Senior Cloud AI Engineer - Federal GCP Platform

PGTEK; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PPO medical coverage

Vision plan

Dental insurance

401(k) matching

PTO & Holidays

Job summary

PGTEK seeks a Lead Cloud AI Engineer to own the technical strategy, architecture, and execution of Google Cloud and Gemini for Government deployments. You will work directly with federal customers to design secure cloud solutions and lead large-scale migration efforts in a FedRAMP, DoD, and NIST compliant environment.

This leadership role combines hands-on cloud engineering with customer engagement, mentoring, and enterprise architecture across the full project lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related STEM discipline.
• 5-8+ years of experience designing and leading enterprise cloud solutions.
• Extensive experience architecting and deploying Google Cloud Platform environments.
• Strong background leading enterprise cloud migration initiatives.
• Proven experience with FedRAMP, DoD, and NIST compliance requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture and design for enterprise Google Cloud Platform environments.
• Develop migration strategies for legacy, hybrid, and multi-cloud infrastructures.
• Design secure cloud architectures using Google Cloud Assured Workloads.
• Establish governance and architectural standards based on Google Cloud Well-Architected Framework.
• Serve as the primary technical advisor to federal customers and agency leadership.
• Lead cloud modernization initiatives from planning through implementation.
• Design secure IAM, networking, and encryption strategies.
• Drive FedRAMP authorization and ATO efforts with compliance teams.

Skills

GCP environments

Cloud migration

Security compliance

Leadership

Enterprise architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE/related STEM

Tools

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Gemini for Government

Cloud KMS/CMEK

VPC Service Controls

Job description

PGTEK seeks a Lead Cloud AI Engineer to own the technical strategy, architecture, and execution of Google Cloud and Gemini for Government deployments. You will work directly with federal customers to design secure cloud solutions and lead large-scale migration efforts in a FedRAMP, DoD, and NIST compliant environment.

This leadership role combines hands-on cloud engineering with customer engagement, mentoring, and enterprise architecture across the full project lifecycle.