Senior Server/Cloud Engineer

Role Description

Koniag IT Systems (KITS) is seeking a Senior Server / Cloud Engineer with a minimum of 8 years of experience to design, deploy, and support enterprise server and cloud infrastructure for a federal civilian customer undergoing active data center consolidation and cloud modernization. The ideal candidate has hands-on expertise in administering Windows Server and Linux environments at enterprise scale and leading migration of on-premises workloads to AWS, including GovCloud.

The Senior Server / Cloud Engineer will be responsible for:

• Designing, deploying, and administering enterprise server and cloud infrastructure.
• Leading migration of legacy on-premises workloads to AWS GovCloud.
• Supporting the customer's active data center consolidation initiative.

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Design, deploy, and administer Windows Server and Linux (RHEL/CentOS) systems supporting enterprise applications and services.
• Lead migration of legacy, on-premises data center workloads to AWS GovCloud as part of the customer's data center exit initiative, including four planned data center consolidations.
• Administer VMware vSphere/vCenter environments, including capacity planning, patching, and lifecycle management of virtual infrastructure.
• Build and maintain infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation) and configuration management (e.g., Ansible) for repeatable, auditable deployments.
• Support Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, and identity/access management across hybrid environments.
• Partner with security engineering to remediate vulnerabilities, apply STIG/hardening baselines, and support continuous monitoring (ConMon) activities.
• Participate in the design and testing of business disaster continuity and recovery (BDCR) solutions for critical financial and mission systems.
• Produce and maintain technical documentation, architecture diagrams, and runbooks for supported systems.
• Provide Tier 3 escalation support and participate in an on-call rotation for production incidents.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in server and/or cloud engineering roles.
• Expert-level administration of Windows Server and Linux operating systems in an enterprise environment.
• Demonstrated, hands-on experience migrating workloads to AWS (GovCloud experience strongly preferred).
• Experience with VMware virtualization (vSphere/vCenter) at enterprise scale.
• Experience with Containers/Kubernetes, FinOps/cost-optimization and Zero Trust principles.

Requirements

• Working knowledge of infrastructure-as-code and configuration management tooling (Terraform, Ansible, or similar).
• Strong understanding of enterprise networking, Active Directory, and identity/access management fundamentals.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to produce technical documentation and diagrams.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to convey complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to obtain public trust clearance.

Desired Skills and Competencies

• Experience working in a federal government IT environment.
• AWS Certified SysOps Administrator or AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate.
• VMware Certified Professional (VCP) or equivalent.
• Experience with data center exit/consolidation projects on a federal contract.
• Experience supporting financial, loan-servicing, or capital-access application environments.
• Familiarity with NIST SP 800-53 controls and FedRAMP-authorized cloud services.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation.
• Extraordinary benefits package including health, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401K with company matching.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• Paid holidays.
• Three weeks paid time off.
• More benefits available.