OverviewGovCIO is currently hiring for a Technical Manager for Cloud Systems to support our HUD contract. The ideal candidate will have experience in leading teams of cloud infrastructure engineers to design and deploy a scalable cloud architecture using modern tools in support of multi-cloud IaC environments with a heavy focus on automation. Leadership and team development are a core responsibility in addition to being the technical SME on products employed by the customer. Knowledge of best practices for container deployments, Federal security hardening and governance, and CI/CD pipeline development are a must. This position is located within the United States and will is fully remote.
Responsibilities
Cloud Architecture & Engineering Leadership
- Lead, mentor, and develop cloud engineering teams supporting AWS and Azure environments, ensuring architectural consistency and adherence to enterprise standards.
- Architect, design, and deploy cloud infrastructure using InfrastructureasCode (IaC) methodologies (Terraform, GitOps).
- Oversee CI/CD pipeline design and automation using Jenkins, Ansible, and Gitbased workflows.
- Champion Kubernetes cluster design, deployment, and lifecycle management.
- Guide modernization initiatives, including VMwaretoCloud migration planning and execution.
- Provide SMElevel technical direction on all infrastructure tools and services in scope.
Operational Reliability & Incident Response
- Own and mature operational reliability frameworks, including monitoring, alerting, system performance tuning, and SREaligned best practices.
- Lead incident response processes, including root cause analysis (RCA), corrective action planning, and crossteam communications.
- Implement governance around roles, responsibilities, escalation processes, and operational runbooks.)
Security, Compliance & Governance
- Implement cloud security best practices including IAM role design, least privilege enforcement, secrets management (HashiCorp Vault), and vulnerability management (Falcon CrowdStrike).
- Ensure systems align with NIST controls, STIG benchmarks, and federal cloud compliance frameworks.
- Oversee SEIM operations and analytics using Sumo Logic, Splunk, or OpenSearch.
- Support governance activities including policy enforcement, audit readiness, and security documentation.
Systems Administration & Platform Operations
- Manage and optimize mixedOS environments, including RHEL 7/8/9 and Windows Server 2016+.
- Oversee configuration management, patch management, and platform hardening across cloud and onprem hybrid workloads.
- Guide enterprise adoption and implementation of federally approved AI tools (USAI, Foundry, etc.) and big data platforms such as Databricks.)
Qualifications
Bachelor's with 8+ years (or commensurate experience)
Required Skills and Experience
- Operational Reliability and Incident Response Management
- AWS / Azure infrastructure management (Infrastructure as Code)
- Experience with technologies such as (Terraform, GitOps, Jenkins, Ansible, Kubernetes, RHEL 7/8/9, Falcon Crowdstrike, HashiCorp Vault, Cloud Security (IAM Roles, NIST, STIG Benchmarks)
- Experience in tools such as:
- Windows Server 2016+
- VMwaretoCloud Migration experience
- Federally Approved AI Tool Integration (USAI, Foundry, etc.)
- Databricks
- Roles & Responsibility Governance
- SEIM (Sumo Logic, Splunk, OpenSearch)
Clearance Required: Must be able to obtain and maintain HUD Public Trust
Posted Salary RangeUSD $130,000.00 - USD $155,000.00 /Yr.
