Cloud Engineer SME

Everforth ECS is seeking a Cloud Engineer SME to work in the National Capital

Region covering the Pentagon, Falls Church, and Fairfax. Please Note: This

position is contingent upon contract award.

The War Data Platform (WDP) is a key initiative within the U.S. Department of

War's (DoW) AI-First strategy introduced in early 2026. The WDP focuses on

operational warfighting data and aims to accelerate the deployment of artificial

intelligence (AI) on the battlefield. The WDP extends to Unclassified, Secret,

and Top Secret environments, and supports collaboration between Combatant

Commands, Joint Staff directorates, Senior Executive Service leaders, and

operational analysts.

• The Cloud Engineer SME is a principal cloud architecture and operations

authority within the WDP Core Integration program, responsible for designing,

governing, and sustaining enterprise-grade multi-enclave cloud environments

across IL2/NIPRNet, IL5/AWS GovCloud, IL6/AWS Secret Region, and JWICS in direct

support of Joint Force and Combatant Command missions. Drawing on ECS's

demonstrated depth in delivering scalable, secure, and compliant cloud solutions

across DoW programs—including development of DoW cloud reference architectures,

large-scale IL4/5 cloud enclave deployments, and multi-national AI/ML and Zero

Trust initiatives—this role is expected to bring the same rigor and technical

leadership to the WDP enterprise.

• Designs, deploys, and governs advanced cloud architectures supporting

Department of War missions across multi-enclave environments, including Impact

Level 2, NIPR Impact Level 5, SIPR Impact Level 6, and Joint Worldwide

Intelligence Communications System enclaves.

• Leads development of enterprise System Operations Plans outlining operational

methods, configuration standards, security requirements, and lifecycle

management activities for the War Data Platform (WDP) Core Integration program.

• Architects secure Amazon Web Services infrastructures using Virtual Private

Clouds, Identity and Access Management policies, boundary protection

configurations, encryption services, and cross-domain transfer mechanisms.

• Implements operational monitoring using CloudWatch, CloudTrail, GuardDuty, and

Grafana to track performance trends, access patterns, workload capacity, and

system availability metrics.

• Directs enterprise backup strategies, continuity of operations procedures, and

disaster recovery architectures using automated replication, redundancy

engineering, and recovery time objective validation exercises.

• Oversees migration, modernization, and optimization of large-scale mission

datasets, system baselines, and analytical services.

• Conducts risk identification and remediation across infrastructure,

operational workflows, and security controls.

• Coordinates with military stakeholders, Program Executive Offices, and

engineering teams to align system capabilities with mission objectives and

modernization priorities.

• Oversees release readiness assessments, rollback strategies, and performance

validation for production deployments.

• Maintains asset inventory systems documenting cloud assets, configurations,

licenses, and compliance status.

• Delivers scalable architectures, measurable system resilience improvements,

and mission-critical operational readiness supporting Joint Force, Combatant

Command, and Fourth Estate agencies.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• • Current Secret security clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a
• Top Secret (TS) security clearance with Sensitive Compartmented Information
• (SCI).
• • 12 or more years of progressively responsible experience in cloud engineering,
• cloud architecture, or a closely related field, with demonstrated expert-level
• proficiency designing, deploying, and sustaining secure, mission-critical cloud
• environments in support of DoW or federal government programs.
• • Expert hands-on proficiency with AWS services including VPC architecture, and
• cloud security such as IAM policy design, encryption, and monitoring tools (ex.
• Cloudwatch, CloudTrain and GuardDuty)
• • Demonstrated experience managing cloud infrastructure across IL5/AWS GovCloud,
• IL6/AWS Secret Region, and JWICS environments.
• • Demonstrated experience leading DevSecOps pipeline operations and implementing
• Infrastructure-as-Code and Configuration-as-Code using tools such as Terraform,
• Ansible, GitLab CI, or equivalent platforms, including oversight of CI/CD
• pipelines across multiple development teams.
• • Proven ability to lead enterprise cloud migration, modernization, and disaster
• recovery initiatives, including continuity of operations planning, recovery time
• objective validation, and cross-enclave data transfer operations in classified
• DoW environments.
• • Experience with data analytics platform architecture, AI/ML infrastructure, or
• secure application development in cloud-native environments, including
• containerized workloads using Kubernetes and automated observability tooling
• such as Grafana or Splunk.
• • Strong problem-solving and decision-making capabilities, with a proven ability
• to weigh the relative costs and benefits of potential actions and identify the
• most appropriate solution.
• • Highly developed interpersonal and oral/written communication skills, with the
• ability to effectively and professionally interact with a diverse set of
• stakeholders (from peers to end-users to executive management).