Senior Server/Cloud Engineer (REMOTE)
$150,000–$200,000 year
RemoteUnited States
Job Summary
Design, deploy, and administer enterprise server and cloud infrastructure for a federal civilian customer undergoing active data center consolidation. Lead migration of legacy on-premises workloads to AWS GovCloud, including four planned consolidations. Administer VMware vSphere/vCenter environments and build infrastructure-as-code using Terraform and Ansible. Support Active Directory, DNS, and identity management while partnering with security engineering to apply STIG baselines and continuous monitoring. Produce technical documentation, architecture diagrams, and runbooks. Provide Tier 3 escalation support and participate in an on-call rotation. Requires 8+ years of experience, public trust clearance, and hands-on expertise in Windows Server, Linux, and AWS.
Required Qualifications
- Public Trust clearance
- 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 (GovCloud experience strongly preferred)
- Experience with VMware virtualization (vSphere/vCenter) at enterprise scale
- Experience with Containers/Kubernetes, FinOps/cost-optimization and Zero Trust principals
- 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
Desired Qualifications
- Hands-on expertise in administering Windows Server and Linux environments at enterprise scale and leading migration of on-premises workloads to AWS, including GovCloud
- Experience with VMware-based virtualization and infrastructure-as-code
- Experience working in a federal government IT environment
- AWS Certified SysOps 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, loan-servicing, or capital-access application environments
- Familiarity with NIST SP 800-53 controls and FedRAMP-authorized cloud services
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