Cloud Modernization Engineer - Gov & Infra

EY; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

EY is seeking a Cloud Modernization Engineer for Government and Infrastructure in the McLean area to drive cloud strategy and migration as part of the Digital Engineering team. You will lead hosting assessments, define migration approaches, and implement IaC to enable secure cloud platforms.

You will work across AWS/Azure, containers, Terraform/Bicep, and Zero Trust controls while coordinating with security and operations teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a federal security clearance.
• 2-3 years of experience in cloud, infrastructure or DevOps roles.
• Hands-on experience with AWS and/or Azure across compute, networking, storage, identity and monitoring services.
• Infrastructure-as-Code experience with Terraform (or Bicep/CloudFormation).
• Experience with containers (Docker) and working knowledge of Kubernetes.
• Networking fundamentals: TCP/IP, DNS, load balancing, firewalls and private connectivity.
• Linux and Windows Server administration.
• Scripting in PowerShell, Bash or Python.

Responsibilities

• Inventory and assess current hosting for each application—on-premises data centers, VM infra, AWS/Azure, Kubernetes or container platforms.
• Evaluate cloud readiness and identify blockers.
• Define target hosting patterns and migration approaches and produce estimates.
• Build, configure and operate secure cloud environment for the AI-enabled assessment platform.
• Develop and maintain Terraform/Bicep modules and templates.
• Apply Zero Trust and NIST SP 800-53 controls to designs and docs.
• Implement observability and cost monitoring; right-size resources.
• Identify shared-platform dependencies affecting migration sequencing.
• Document architectures, configurations and runbooks.

Skills

AWS/Azure experience

Terraform/Bicep/CF

Docker

Kubernetes

Networking fundamentals

Linux Admin

Windows Server Admin

Scripting (PowerShell/Bash/Python)

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, information systems, computer engineering or related field

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

CloudFormation

AKS/EKS/OpenShift

Job description

EY is seeking a Cloud Modernization Engineer for Government and Infrastructure in the McLean area to drive cloud strategy and migration as part of the Digital Engineering team. You will lead hosting assessments, define migration approaches, and implement IaC to enable secure cloud platforms.

You will work across AWS/Azure, containers, Terraform/Bicep, and Zero Trust controls while coordinating with security and operations teams.