Operations & Maintenance Cloud Engineer
Leidos · Ashburn, VA
$107,900–$195,050from the description
Jul 24, 2026
Ashburn, VA
Jul 25, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This is a hybrid operations and maintenance role supporting cloud-based passenger screening and traveler processing systems used by Customs and Border Protection at U.S. ports of entry. Day-to-day work centers on monitoring, troubleshooting, and remediating production issues in an AWS environment, including on-call and after-hours support. The role suits an experienced AWS cloud engineer comfortable with DevSecOps practices, networking fundamentals, and cross-functional collaboration on government programs requiring a background investigation.
Senior level · 8+ years · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · Secret clearance · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $128,188 (middle half $100,819–$156,589). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (9)
The role is primarily O&M (Operations & Maintenance) — monitoring, triaging, troubleshooting, and remediating production issues in AWS — which maps most naturally to 15-1244 (Network and Computer Systems Administrators). However, it also involves DevSecOps practices and some development-adjacent work, making 15-1252 (Software Developers) a plausible alternative.
Clearance: the JD requires the candidate to 'maintain and obtain a CBP Background Investigation prior to start.' A CBP Background Investigation is a federal suitability/BI process equivalent to a Secret-level clearance gate; it is treated as a hard gate here. The preferred qualification of 'DoD Top Secret or DHS Full-BI' is not required.
The degree requirement states BS/BA + 10 years, Master's + 8 years, OR 4 years of experience in lieu of degree — because equivalent experience is explicitly accepted, the degree requirement is set to None.
Total years minimum is set to 8, reflecting the stated '8 or more years of experience in supporting application cloud solutions on AWS platform,' which is the most specific role-level experience gate.
The monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, X-Ray, Splunk) are listed in the Primary Responsibilities narrative rather than a formal Requirements section, but they are framed with 'working knowledge of' as a direct job duty expectation. They are marked required given the operational nature of the role and the specificity of the list.
PostgreSQL is listed under 'experience in at least two of the following areas' — a pick-list requirement — so it is marked preferred rather than a hard gate on its own.
AWS certification appears only under Preferred Qualifications.
The role is hybrid (Ashburn, VA, 2 days/week on-site); remote is set to false as on-site presence is explicitly required.
Requires a Secret clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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