Senior Cloud Systems Engineer

Project Description

Seeking cloud professionals proficient in administering AWSGovCloud cloud service platform. Become part of a team responsible for building a cloud business platform within the Client’s C & CA Systems team. Must have at least 5 years of demonstrated experience supporting cloud platforms. As a Senior Cloud Systems Engineer, we require 10 years of experience in the field of technology including application development, 5 of which focused on supporting cloud technologies.

Performance period:
February 2, 2026 through 12/31/2026, with potential for extension. Performance location:
On-Site at the client’s location in Washington, DC. On-Site beginning 2/2/2026 through 12/31/2026.

The candidate shall possess the knowledge and skills set forth in the Technical Services for Senior Cloud Systems Engineer. The candidate shall also demonstrate the below knowledge and experience:
Developing software according to software development life cycles (SDLCs), including Dev Ops, Agile, Lean, or Iterative. Designing, deploying, and migrating secure and maintainable systems for Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS) environments. Proficient in at least one high-level programming language such as Python, Power Shell, or Infrastructure as Code (AWS Cloud Formation, AWS CDK, Terraform, etc.).

Python 3.x data engineering with pandas, Databricks, or SPARK preferred. Dev Ops, CI/CD pipelines and automation, containers, and related best practices for cloud deployment.

Experience with Git Lab or Azure Dev Ops preferred. Service offerings in Amazon Web Services (AWS) and government platform experience preferred. Understanding of cloud-based architectures, web servers, caching, application servers, load balancers, and storage.

Experience with AWS Load Balancer. Familiarity with loose coupling, stateless systems, and best practices for designing cloud‑ready applications. Understanding of cloud federation technologies such as SAML, Okta, OAuth, and OpenID Connect and how to apply these technologies to enterprise and public-facing applications. Understanding of cloud vendor cost structures and the ability to optimize solutions for cost effectiveness. Experience transitioning legacy systems to cloud‑ready architecture.

Understanding of RESTful Web Services, XML, or JSON.

Experience with AWS API Gateway. Awareness of cloud information security risks and best practices, especially in a highly secure operating environment. Familiarity with government cloud deployments (FedRAMP, FISMA, high security environments, etc.)
* ship is a requirement for this position.

Experience with direct configuration and management of AWS components, including Cloud Trail, Cloud Watch, S3, RDS or Aurora, Postgres

SQL, Lambda, Glue or MWAA (Airflow). Experience with designing or implementing cloud architectures for analytics/data processing/machine learning use‑cases, such as data lakes, lake formations, etc. Experience with containerization as a strategy for cloud‑enabling legacy applications such as Docker and Kubernetes (AWS EKS, ECS, or Fargate preferred). Familiarity with the Well Architected Framework. Experience with defining platform requirements. Experience integrating with enterprise observability platforms such as Splunk.

Experience with Data Quality testing tooling (e.g., Great Expectations, Glue Data Quality). Highly Desirable Skills (not mandatory):
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, or related field.

Responsibilities include:

Design and create custom build cloud applications. Set up and configure Dev Sec Ops  for cloud environments. Partner with the cloud platform team and development team to build, manage, and enable the underlying cloud infrastructure and platforms in support of a business application development project.

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