Senior Windows Cloud Sever Engineer

Guidehouse•Washington, DC

12d•$149,000 - $248,000•Onsite

About The Position

This role involves owning Windows Server production operations, serving as the senior technical owner for a predominantly Windows Server environment (~95% Windows). The position provides hands-on production support for mission-critical applications hosted in government cloud (AWS GovCloud). Responsibilities include administering and sustaining Windows Server, maintaining, troubleshooting, patching, hardening, and recovering Windows Server systems in production. This includes ensuring availability during business hours and participating in an on-call rotation for after-hours incidents. The role also entails leading incident response, driving deep-dive root-cause analysis across Windows Server, cloud, and container platforms, and engineering secure cloud infrastructure by designing, implementing, and maintaining scalable cloud architectures. Automation using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform and Ansible is a secondary focus, as is building CI/CD and DevSecOps pipelines. Monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions will be designed and implemented, along with establishing performance baselines. Security best practices, including identity and access management and system hardening for federal environments, will be enforced. The position requires developing and maintaining technical documentation, runbooks, and SOPs, as well as mentoring junior and mid-level engineers and providing technical leadership. The role requires working on-site in Washington, DC.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field; a Master's degree may substitute for additional years of experience per contract guidance.
Ten (10) years of relevant IT/engineering experience, including senior-level Windows Server operations and 3+ years supporting cloud engineering environments.
U.S. citizenship or Green Card status is required.
Strong, current, hands-on Windows Server administration/engineering: production support, troubleshooting, maintenance, recovery, and patching.
Demonstrated ability to perform at a senior level immediately with minimal or no ramp-up; practical production operations experience rather than primarily cloud-native development.
Willing and able to participate in a production on-call rotation and independently resolve after-hours incidents.
Strong hands-on experience with AWS GovCloud.
Ability to work independently with minimal supervision in complex, secure environments.
Strong analytical and advanced troubleshooting skills.
Excellent written, verbal, and stakeholder communication.
Demonstrated technical leadership and mentoring.
Must be able to OBTAIN and MAINTAIN a Federal or DoD "PUBLIC TRUST"; candidates must obtain approved adjudication of their PUBLIC TRUST prior to onboarding with Guidehouse.
Must work on client site in Washington, DC.

Nice To Haves

PowerShell scripting
Microsoft / Windows Server Administrator certifications
Deep Terraform (Infrastructure as Code) and Ansible (configuration management/automation) expertise.
Current Kubernetes expertise.
Able to independently operate, troubleshoot, and take ownership of a production Kubernetes environment and answer senior-level Kubernetes questions.
Service mesh, API gateways, and Kubernetes security tooling.
Experience with FISMA, NIST, and FedRAMP frameworks.
AWS Certified DevOps Engineer.
Familiarity with PKI, identity services, or credential management systems.
Experience supporting large-scale, multi-environment enterprise systems.
Scripting in Python and Bash.
Candidates with an ACTIVE PUBLIC TRUST or SUITABILITY are preferred.

Responsibilities

Own Windows Server production operations.
Serve as the senior technical owner for a predominantly Windows Server environment (~95% Windows).
Provide hands-on production support for mission-critical applications hosted in government cloud (AWS GovCloud).
Administer and sustain Windows Server.
Maintain, troubleshoot, patch, harden, and recover Windows Server systems in production.
Ensure availability during business hours and through a shared on-call rotation, independently resolving after-hours incidents.
Lead incident response.
Drive production incident response and deep-dive root-cause analysis across Windows Server, cloud, and container platforms.
Engineer secure cloud infrastructure.
Design, implement, and maintain secure, scalable cloud architectures across Windows and Linux systems.
Develop and manage Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and Ansible to provision and configure environments.
Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps automation aligned with government and industry best practices.
Design and implement monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions.
Establish performance baselines and ensure system availability.
Enforce security best practices, including identity and access management and system hardening for federal environments.
Develop and maintain technical documentation, runbooks, and SOPs.
Mentor junior and mid-level engineers and provide technical leadership across DevOps practices.

Benefits

Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
Parental Leave
401(k) Retirement Plan
Group Term Life and Travel Assistance
Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance
Health Savings Account, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
Transit and Parking Commuter Benefits
Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development, Certifications & Learning Opportunities
Employee Referral Program
Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
Care.com annual membership
Employee Assistance Program
Supplemental Benefits via Corestream (Critical Care, Hospital Indemnity, Accident Insurance, Legal Assistance and ID theft protection, etc.)
Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus