Senior Systems Engineer

Congressional Budget Office; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) seeks a Senior Systems Engineer to design, implement, and maintain on-premises and cloud-based infrastructure. You will manage cloud environments such as AWS or Azure, monitor performance, and develop secure, scalable IT solutions for high-stakes government work.

The role emphasizes automation, cloud security, backup and recovery, disaster recovery, and compliance with federal cybersecurity requirements, while balancing multiple priorities and collaborating

Qualifications

• Experience designing and maintaining cloud infrastructure and enterprise systems.
• Experience implementing cloud security controls and zero-trust principles.
• Experience backup, recovery, disaster recovery, and continuity planning.
• Ability translating business requirements into technical solutions; manage multiple projects.
• Ability to obtain a Tier 2 public trust clearance.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, maintain on-premises and cloud infrastructure.
• Manage AWS/Azure environments and CI/CD pipelines.
• Monitor performance, troubleshoot complex issues, ensure security and compliance.

Skills

Cloud architecture

DevOps

CI/CD

Cloud security

Backup & disaster recovery

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT or related field

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

AWS

Terraform

Azure

Job description

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) is a small nonpartisan agency that provides economic and budgetary analysis to Congress. The Information Resource Management and Technology Services Unit within the Management, Business, and Information Services Division seeks a Senior Systems Engineer with experience in cloud computing, systems architecture, software development, and information technology operations and management.

The successful candidate will design, implement, maintain, and administer on-premises and cloud-based information systems infrastructure; manage cloud environments such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) or Microsoft Azure; monitor system performance and resolve complex technical issues; and develop secure, reliable, and scalable technology solutions. Responsibilities also include automation, cloud security, backup and recovery, disaster recovery, and compliance with federal cybersecurity requirements. The successful candidate must manage competing priorities, meet tight deadlines, translate complex business requirements into technical solutions, and communicate effectively with colleagues at all levels of the organization.

Qualifications

Required qualifications

• Experience designing, implementing, administering, and maintaining cloud infrastructure and enterprise systems, including cloud architecture, automation, infrastructure as code, DevOps, and continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD).
• Experience implementing and managing cloud security controls—including identity and access management, network security, encryption, monitoring, logging, and vulnerability management—in compliance with federal cybersecurity requirements, including National Institute of Standards and Technology guidance and zero trust principles.
• Experience developing and maintaining backup and recovery solutions, disaster recovery plans, and continuity-of-operations capabilities.
• Ability to translate complex business requirements into effective technical solutions, manage multiple projects and deadlines, communicate effectively, and work independently and collaboratively.
• Ability to obtain a Tier 2 (public trust) clearance.

Preferred qualifications

• Extensive experience with AWS, including services such as Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, Amazon CloudFront, AWS Lambda, Amazon EKS, Organizations, Control Tower, IAM, VPC/Transit Gateway, Landing Zone Accelerator, KMS, CloudTrail, and AWS Config.
• Experience using Terraform or other infrastructure-as-code tools; designing and supporting cloud, development, communications, or CI/CD platforms; and applying the AWS Well-Architected Framework to complex or sensitive workloads.
• Experience working with Microsoft Azure or other cloud platforms and negotiating service-level agreements or managing cloud service providers.

A bachelor's or advanced degree in computer science, technology management, or a related field is preferred but not required.

Preferred certification: CompTIA Security+.

This position follows a hybrid work schedule and requires employees to work in person in the Washington, D.C., office on designated core days. Additional in-office days may be required on the basis of operational needs, such such as on-site support of the agency’s infrastructure and data center operations. The position may require periodic travel (approximately once per month) to the agency’s alternate computer facility. Full-time telework is not available for this position.

Salary and Benefits

The salary will be competitive and commensurate with experience, education, and other qualifications. CBO offers excellent benefits and a collegial, respectful work environment.

CBO is an equal opportunity employer. M/F/V/D

Location Washington D.C, DC, United States, 20515