Senior Cloud Systems Engineer

Contract Performance Period : February 2, 2026 - December 31, 2026
Job Location : Washington, DC - Onsite beginning day 1 at Client location(s) in Washington, DC., On Site 5 days per week, required.
Direct Hire : Term: through 31/12/2026, with the possibility of extension
Pay Range : Depending on Experience
Travel Requirements : Washington, DC - Onsite beginning day 1 at Client location(s) in Washington, DC. required, OnSite 5 days per week.
Working Remotely : Washington, DC - Onsite beginning day 1 at Client location(s) in Washington, DC. required, On Site 5 days per week.

Project Description :
Seeking cloud professionals proficient in administering AWS GovCloud 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.

Qualification Requirements :
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 lifecycles (SDLCs), including DevOps, 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, PowerShell, or Infrastructure as Code (AWS CloudFormation, AWS CDK, Terraform, etc.). Python 3.x data engineering with pandas, Databricks, or SPARK preferred. • DevOps, CI/CD pipelines and automation, containers, and related best practices for cloud deployment. Experience with GitLab or Azure DevOps 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.) * US citizenship is a requirement for this position.

Skills Requirements :
• Experience with direct configuration and management of AWS components, including CloudTrail, CloudWatch, S3, RDS or Aurora, PostgresSQL, 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 :
Responsibilities include: • Design and create custom build cloud applications • Set up and configure DevSecOps 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.

Job ID : 1490

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