Remote AI/ML Cloud Engineer for Government

Colossus Technologies Group; Washington, Baltimore (District of Columbia, MD); Remote; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Colossus Technologies Group is seeking an AI/ML Cloud Engineer to support federal customers and lead pre‑sales engagements. You will own evaluations, design secure developer platforms, and deploy in cloud, on‑prem, and air‑gapped environments, translating complex infrastructure into mission outcomes.

You will drive PoCs, instruct developers and admins, and collaborate with account teams to accelerate deals while delivering post‑sales support and escalation management.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph at hire.
• U.S. citizenship and residence in the DC/MD/VA area with ability to travel to customer sites.
• 5+ years of Solutions Engineering, Sales Engineering, Solutions Architecture, Technical Account Management, or customer-facing infrastructure engineering experience.
• Experience supporting federal, defense, intelligence-community, or other highly regulated government customers.
• Strong Linux administration and command-line experience.
• 3+ years of hands-on Docker and Kubernetes experience.
• 3+ years of Terraform or comparable infrastructure-as-code experience.
• Experience deploying or supporting infrastructure in AWS GovCloud, Azure Government, on-premises, private-cloud, disconnected, or air-gapped environments.
• Strong networking knowledge, including proxies, ingress controllers, load balancers, routing, DNS, TLS, identity/access considerations, and network boundaries.
• Ability to lead technical discovery, live demos, deployment workshops, architecture reviews, and deep-dive troubleshooting with senior technical and program stakeholders.
• Strong communication skills and an ability to translate complex infrastructure challenges into meaningful mission, security, speed, and developer-productivity outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical relationship with prospective government customers throughout the pre-sales cycle and drive evaluations toward a successful technical outcome.
• Lead technical discovery, architecture discussions, demos, workshops, and proof-of-concepts for secure developer-platform deployments.
• Demonstrate the platform from developer, administrator, and AI-agent workflow perspectives.
• Install, configure, and troubleshoot developer infrastructure across cloud, government cloud, on-premises, Kubernetes, virtual-machine, disconnected, and air-gapped environments.
• Design and execute proof-of-concepts that validate platform value for secure software development and AI-assisted or agentic development workflows.
• Partner with account teams and customers to overcome technical blockers, accelerate evaluations, and support deal progression.
• Provide post-sales technical support, adoption guidance, renewal support, and escalation management as needed.
• Troubleshoot Kubernetes, Linux, networking, deployment, access, proxy, ingress, load-balancing, and infrastructure issues in restricted-access environments.
• Serve as the voice of federal customers, translating field feedback, product gaps, and feature requests into actionable input for Product and Engineering.
• Contribute deployment guidance, reference architectures, technical documentation, and product feedback to internal and external repositories.
• Become a trusted subject-matter expert in cloud development environments, secure developer platforms, coding agents, and AI-enabled software-delivery workflows.

Skills

Linux administration

Clearance: TS/SCI with polygraph

Effective stakeholder communication

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

AWS GovCloud

Job description

Colossus Technologies Group is seeking an AI/ML Cloud Engineer to support federal customers and lead pre‑sales engagements. You will own evaluations, design secure developer platforms, and deploy in cloud, on‑prem, and air‑gapped environments, translating complex infrastructure into mission outcomes.

You will drive PoCs, instruct developers and admins, and collaborate with account teams to accelerate deals while delivering post‑sales support and escalation management.