basis. Based from our Whiteley office (UK), the individual will provide direct support to the Project teams to successfully deliver a developmental programme to our customer NATS. This position is a full time, permanent role and applicants must have SC clearance or be willing to undergo the clearance process. Ad-hoc travel may be required to various customer and Leidos sites.

Leidos heritage companies pioneered the development of modern air traffic control systems in the United States more than 50 years ago. Today our systems handle 75 per cent of the air traffic in the U.S. and approximately 60 per cent of the world’s air traffic. When it comes to air traffic safety and efficiency, Leidos’s proven track record and industry-leading innovations make it the world’s most trusted air traffic control partner.

THE ROLE YOU WILL PLAY
The Cloud Engineer will be responsible for delivering a series of software development projects in support of the wider IT Infrastructure and business applications services for NATS and Scottish Government. The Cloud Engineer will report to the Programme Manager and will be responsible for developing and implementing Azure functions for the project.
Primary responsibilities will include:

Activities:

• Deploying, managing and optimising a customers Azure environment
• Working on projects to deploy new applications into the environment
• Maintaining and monitoring the Azure environment with Microsoft best practises

Technology (Competencies and Skills):

• Windows and general admin skills – On-prem legacy tooling provides some of the capability to the Azure services (SCOM, SCCM etc)
• Azure Iaa S Services – Windows Azure Instances, availability sets
• Azure Monitor OS & Application Insights & Dashboards / Azure Backup
• Azure Paa S – setting up and managing – Azure Application and Web Service Plans
• Azure Networking – load-balancing, routing, VNETS, subnets etc, networking logging
• Azure Network Peering
• Azure VDI
• Azure Paa S – setting up and managing – Azure SQL databases
• Azure Security – firewalls, security groups,ACLS, Security Centre Azure native patching and Automation for windows patching
• Azure relay and Application Gateways
• Awareness of Fin Ops / optimisation
• Azure Devops
• Azure Data Factory
• Azure Keyvault

WHAT DO 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:

• Relocation Package
• 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)
• Dynamic Working

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:
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. 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.

Original Posting Date:

2024-09-03While 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:

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.