Senior Cloud & Platform Systems Engineer

the-swift-group; Tysons (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

The Swift Group is seeking an SME Systems Engineer with cloud and platform engineering experience for the Infrastructure team on a mission-focused program. The role involves hands-on leadership to evaluate, design, and implement end-to-end enhancements across cloud, hybrid, and data processing platforms.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in cloud/platform/systems engineering, strong Linux administration, and experience with AWS/Azure/GCP, security, and CI/CD pipelines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related technical discipline, or equivalent combination of education, training, or experience.
• 10+ years of relevant experience in Cloud/Platform/Systems Engineering.
• Experience designing and supporting enterprise infrastructure across networking, storage, compute, and container platforms.
• Strong Linux systems administration (Red Hat/CentOS) with automation and troubleshooting.
• Experience designing hybrid and cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP) with security and cost optimization.
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases (Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, MongoDB, Cassandra, DynamoDB, Redis).
• Proficiency in scripting/automation (Python, Bash, PowerShell) and IaC tools (Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation).
• CI/CD pipelines and GitOps (Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD).
• Security hardening, monitoring (Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, ELK, CloudWatch).
• Ability to create as‑is and to‑be architecture docs, engineering designs, migration plans.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain cloud-based and hybrid infrastructure in AWS.
• Develop and maintain IaC with Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, AWS CDK.
• Support deployment and management of containerized apps (Kubernetes, EKS, Docker Swarm).
• Assist Linux-based systems configuration, integration, and administration.
• Manage day-to-day system operations, monitoring, maintenance, and troubleshooting.
• Troubleshoot data pipelines and collaborate to resolve issues.
• Collaborate with software/data engineers and stakeholders on data processing capabilities.
• Work in Agile environments to support CD/rapid iteration and mission responsiveness.
• Contribute to reliability, scalability, security, and operational efficiency improvements.
• Write and maintain system documentation, processes, training materials.
• Perform hands-on systems engineering across network, compute, storage, OS, middleware, databases, apps.

Skills

Cloud Engineering

Platform Engineering

Systems Engineering

Linux admin

Cloud architecture

IaC (Terraform, Ansible)

Kubernetes / Docker

CI/CD (Jenkins, GitHub Actions)

Security best practices

Documentation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT or related field

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

CloudFormation

AWS CDK

Kubernetes

Job description

The Swift Group is seeking an SME Systems Engineer with cloud and platform engineering experience for the Infrastructure team on a mission-focused program. The role involves hands-on leadership to evaluate, design, and implement end-to-end enhancements across cloud, hybrid, and data processing platforms.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in cloud/platform/systems engineering, strong Linux administration, and experience with AWS/Azure/GCP, security, and CI/CD pipelines.