Senior Server/Cloud Engineer

VIATEQ is looking for a Senior Server/Cloud Engineer to support our Prime contractor and government customer in Washington, DC. The position is remote and requires the candidate to be able to obtain a Public Trust.

We are 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. Experience with VMware-based virtualization and infrastructure-as-code is strongly preferred.

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, and supporting the customer's active data center consolidation initiative.

Responsibilities:

- 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.

Required Education and Experience:

- 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 principals.

Required Skills and Competencies:

- 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

Preferred 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 a