EVERFORTH ECS is seeking a Cloud Engineer to work in our Fairfax, VA office and/or Groton,CT. Once accounts and access have been granted, this position will also require attendance in our Arlington, VA office, and other government locations supporting the development and integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Cloud Solutions for a DoD customer.
EVERFORTH ECS is an expert technology firm focused on Microsoft Azure and AWS cloud solutions as an AWS Premier Partner, Audited AWS Managed Service Partner and AWS Reseller. We specialize in migrating custom developed and COTS applications into AWS and offering a complete suite of managed service solutions for our customers to include design, architecture, DevOps, systems administration, big data, security, and 24x7 cloud support services.
We now have an exciting opportunity for a Certified Cloud Engineer to join our team in supporting a large DoD program that operates and maintains multiple AWS GovCloud, Azure, and classified cloud environments to take advantage of the many benefits offered by commercial cloud hosting, such as the ability to accelerate IT delivery, efficiency, and innovation.
This position will support client teams developing or enriching applications in the cloud, as well as providing core cloud services maintenance and support in both classified and unclassified environments, with the goal of providing a stable, secure, flexible, efficient, and cost effective CSO.
Responsibilities include:
- Monitor and manage security compliance, remediations and patch management for both classified and unclassified environments. Evaluate customer issues and make educated decisions on technologies, tools and the overall delivery strategy.
- Evaluating and implementing proof of concept solutions that fits the need of the platform and client requirements
- Leverage best practices to deploy and monitor deployments, facilitate management oversight, and put in place detection, incident-response, and mitigation practices to minimize and rapidly resolve discovered anomalies
- Periodically review and evaluate project progress and planned goals to anticipate development of new solutions, architecture designs, configuration-management practices, business intelligence, and technical documentation
- Have a solid understanding of AWS, Azure, and/or GCP Cloud Services, Network Infrastructure, Security Capabilities, Storage Solutions, Database Services/Tooling and Identity & Access Management capabilities to be able to engage with technical and non-technical leadership as well as product owners
- Participate in status meetings on progress, priorities, issues, performance issues, and future work
- Thrive in a hybrid environment (split between on-site and remote), able to be on-site at 4-5 days as required to support customer and mission requirements.
- Successfully communicate to customers, program managers, industry partners, and Government representatives.
Salary Range: $175,000-190,000
General Description of Benefits
*The job is initially located in Fairfax, VA. Once access and accounts have been granted, this position will move between Fairfax, VA and Arlington, VA dependent on requirement.
Preferred QualificationsRequired Skills
- Bachelor of Science or equivalent experience.
- Must have an existing and active SECRET security clearance with the ability to obtain a Top Secret.
- Experience in the administration of Linux (Patch, STIG, configure, and troubleshoot).
- Expertise in DevOps, Gitlab, Configuration Management, Cloud Infrastructure, Automation, scripting experience with PowerShell and Python.
- Cloud Formation/Automation/ PowerShell / Comparable Linux Scripting.
- Experience building infrastructure as code (IAC) using Terraform.
- Experience with container orchestration with Kubernetes and Docker.
- Hands-on experience implementing AWS components such as, but not limited to: Lambda, IAM, Load Balancers, RDS, CloudFormation, S3, EC2, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, SageMaker, Bedrock.
- Experience enforcing cloud security practices including configuring encryption, implementing VPC endpoint policies, bucket policies, and locking down security groups.
- Demonstrated, hands-on technical experience in Network and Transport protocols, tools, and techniques.
- Strong knowledge of IP Networking including VPCs, VPNs, VRF, DNS, load-balancing, and firewalls.
- Experience developing and maintaining systems architecture and configuration documentation.
- At least 5 years of experience with customer-facing cloud projects (AWS and/or Azure).
- Highly technical and analytical possessing 8+ years of IT platform implementation experience.
- A strong understanding of AWS and or Azure/cloud-based technologies with a desire to learn more.
- 6+ years of relevant experience in a progression of roles to include delivering and sustaining technical and cloud solutions.
- Demonstrated customer focus and strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Strong verbal and written communications skills.
- DOD 8570-01M certification: IAM Level I or better (e.g., Security+).
Skills Required
- Bachelor of Science degree or equivalent experience
- Existing and active Secret security clearance with ability to obtain Top Secret clearance
- Linux administration experience, including patching, STIG configuration, and troubleshooting
- Expertise in DevOps, GitLab, configuration management, cloud infrastructure, automation, PowerShell, and Python scripting
- Experience with CloudFormation, automation, PowerShell, or comparable Linux scripting
- Experience building infrastructure as code using Terraform
- Experience with Kubernetes and Docker container orchestration
- Hands-on experience implementing AWS services including Lambda, IAM, load balancers, RDS, CloudFormation, S3, EC2, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, SageMaker, and Bedrock
- Experience implementing cloud security practices, encryption, VPC endpoint policies, bucket policies, and security group controls
- Hands-on technical experience with network and transport protocols, tools, and techniques
- Strong IP networking knowledge, including VPCs, VPNs, VRF, DNS, load balancing, and firewalls
- Experience developing and maintaining systems architecture and configuration documentation
- At least 5 years of customer-facing cloud project experience with AWS and/or Azure
- At least 8 years of IT platform implementation experience
- At least 6 years of relevant experience delivering and sustaining technical and cloud solutions
- Strong customer focus, analytical, problem-solving, verbal, and written communication skills
- DOD 8570-01M IAM Level I or higher certification, such as Security+
ECS Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about ECS and has not been reviewed or approved by ECS.
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Healthcare Strength — ECS advertises multiple national-network medical plan options with HSA eligibility alongside dental and vision coverage. Coverage generally begins quickly and is paired with company-paid short- and long-term disability, adding stability to the health package.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with Safe Harbor and immediate vesting on employer contributions is emphasized, with an employer match available. Access to an employee stock purchase plan via the parent company provides an additional savings avenue.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave up to 30 days, adoption assistance, and other family-oriented leaves are highlighted. Feedback suggests these offerings add meaningful value beyond base pay for many roles.
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ECS, a segment of ASGN (NYSE: ASGN), delivers advanced solutions and services in cloud, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), application and IT modernization, and science and engineering. The company solves critical, complex challenges for customers across the U.S. public sector, defense, intelligence and commercial industries. ECS maintains partnerships with leading cloud, cybersecurity, and AI/ML providers and holds specialized certifications in their technologies. Headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, ECS has more than 3,400 employees throughout the U.S. and has been recognized as a Top Workplace by The Washington Post for the last five years.
