Senior Windows Cloud Server Engineer

## Senior Windows Cloud Sever Engineer Apply locations:
US - DC, Washington time type:
Full time posted on:
Posted Todayjob requisition :
41674
** Job Family:
** Systems Engineering
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* Travel Required:

** Up to 10%
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* Clearance Required:

** Ability to Obtain Public Trust
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* What You Will Do:

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* ** Own Windows Server production operations (day one).
** Serve as the senior technical owner for a predominantly Windows Server environment (~95% Windows), providing hands-on production support for mission-critical applications hosted in government cloud (AWS Gov Cloud).
* ** Administer and sustain Windows Server.
** Maintain, troubleshoot, patch, harden, and recover Windows Server systems in production — sustaining availability during business hours and through a shared on-call rotation, independently resolving after-hours incidents.
* ** Lead incident response.
** Drive production incident response and deep-dive root-cause analysis across Windows Server, cloud, and container platforms.
* ** Engineer secure cloud infrastructure.
** Design, implement, and maintain secure, scalable cloud architectures across Windows and Linux systems; work independently or lead small teams.
* ** Automate with IaC (secondary).
** Develop and manage Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and Ansible to provision and configure environments — secondary to Windows operations and Kubernetes troubleshooting.
* ** Build CI/CD and Dev Sec Ops .
** Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines and Dev Sec Ops  automation aligned with government and industry best practices.
* ** Monitor and ensure availability.
** Design and implement monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions; establish performance baselines and ensure system availability.
* ** Harden federal environments.
** Enforce security best practices, including identity and access management and system hardening for federal environments.
* ** Document and mentor.
** Develop and maintain technical documentation, runbooks, and SOPs; mentor junior and mid-level engineers and provide technical leadership across Dev Ops practices.
* Must work on client site in Washington, DC.
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* What You Will Need:

*** Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field; a Master's degree may substitute for additional years of experience per contract guidance.
* Ten (10 ) years of relevant IT/engineering experience, including senior-level Windows Server operations and 3+ years supporting cloud engineering environments
* U.S. citizenship or Green Card status is required.
* ** Windows Server operations — highest priority.
** Strong, current, hands-on Windows Server administration/engineering: production support, troubleshooting, maintenance, recovery, and patching. The environment is approximately 95% Windows.
* ** Day-one senior contributor.
** Demonstrated ability to perform at a senior level immediately with minimal or no ramp-up; practical production operations experience rather than primarily cloud-native development.
* ** On-call readiness.
** Willing and able to participate in a production on-call rotation and independently resolve after-hours incidents.
* ** Government cloud.
** Strong hands-on experience with AWS Gov Cloud.
* ** Core skills.
** Ability to work independently with minimal supervision in complex, secure environments; strong analytical and advanced troubleshooting skills; excellent written, verbal, and stakeholder communication; demonstrated technical leadership and mentoring.
* Must be able to OBTAIN and MAINTAIN a Federal or DoD "PUBLIC TRUST"; candidates must obtain approved adjudication of their PUBLIC TRUST prior to onboarding with Guidehouse. Candidates with an ACTIVE PUBLIC TRUST or SUITABILITY are preferred.
** What Would Be Nice To Have:**
* ** Windows automation & certs.
** Power Shell scripting;
Microsoft / Windows Server Administrator certifications.
* ** IaC depth.
** Deep Terraform (Infrastructure as Code) and Ansible (configuration management/automation) expertise.
* ** Current Kubernetes expertise.
** Able to independently operate, troubleshoot, and take ownership of a production Kubernetes environment and answer senior-level Kubernetes questions.
* ** Kubernetes at…