Everforth ECS is seeking a Sr Cloud DevOps Engineer to work in our Arlington, VA office / remote.
The Sr. Cloud DevOps Engineer will provide technical leadership to a team of engineers and is responsible for the design, implementation, and operations and maintenance (O&M) of the multi-tenant Web Content Management as a Service (WCMaaS) platform. This includes managing all aspects of the underlying infrastructure, such as servers and storage. The Senior Cloud Engineer will work to continuously enhance the platform, leveraging secure, scalable, cost-effective, and operationally sustainable cloud solutions.
This role requires deep expertise in cloud services, infrastructure automation, DevSecOps, open-source ecosystems, enterprise solution design, and software and infrastructure engineering practices. The ideal candidate brings strong technical leadership, the ability to engage with a diverse set of stakeholders, and the ability to adapt solutions to evolving requirements and priorities. The Senior Cloud Engineer will also mentor junior engineers and contribute to establishing best practices that enhance delivery processes across teams.
Cloud Engineering & Architecture
- Independently apply a wide set of engineering disciplines for planning, design, analysis, coding, testing, roll-out, and support of information systems architectures.
- Continuously optimize AWS cloud platform services across all integration points.
- Serve as a technical SME for cloud services, providers, and platforms.
- Lead solution-architecting sessions that evaluate tradeoffs between design, risk, and cost.
Collaboration & Delivery
- Interact closely with key project stakeholders to design, plan, and implement operationally sustainable solutions.
- Work closely with the technical team to deliver proposed designs.
- Provide thought leadership and design leadership across engineering efforts.
- Problem-solve technical challenges as they arise and adjust solutions based on discoveries or new requirements.
- Provide regular updates to leadership.
- Develop implementation plans reflecting required steps and timeline as well as assigning ownership.
Continuous Improvement & Organizational Impact
- Leverage a data-driven approach to continuous solution, organizational, and workforce improvement.
- Optimize performance across multiple teams by suggesting delivery-process improvements aligned to evolving best practices and project context.
- Contribute to the professional development of junior engineers through oversight and mentorship.
Salary Range: $180,000 - $205,000
General Description of Benefits
- U.S. citizenship required
- Ability to pass a Public Trust investigation.
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
- Minimum of 12 years of related experience.
- Cloud certifications (e.g., AWS Solutions Architect, AWS DevOps Engineer, Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE).
- Related experience demonstrating a broad background in:
- Cloud services
- Infrastructure automation
- DevSecOps
- Open-source ecosystems
- Application programming
- Service-oriented architecture
- Enterprise architecture
- Deep working knowledge of cloud development platforms, including:
- IT operations, virtualization, and containerization
- Networking and storage
- Disaster recovery
- Security policy and controls implementation
- System management and data migration
- Expertise in enterprise solution design, SOA models, and approaches to enterprise cloud architectures.
- Strong awareness of current industry trends in application and cloud architectures.
- Significant expertise in public, private, and hybrid cloud technologies (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS).
- Proficiency in Linux and Ansible.
- Strong written and oral communication skills and excellent client-interaction skills.
- Experience overseeing or mentoring junior engineers.
- Experience working with Oracle OCI
Skills Required
- U.S. citizenship
- Ability to pass a Public Trust investigation
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field
- Minimum of 12 years of related experience
- Cloud certifications (e.g., AWS Solutions Architect, AWS DevOps Engineer, RHCE)
- Experience with cloud services, infrastructure automation, and DevSecOps
- Experience with open-source ecosystems and application programming
- Experience with service-oriented architecture and enterprise architecture
- Deep working knowledge of IT operations, virtualization, and containerization
- Experience with networking, storage, disaster recovery, and data migration
- Experience implementing security policy and controls
- Proficiency in Linux and Ansible
- Strong written and oral communication and client-interaction skills
- Experience overseeing or mentoring junior engineers
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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What We Do
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.
