Senior Cloud Platform Architect – GovCloud & Azure

Devopsroles; Sterling (VA); Hybrid; USD 99,000 - 206,000; Full time

Job summary

Nightwing Information Technology seeks a Senior Cloud Platform Engineer to lead the operation, development, and continuous improvement of our network and server/application infrastructure in AWS GovCloud and Azure. You will provide technical leadership in a fast‑paced environment supporting 20+ applications across three networks with distinct data protection requirements.

You will own the design of secure, scalable cloud environments, mentor engineers, and partner with security/compliance to

Qualifications

• 6–10+ years IT experience in hybrid or cloud-native environments.
• 4+ years Linux system administration in production.
• Experience with Windows server administration in mixed environments.
• 2+ years running production services in AWS or another major cloud (Azure).
• Experience architecting services using AWS resources and integrating into existing environments.

Responsibilities

• Own the architecture and design of core cloud platform capabilities in AWS GovCloud and Azure, meeting security, availability, and performance requirements across networks.
• Develop automation using Ansible, Terraform, Packer, and GitLab CI/CD pipelines to provision and secure servers and services.
• Set up and maintain applications in AWS GovCloud and commercial AWS environments, defining patterns for development, test, and production environments.
• Manage and optimize AWS resources (VPCs, EC2, ECS/EKS, S3, Control Tower, LZA) at scale, focusing on cost, resilience, and security.
• Lead technical projects end-to-end with cross-functional teams to define requirements and deliver features on schedule.
• Establish disaster recovery and business continuity practices in server, network, and security design.
• Mentor junior engineers and conduct design/code reviews, sharing best practices for cloud architecture and automation.
• Contribute to cloud roadmap discussions, identifying modernization opportunities.

Skills

AWS GovCloud

Terraform

Ansible

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Linux admin

Windows admin

Security compliance

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering/CS

6+ years applicable experience in lieu of degree

Tools

Packer

GitLab

Git

AWS CLI

CloudFormation

Docker

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Nightwing Information Technology seeks a Senior Cloud Platform Engineer to lead the operation, development, and continuous improvement of our network and server/application infrastructure in AWS GovCloud and Azure. You will provide technical leadership in a fast‑paced environment supporting 20+ applications across three networks with distinct data protection requirements.

You will own the design of secure, scalable cloud environments, mentor engineers, and partner with security/compliance to