[Remote] Senior Cloud Engineer (Remote)
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. GovCIO is seeking a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to support the transition of Digital Collection Services from on-premises infrastructure to AWS GovCloud. The role administers, configures, secures, monitors, and troubleshoots AWS infrastructure while supporting hybrid AWS, Azure, and VA on-premises environments.
Responsibilities
- Administer, configure, and troubleshoot AWS GovCloud infrastructure supporting DCS
- Manage Amazon EC2, including Windows-based cloud servers
- Configure and administer Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP storage environments
- Manage Amazon S3 storage and associated cloud infrastructure
- Configure and maintain AWS IAM roles, policies, and access controls
- Configure and troubleshoot VPCs, security groups, firewall rules, ports, routing, and network connectivity
- Implement and maintain CloudWatch monitoring, logging, and alerting
- Support secure connectivity and data flows between AWS, Azure, and VA on-premises environments
- Use AWS CLI and automation tools to support infrastructure administration and operational activities
- Troubleshoot infrastructure, storage, network, connectivity, availability, and performance issues
- Support cloud security and compliance requirements within the AWS GovCloud environment
- Monitor infrastructure capacity, performance, availability, and operational health
- Develop and maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, and troubleshooting runbooks
- Coordinate with VA platform teams, AWS engineering teams, application teams, and other technical stakeholders
- Support the transition from legacy on-premises infrastructure to sustainable cloud operations
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field preferred and 12+ years of experience
- Equivalent professional experience may be considered
- 5+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure engineering or systems engineering
- 3+ years of hands-on AWS administration experience
- Experience working in AWS GovCloud or comparable regulated cloud environments
- Hands-on experience administering Amazon EC2, including Windows Server environments
- Hands-on experience with Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP
- Experience managing Amazon S3 storage
- Experience with AWS IAM, including roles, policies, permissions, and access controls
- Experience with AWS VPCs, security groups, firewall rules, ports, routing, and network connectivity
- Experience with Amazon CloudWatch for monitoring, logging, and alerting
- Experience using AWS CLI for administration and automation
- Experience supporting hybrid or multi-cloud environments, including AWS, Azure, and on-premises infrastructure
- Knowledge of cloud security, access management, and compliance requirements
- Experience troubleshooting cloud infrastructure, networking, storage, and performance issues
- Experience developing technical documentation, procedures, and operational runbooks
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust/Suitability clearance
- AWS certification such as Solutions Architect or SysOps Administrator
- Experience supporting FedRAMP or federal government cloud environments
- Experience with NetApp ONTAP and SnapMirror
- Experience with Azure administration
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation
- Experience with DevOps or CI/CD practices
- Experience supporting large-scale storage environments
Benefits
- Fully remote located in the continental United States
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