Job Description ECS is seeking a
Senior Cloud Engineer to work in our
Washington, DC - Hybrid office.
Please Note: This position is contingent upon contract award. ECS is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to design, deploy, and manage cloud infrastructure that will serve as the foundation for the SEC's modernization and AI initiatives. As the SEC accelerates cloud adoption under FedRAMP guidelines, this role is critical to building the secure, scalable, and automated cloud environments that will host next-generation workloads-including AI/ML model training and inference, data analytics pipelines, and modernized application platforms.
You will architect cloud environments using infrastructure-as-code, implement CI/CD pipelines, and build the automation that enables the SEC to move faster while maintaining the highest levels of security and compliance. This is a hands-on engineering role with strategic impact: the cloud infrastructure you build will directly enable the SEC's AI Task Force and modernization programs to deliver results.
General Description of Benefits
Required Skills - 8+ years of hands-on cloud engineering experience with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (multi-cloud experience strongly preferred)
- Expert-level infrastructure-as-code skills with Terraform, CloudFormation, or ARM/Bicep templates
- Experience designing and operating Kubernetes clusters (EKS, AKS, or GKE) in production federal environments
- Strong CI/CD pipeline engineering (Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, or Azure DevOps)
- Experience building cloud infrastructure for AI/ML workloads-GPU instances, SageMaker/Azure ML, data lake architectures
- Deep knowledge of cloud networking (VPCs, Transit Gateway, PrivateLink, load balancing, DNS) and security (IAM, KMS, security groups, WAF)
- Experience with cloud monitoring, observability, and cost optimization (CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, or equivalent)
- Knowledge of federal cloud security requirements (FedRAMP High, FISMA, NIST 800-53, DISA STIGs for cloud)
- Active Secret clearance or ability to obtain; U.S. citizenship required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science , Information Technology, or related field. Equivalent combination of education and 10+ years of hands-on cloud engineering experience accepted.
Desired Skills - AWS Solutions Architect Professional + AWS DevOps Engineer, or Azure equivalent certifications
- Experience with serverless architectures (Lambda, Step Functions, API Gateway)
- Knowledge of FinOps practices for cloud cost governance
- Experience with GitOps workflows (ArgoCD, Flux)
- Hands-on experience with data engineering tools in cloud (Glue, EMR, Databricks, Redshift/Synapse)
- Experience with service mesh architectures (Istio, Linkerd) and API gateway management
ECS is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis any characteristic protected by law. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local jurisdiction law.
ECS is a leading mid-sized provider of technology services to the United States Federal Government. We are focused on people, values and purpose. Every day, our 3200+ employees focus on providing their technical talent to support the Federal Agencies and Departments of the US Government to serve, protect and defend the American People.
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