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# Cloud Platform Engineer

- **Company:** GovCIO
- **Location:** Fort Meade, MD, United States
- **Salary:** $130,000.0 - $170,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Bash Shell, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Linux, Monitoring of Systems, Python (Programming Language), Network Security, Runbook, Data Logging, Scripting, System Availability, Git, Kubernetes, Deployment Automation, Terraform, Serverless Computing, Legacy Systems, Jenkins
- **Published:** October 2, 2026
- **Apply:** https://find.jobs/jobs-near-me/apply/ats-redirect/?id=2999253745-2

## About the Role

* Cloud architecture (AWS/Azure/GCP)
 * Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Cloud
 * Formation)
 * Linux/Windows administration
 * CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins/Git
 * Lab/Git
 * Hub Actions)
 * Containers and Kubernetes
 * Scripting (Python/Bash/Power
 * Shell)
 * Monitoring and observability tools
 * Networking and security fundamentals
 * Dev
 * Sec
 * Ops practices
 * Documentation and technical communication

## Description

GovCIO LLC is seeking a Cloud Platform Engineer to design, build, and operate secure, scalable cloud solutions for federal agencies. You'll implement infrastructure as code, automate deployments, and optimize performance and reliability across multi-cloud environments. Partner with cybersecurity and DevSecOps teams to meet FedRAMP and agency requirements, enable containerized and serverless workloads, and support CI/CD pipelines. You'll troubleshoot complex production issues, mentor teams on cloud best practices, and help modernize legacy systems to improve mission outcomes and citizen services.

Responsibilities

 * Design and implement secure, scalable cloud platforms for federal customers
 * Develop and maintain infrastructure as code for repeatable deployments
 * Automate provisioning, configuration, and patching of cloud resources
 * Support and enhance CI/CD pipelines for application teams
 * Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting for high availability and performance
 * Collaborate with cybersecurity teams to meet Fed
 * RAMP and agency security standards
 * Troubleshoot and resolve complex cloud and platform issues in production
 * Guide migration of legacy systems into modern cloud-native architectures
 * Document architectures, runbooks, and standard operating procedures
 * Mentor engineers and project teams on cloud and Dev
 * Sec
 * Ops best practices