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# Research Platform, Cloud & Operations Lead

- **Company:** Guidehouse Inc.
- **Location:** Rockville, MD, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $113,000.0 - $188,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Computing Platforms, Cloud Computing, Information Technology Operations, Performance Tuning, Scientific Computating, High Performance Computing, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Devsecops
- **Published:** July 17, 2026
- **Apply:** https://guidehouse.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job/US---MD-Rockville/Research-Platform--Cloud---Operations-Lead_41661

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree in IT, engineering, or related field
 * Eight 8 years' experience with large-scale infrastructure
 * Experience supporting complex computing environments, including cloud, networking, storage, and automation tools
 * Demonstrated success with IT operations best practices (e.g., ITIL, SRE) and maintaining high-availability systems
 * 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. Candidates with an active public trust or suitability are preferred

What Would Be Nice To Have:

 * Master's degree
 * Experience supporting scientific computing or laboratory environments; familiarity with advanced computing platforms.
 * Prior NIH experience

## Description

* Leads architecture and engineering of platforms and infrastructure, ensuring scalable, reliable, and secure environments.
 * Oversees full lifecycle management of systems, including deployment, maintenance, monitoring, and refresh.
 * Implements performance optimization, capacity planning, and automation to support high-demand workloads.
 * Drives integration of systems and tools using DevSecOps and Infrastructure-as-Code practices, aligned with security controls.
 * Collaborates with stakeholders to align technical platforms with operational and research workflows; mentors engineering teams.


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