Senior Windows Cloud Server Engineer

Guidehouse Inc.; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 149,000 - 248,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance

Personal and Family Sick Time & Paid H

Parental Leave

401(k) Retirement Plan

Job summary

Guidehouse Inc. seeks a senior Windows Server operations expert to own production environments in a predominantly Windows ecosystem and AWS GovCloud.

You will be the senior technical owner, delivering hands-on production support for mission-critical apps with a focus on security, reliability, and compliance. The role requires 10+ years in IT/engineering, US citizenship or Green Card, and the ability to obtain Federal Public Trust.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field
• Ten (10) years of IT/engineering experience, including senior-level Windows Server operations and 3+ years supporting cloud environments
• U.S. citizenship or Green Card status
• Strong Windows Server administration, production support, troubleshooting, maintenance, recovery, and patching
• Willing to work on-site in Washington, DC and participate in on-call rotation

Responsibilities

• Own Windows Server production operations (day one)
• Administer and sustain Windows Server in production
• Lead incident response and root-cause analysis
• Engineer secure cloud infrastructure across Windows and Linux
• Automate with IaC using Terraform and Ansible
• Build CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps automation
• Monitor and ensure availability with logging and alerting
• Harden federal environments with IAM and system hardening
• Document and mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership
• Must work on client site in Washington, DC

Skills

Windows Server operations

Incident response leadership

Cloud engineering

On-call readiness

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS/Engineering

Tools

AWS GovCloud

Terraform

Ansible

Kubernetes

Job description

Job Family : Systems Engineering

Travel Required : Up to 10%

Clearance Required : Ability to Obtain Public Trust

What You Will Do :

• Own Windows Server production operations (day one). Serve as the senior technical owner for a predominantly Windows Server environment (~95% Windows), providing hands‑on production support for mission-critical applications hosted in government cloud (AWS GovCloud).
• Administer and sustain Windows Server. Maintain, troubleshoot, patch, harden, and recover Windows Server systems in production - sustaining availability during business hours and through a shared on‑call rotation, independently resolving after‑hours incidents.
• Lead incident response. Drive production incident response and deep‑dive root‑causes analysis across Windows Server, cloud, and container platforms.
• Engineer secure cloud infrastructure. Design, implement, and maintain secure, scalable cloud architectures across Windows and Linux systems; work independently or lead small teams.
• Automate with IaC (secondary). Develop and manage Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and Ansible to provision and configure environments - secondary to Windows operations and Kubernetes troubleshooting.
• Build CI/CD and DevSecOps. Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps automation aligned with government and industry best practices.
• Monitor and ensure availability. Design and implement monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions; establish performance baselines and ensure system availability.
• Harden federal environments. Enforce security best practices, including identity and access management and system hardening for federal environments.
• Document and mentor. Develop and maintain technical documentation, runbooks, and SOPs; mentor junior and mid‑level engineers and provide technical leadership across DevOps practices.
• Must work on client site in Washington, DC.

What You Will Need :

• Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field; a Master's degree may substitute for additional years of experience per contract guidance.
• Ten (10) years of relevant IT/engineering experience, including senior‑level Windows Server operations and 3+ years supporting cloud engineering environments.
• U.S. citizenship or Green Card status is required.
• Windows Server operations - highest priority. Strong, current, hands‑on Windows Server administration/engineering: production support, troubleshooting, maintenance, recovery, and patching. The environment is approximately 95% Windows.
• Day‑one senior contributor. Demonstrated ability to perform at a senior level immediately with minimal or no ramp‑up; practical production operations experience rather than primarily cloud‑native development.
• On‑call readiness. Willing and able to participate in a production on‑call rotation and independently resolve after‑hours incidents.
• Government cloud. Strong hands‑on experience with AWS GovCloud.
• Core skills. Ability to work independently with minimal supervision in complex, secure environments; strong analytical and advanced troubleshooting skills; excellent written, verbal, and stakeholder communication; demonstrated technical leadership and mentoring.
• Must be able to OBTAIN and MAINTAIN a Federal or DoD "PUBLIC TRUST"; candidates must obtain approved adjudication of their PUBLIC TRUST prior to onboarding with Guidehouse. Candidates with an ACTIVE PUBLIC TRUST or SUITABILITY are preferred.

What Would Be Nice To Have :

• Windows automation & certs. PowerShell scripting; Microsoft / Windows Server Administrator certifications.
• IaC depth. Deep Terraform (Infrastructure as Code) and Ansible (configuration management/automation) expertise.
• Current Kubernetes expertise. Able to independently operate, troubleshoot, and take ownership of a production Kubernetes environment and answer senior‑level Kubernetes questions.
• Kubernetes at scale. Service mesh, API gateways, and Kubernetes security tooling.
• Federal compliance. Experience with FISMA, NIST, and FedRAMP frameworks.
• Cloud certifications. AWS Certified DevOps Engineer.
• Security adjacencies. Familiarity with PKI, identity services, or credential management systems.
• Enterprise scale & scripting. Experience supporting large‑scale, multi‑environment enterprise systems; scripting in Python and Bash.

The annual salary range for this position is $149,000.00-$248,000.00. Compensation decisions depend on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, security clearances, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs.

What We Offer:

Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.

• Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
• Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
• Parental Leave
• 401(k) Retirement Plan