Senior Cloud Engineer – DoD & GovCloud Specialist

Everforth, Inc.; Arlington (VA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Everforth ECS is seeking a seasoned Cloud Engineer to join our Fairfax, VA/Groton, CT team with duties spanning DoD cloud environments, AWS GovCloud, and Azure. You will design, deploy, and secure cloud infrastructures while supporting government programs with both classified and unclassified environments.

The role requires active security clearance and a strong background in DevOps, Terraform, Kubernetes, and scripting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science or equivalent experience required.
• Active SECRET security clearance with ability to obtain Top Secret.
• Experience administering Linux systems (patching, STIGs, configuration, troubleshooting).
• Expertise in DevOps, GitLab, CM, Cloud infrastructure, automation; scripting in PowerShell and Python.
• Experience building infrastructure as code with Terraform.
• Experience with container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker).
• Hands-on AWS components (Lambda, IAM, EC2, S3, RDS, CloudWatch, CloudFormation, SageMaker, Bedrock).
• Knowledge of cloud security: encryption, VPC policies, bucket policies, security groups.
• Strong networking knowledge: VPCs, VPNs, DNS, load balancing, firewalls.
• 5+ years on customer-facing cloud projects (AWS/Azure).
• 8+ years IT platform implementation experience.
• DOD 8570-01M IAM Level I or higher.

Responsibilities

• Monitor security compliance, remediations, and patching for classified and unclassified environments.
• Evaluate customer issues and determine appropriate technologies and delivery strategy.
• Prototype solutions to fit platform and client requirements.
• Deploy and monitor cloud deployments; implement incident response and remediation practices.
• Review project progress and plan new architecture, configurations, and documentation.
• Engage with leadership and product owners across technical and non-technical teams.
• Participate in status meetings and support hybrid onsite/remote work requirements.
• Communicate effectively with customers, program managers, and government representatives.

Skills

Linux administration

DevOps

Cloud infrastructure

Automation scripting

PowerShell

Python

Terraform

Kubernetes

Docker

GitLab

AWS/Azure

Security/DoD compliance

Networking (VPC, VPN, DNS)

Clearance: SECRET to TS

Customer-facing experience

Education

Bachelor of Science or equivalent experience

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

Docker

GitLab

Job description

Everforth ECS is seeking a seasoned Cloud Engineer to join our Fairfax, VA/Groton, CT team with duties spanning DoD cloud environments, AWS GovCloud, and Azure. You will design, deploy, and secure cloud infrastructures while supporting government programs with both classified and unclassified environments.

The role requires active security clearance and a strong background in DevOps, Terraform, Kubernetes, and scripting.