NCI Information Systems, Inc.

NCI Information Systems, Inc.

Cloud Engineer

Radford, Virginia, USA · Contract

No sponsorship$53k-$800kDetected 25 days ago
AWSGCPAzureCloud PlatformsKubernetesTerraformAnsibleCybersecuritySIEMMicrosoft DefenderElectrical EngineeringFirewallVPNCiscoBGP/OSPFSD-WANZero TrustCISSPCompTIA

About the role

  • Overview Empower AI is AI for government.
  • Empower AI gives federal agency leaders the tools to elevate the potential of their workforce with a direct path for meaningful transformation.
  • Headquartered in Reston, Va., Empower AI leverages three decades of experience solving complex challenges in Health, Defense, and Civilian missions.

Responsibilities

  • Design, deploy, and manage cloud infrastructure on FedRAMP-authorized platforms (AWS GovCloud, Microsoft Azure Government, Google Cloud for Government) supporting Army workloads.
  • Lead technical execution of cloud migration efforts including workload assessment, lift-and-shift operations, re-platforming, and cloud-native refactoring.
  • Develop and enforce cloud governance policies covering IAM, resource provisioning guardrails, tagging standards, and cost controls.
  • Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, Azure Bicep, or equivalent tools to automate provisioning and configuration management.
  • Maintain high availability, disaster recovery (DR), and business continuity plans (BCP) for both cloud and data center environments.
  • Collaborate with cybersecurity teams to implement NIST 800-53 controls, continuous monitoring (ConMon), RMF processes, and FedRAMP compliance requirements.
  • Support FinOps practices including cloud cost analysis, rightsizing recommendations, and budget reporting for reimbursable IT programs.

Requirements

  • 5-8 years of hands-on cloud engineering experience, with demonstrated involvement in cloud migration or enterprise IT modernization programs.
  • CompTIA Security+ CE certification. required (DoD 8570/8140 IAT Level II compliant).
  • Active cloud certification required, such as: AWS Solutions Architect (Associate or Professional), Microsoft Azure Administrator or Solutions Architect, or Google Professional Cloud Architect.
  • Active DoD Secret Clearance. required at time of hire.
  • Experience on at least one FedRAMP-authorized cloud platform (AWS GovCloud, Azure Government, or Google Cloud for Government).
  • Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, or equivalent).
  • Experience with virtualization and container technologies including VMware, Kubernetes, and Docker.
  • Knowledge of NIST SP 800-53, FISMA, RMF, and DoD cloud security requirements.
  • U.S. Citizenship required.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field required.

Nice to have

  • Familiarity with cARMY cloud enclaves or Army Enterprise Data Center (AEDC) environments.
  • Experience with DISA STIGs, DoD Cloud Computing Security Requirements Guide (CC SRG), or IL4/IL5 authorization processes.
  • Knowledge of cloud financial management (FinOps) practices in a government or reimbursable services context.
  • Experience with Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA) principles and cloud-native security tooling (e.g., AWS Security Hub, Microsoft Defender for Cloud).
  • Additional certifications such as CCNA, CISSP, or CompTIA Cloud+ are a plus.
  • Opportunity to directly shape Army cloud-first infrastructure supporting critical national missions.
  • About Empower AI All hiring and promotion decisions at Empower AI are based on merit to bring the best talent available to contribute to our firm's overall success.
  • Empower AI is a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.

Compensation

  • $53k-$800k

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, vision, and retirement.
  • Certification reimbursement and professional development support.
  • It is the policy of Empower AI not to discriminate against any applicant for employment, or employee because of age, color, sex, disability, national origin, race, religion, or veteran status.

Company info

  • Support on-premises infrastructure environments including servers, storage, networking, and virtualization platforms (VMware, Hyper-V) as part of hybrid cloud operations.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • Citizenship required
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