Senior Windows Cloud Server Engineer

Guidehouse; Washington; On-site; USD 149,000 - 248,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Sick Time & Holidays

Job summary

Guidehouse is seeking a senior Windows/DevOps engineer to own production Windows Server operations in a GOV Cloud environment, lead incident response, and design secure cloud infrastructure. The role requires hands-on administration, on-call readiness, and mentoring of junior staff.

Experience with AWS GovCloud, Terraform, and Ansible is essential. You will build CI/CD pipelines, enforce security hardening, and work on client sites in Washington, DC.

Qualifications

• 10 years of IT/engineering experience including senior Windows Server operations
• U.S. citizenship or Green Card required
• Windows Server operations: 95% Windows production environment

Responsibilities

• Own Windows Server production operations (day one) in government cloud
• Administer and sustain Windows Server, patching and recovery
• Lead production 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 practices
• Monitor, log, and alert to ensure availability
• Harden federal environments and IAM practices
• Document runbooks and mentor junior engineers
• Work on client site in Washington, DC

Skills

Windows Server administration

Incident response

Cloud engineering

Terraform & Ansible

CI/CD & DevSecOps

Monitoring & logging

Security hardening

Documentation & mentoring

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, 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-cause 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.

Benefits include:

• Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance

• Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays

• Parental Leave

• 401(k) Retirement Plan

• Group Term Life and Travel Assistance

• Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance

• Health Savings Account, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts

• Transit and Parking Commuter Benefits

• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability

• Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development, Certifications & Learning Opportunities

• Employee Referral Program

• Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach

• Care.com annual membership

• Employee Assistance Program

• Supplemental Benefits via Corestream (Critical Care, Hospital Indemnity, Accident Insurance, Legal Assistance and ID theft protection, etc.)

• Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus

About Guidehouse

Guidehouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer-Protected Veterans, Individuals with Disabilities or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.

Guidehouse will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law or ordinance including the Fair Chance Ordinance of Los Angeles and San Francisco.