Senior Cloud Engineer

Everforth ECS is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer 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 Senior Cloud Engineer is an experienced cloud infrastructure professional

responsible for designing, deploying, and sustaining the secure multi-enclave

cloud environments that support WDP Core Integration mission systems across

IL2/NIPRNet, IL5/AWS GovCloud, IL6/AWS Secret Region, and JWICS. Working in

close coordination with the Cloud Engineer SME, platform operations teams,

cybersecurity personnel, and DevSecOps engineers, this role ensures that WDP

cloud infrastructure is provisioned, hardened, monitored, and maintained to the

operational and compliance standards required for mission-critical DoW programs.

• Develops, deploys, and maintains secure cloud infrastructures supporting

Department of War operational, analytical, and mission-support systems.

• Configures Amazon Web Services environments using Virtual Private Clouds,

subnets, routing policies, identity and access configurations, and encryption

mechanisms aligned with System Operations Plan requirements.

• Implements CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and AWS Config to track operational health,

configuration drift, performance thresholds, and compliance metrics.

• Supports release and deployment activities using automated orchestration

pipelines, version control repositories, rollback procedures, and production

validation steps documented in Software Release Plans.

• Implements configuration hardening standards across compute, storage, and

networking layers using government-approved controls, automated remediation

tools, and continuous compliance checks.

• Performs system administration functions including firewall rule adjustments,

capacity optimization, load balancing actions, and cross-enclave connectivity

troubleshooting.

• Supports incident response teams by collecting system evidence, identifying

anomalous activity, and contributing to root cause analysis supporting military

investigative processes.

• Maintains operational documentation covering system configurations,

architecture baselines, capacity reports, and performance dashboards.

• Automates deployments using Infrastructure-as-Code mechanisms such as

CloudFormation, AWS Systems Manager, and scripted orchestration workflows.

• Coordinates with program leadership, engineers, and mission stakeholders to

validate requirements, integrate technical enhancements, and sustain operational

readiness.

• Produces system metrics demonstrating service availability, performance

improvement, and security compliance.

• Delivers resilient cloud operations supporting Department of War mission

execution, data integrity, and enterprise reliability.

• 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).
• • 10–12 years of progressively responsible experience in cloud engineering,
• cloud infrastructure administration, or a closely related field, with
• demonstrated proficiency designing, deploying, and sustaining secure cloud
• environments in support of DoW or federal government programs.
• • Hands-on proficiency with core AWS services including VPC architecture, IAM
• policy configuration, KMS encryption, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and AWS Config,
• with demonstrated experience managing these capabilities across IL5/AWS
• GovCloud, IL6/AWS Secret Region, or JWICS environments in compliance with DoW
• cybersecurity and authorization requirements.
• • Demonstrated experience implementing Infrastructure-as-Code and
• Configuration-as-Code automation using tools such as CloudFormation, AWS Systems
• Manager, Terraform, or Ansible, including automated configuration hardening,
• compliance validation, and patch lifecycle management across multi-enclave
• production environments.
• • Experience supporting DevSecOps CI/CD pipeline operations, software release
• management, rollback procedures, and incident response activities in classified
• or government cloud environments, including system evidence collection and root
• cause analysis in support of investigative and authorization processes.
• • 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).