Senior Server/Cloud Engineer (REMOTE
Washington, District of Columbia, 20022, USA
Listed on 2026-08-22
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IT/Tech
Cloud Computing: Infrastructure & Operations, IT Infrastructure, Systems Engineer, AWS
Posted Thursday, August 20, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Koniag IT Systems, LLC, a Koniag Government Services company, is seeking a Senior Server/Cloud Engineer to support KITS and our government customer in Washington, DC. The position is remote. This position requires the candidate to be able to obtain a Public Trust.
We offer competitive compensation and an extraordinary benefits package including health, dental and vision insurance, 401K with company matching, flexible spending accounts, paid holidays, three weeks paid time off, and more.
Koniag IT Systems (KITS) is seeking a Senior Server / Cloud Engineer with a minimum of 8 years of experience to design, deploy, and support enterprise server and cloud infrastructure for a federal civilian customer undergoing active data center consolidation and cloud modernization. The ideal candidate has hands-on expertise in administering Windows Server and Linux environments at enterprise scale and leading migration of on-premises workloads to AWS, including Gov Cloud.
Experience with VMware-based virtualization and infrastructure-as-code is strongly preferred.
The Senior Server / Cloud Engineer will be responsible for designing, deploying, and administering enterprise server and cloud infrastructure, leading migration of legacy on-premises workloads to AWS Gov Cloud, and supporting the customer's active data center consolidation initiative.
Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:- Design, deploy, and administer Windows Server and Linux (RHEL/CentOS) systems supporting enterprise applications and services.
- Lead migration of legacy, on-premises data center workloads to AWS Gov Cloud as part of the customer's data center exit initiative, including four planned data center consolidations.
- Administer VMware vSphere/vCenter environments, including capacity planning, patching, and lifecycle management of virtual infrastructure.
- Build and maintain infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform, Cloud Formation) and configuration management (e.g., Ansible) for repeatable, auditable deployments.
- Support Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, and identity/access management across hybrid environments.
- Partner with security engineering to remediate vulnerabilities, apply STIG/hardening baselines, and support continuous monitoring (Con Mon) activities.
- Participate in the design and testing of business disaster continuity and recovery (BDCR) solutions for critical financial and mission systems.
- Produce and maintain technical documentation, architecture diagrams, and runbooks for supported systems.
- Provide Tier 3 escalation support and participate in an on-call rotation for production incidents.
Required:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field, or equivalent professional experience
- Minimum of 8 years of experience in server and/or cloud engineering roles
- Expert-level administration of Windows Server and Linux operating systems in an enterprise environment
- Demonstrated, hands-on experience migrating workloads to AWS (Gov Cloud experience strongly preferred)
- Experience with VMware virtualization (vSphere/vCenter) at enterprise scale
- Experience with Containers/Kubernetes, Fin Ops/cost-optimization and Zero Trust principals.
Competencies:
- Working knowledge of infrastructure-as-code and configuration management tooling (Terraform, Ansible, or similar)
- Strong understanding of enterprise networking, Active Directory, and identity/access management fundamentals
- Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to produce technical documentation and diagrams
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to convey complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
- Ability to obtain public trust clearance
Competencies:
- Experience working in a federal government IT environment
- AWS Certified Sys Ops Administrator or AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
- VMware Certified Professional (VCP) or equivalent
- Experience with data center exit/consolidation projects on a federal contract
- Experience supporting financial,…
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