Governance and Reporting Engineer

Skyward IT Solutions, LLC•Rockville, MD

1d•$105,000 - $125,000•Remote

About The Position

We are Skyward, a people-centered business focused on human advancement through information technology. We are a diverse, creative, and collaborative team driven by a civic tech mission. Our values of Integrity, Compassion, Inquisitiveness, Unconventionality, and Authenticity guide our actions. We are seeking a Platform Governance & Reporting Engineer who believes dashboards should tell a story, automates manual reporting tasks, and understands that good governance enables rapid, safe platform operation. If you enjoy transforming raw platform data into actionable decisions, we encourage you to apply.

Requirements

A bachelor's degree and 5+ years in DevOps, platform, or systems engineering.
Solid AWS and DevOps skills: IaC (Terraform, Ansible), CI/CD, and cloud-native monitoring.
Real experience with observability and reporting tooling (Datadog, CloudWatch, Splunk, or similar).
Comfort scripting and automating in Python or Bash.

Nice To Haves

Experience with platform governance or FinOps (cost/usage reporting, showback/chargeback).
Familiarity with FISMA, RMF, ARS, or IS2P2 governance.
Previous experience supporting CMS or another federal agency.

Responsibilities

Help CMS run its enterprise AI platform with the visibility and governance that keep it healthy and trusted.
Stand up monitoring, metrics, and dashboards (think Datadog and cloud-native tooling) that turn platform health into something the whole team can see.
Replace manual status-gathering with automated pipelines that produce clean, on-demand governance and performance reporting.
Define and enforce the guardrails (usage, access, and operational standards) that keep a multi-team platform running smoothly.
Use infrastructure as code (Terraform, Ansible) and CI/CD so governance and reporting are built in, not bolted on.
Collaborate across engineering, security, and CMS stakeholders in a badgeless, one-team culture.

Benefits

Medical, dental, vision insurance
15 days of paid leave
7 days of sick leave
2 days bereavement leave
11 paid Federal holidays
Up to 40 hours for jury duty
401K with 4% employer contribution (and no vesting period)
Up to 4 weeks of paid paternity and maternity leave
Company provided laptop
$5,000 per year for professional development
$600 per year for technical supplies and equipment
$2,000 referral bonus
Life and disability insurance
HSA and FSA
Legal Shield and ID Shield Voluntary Benefits
Opportunity to work in a collaborative, motivated team focused on modernizing government services with cutting-edge technology and innovative solutions.