Cloud Platform Engineer

Everforth ECS; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Everforth ECS is seeking a Cloud Platform Engineer to join a growing Data Analytics, BI, and AI/ML team supporting a government multi-cloud environment with 50+ tenants.

The role focuses on design, modernization, and rapid development of cloud solutions in Azure and AWS GovCloud, ensuring security, scalability, and alignment with mission objectives while collaborating with development and infrastructure teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required with 5+ years cloud engineering experience.
• US Citizenship required with ability to obtain DHS Public Trust clearance.
• Experience with Microsoft Azure and AWS GovCloud environments.

Responsibilities

• Provide SME guidance for designing cloud-based and hybrid solutions using Azure and AWS GovCloud.
• Develop PoCs and MVPs of cloud services to address current challenges.
• Develop and maintain cloud architecture standards, best practices, and security guidelines.
• Provision, manage, and monitor cloud services to support deployments.
• Build and improve GitLab CI/CD pipelines for deployment automation.
• Support design of secure cloud architecture ensuring compliance with NIST/FedRAMP.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Azure

AWS GovCloud

GitLab CI/CD

Security best practices

Risk assessment

US Citizenship

Public Trust Clearance

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related field

Tools

Jira

Confluence

GitLab

Azure GovCloud services

AWS GovCloud services

Job description

Everforth ECS is seeking a Cloud Platform Engineer to join a growing Data Analytics, Business Intelligence, and AI/ML teamin support of a government multi-cloud environment with 50+ customer tenants and growing.The Cloud Platform Engineer will supportall phases of development, design, modernization, and rapid development of cloud solutions in Azure and AWS GovCloud . The successful candidate will be comfortable working with complex, mission-critical systems and will bring both technical depth in Azure and AWS GovCloud services and adaptability to help shape the modernization journey.This role will serve as an engineer to support the development and infrastructure teams, ensuring that all cloud solutions are scalable, secure, and aligned with business objectives .

Key Responsibilities include:

• Provide subject matter expertise using best practices for designing cloud -based and hybrid solutions. Consult ing, designing, and implementation of complex cloud solutions using Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS) GovCloud services , ensuring high availability, performance, and security .
• Develop proofs of concept and MVPs of Azure and AWS services to solve current challenges.
• Develop and maintain cloud architecture standards, best practices, and security guidelines for cloud adoption and migration .
• Provision, manage, and set up monitoring in Azure and AWS cloud services/systems to support
• Build and improve GitLab CI/CD pipelines to automate application and infrastructure deployments.
• Experience with deploying cloud serverless technologies and components such as Azure Synapse, Azure Data Factory, Azure Functions, Amazon EC2 , Amazon EKS.
• Familiarity with Azure and AWS data storage such as Azure Blob storage, Azure Data Lake Storage , Azure Files , Amazon S3, Elastic Block Store (EBS).
• Support design of secure cloud architecture, ensuring system components maintain strict compliance with ATO requirements and security frameworks (NIST/FedRAMP) .
• Implement cloud security best practices, including identity and access management, network security, and data encryption
• Conduct risk assessments and audits to identify and address vulnerabilities in the cloud environment
• Continuously monitor and optimize the performance and cost-efficiency of cloud solutions
• Lead troubleshooting efforts for complex issues, ensuring minimal impact to the organization and driving root cause analysis
• US Citizenship required -Ability to obtain a DHS Public Trust Security Clearance
• Bachelor’s degree with 5 + years of related cloud engineering experience.
• Experience supporting Microsoft Azure GovCloud and Amazon Web Services GovCloud environments and solutions.
• Expert in leading and collaborating with technical teams of diverse IT related skill sets
• H ighly developed interpersonal and oral/written communication skills, with the ability to effectively and professionally interact with a diverse set of stakeholders
• Active Azure or AWS Certifications

Desired Skills

• Previous Federal consulting experience supporting DHS and/or other federal agencies
• Understanding of AI/ML operations and the development-to-field lifecycle.
• Experience of being part of an Agile team (Scrum, Kanban)
• H ands-on knowledge and experience with Atlassian's Jira and Confluence.

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ECS Federal LLC 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.

Everforth ECS is the federal segment of Everforth , a $4B global organization with over 10,000 employees. Our nearly 3,500 professionals deliver advanced technology solutions in data and AI, cybersecurity, and enterprise transformation, serving defense, intelligence, and federal civilian agencies.

Our work powers mission-critical outcomes, strengthens technology partnerships, and creates meaningful opportunities for our people. We are defined by a commitment to excellence in delivery, a culture of innovation, and an environment where talent can thrive and grow.

We value:

• Attracting and developing top talent and high-performing teams
• Fostering a culture that is engaging, accountable, and mission-driven

Meet the challenge. Make a difference with Everforth ECS!