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# Cloud / System Engineer (Journeyman)

- **Company:** Computer World Services
- **Location:** North Chicago, IL, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $135,000.0 - $165,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, Systems Engineering, Microsoft Azure, Bash Shell, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, System Configuration, Linux, Disaster Recovery, Domain Name System (DNS), VMware ESX Servers, Firmware, Python (Programming Language), Windows Servers, Windows PowerShell, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Ansible, Server Virtualization, Storage Virtualization, VCloud, Virtualization Technology, VMware VSphere, Enterprise Software Applications, Load Balancing, Comptia Server+, Cloudformation, Information Technology, Vcenter, Terraform, Plan of Action and Milestones, Vmware
- **Published:** October 27, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=c1e99585299064ab

## About the Role

Required:

 * Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field.
 * Minimum of six (6) years of relevant cloud engineering, systems engineering, systems administration, virtualization, or enterprise infrastructure experience.

Preferred:

 * Experience supporting enterprise systems or cloud infrastructure in a federal or DoD environment.
 * Experience administering Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and VMware technologies, including VMware Cloud Foundation.
 * Experience supporting AWS, AWS GovCloud, Microsoft Azure Government, or another Government-authorized cloud environment.
 * Experience with infrastructure refreshes, migrations, outages, service restoration, and root-cause analysis.
 * Experience with Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, PowerShell, Python, or Bash.
 * Experience applying DISA STIGs and supporting DoD RMF, ATO, IAVA, CND Directive, and POA&M requirements., * Required: Current professional certification relevant to systems, cloud, operating systems, virtualization, or enterprise infrastructure engineering.
 * Preferred: AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Microsoft Certified Azure Administrator, Red Hat Certified System Administrator, VMware Certified Professional, CompTIA Server+, ITIL Foundation, or equivalent credentials.

## Description

The Cloud / System Engineers provide hands-on support for server and operating-system administration, virtualization, appliance integration, cloud connectivity, maintenance, refreshes, and service restoration. They work with the Cloud / System Engineering Lead, network, application, cybersecurity, and service-management teams, Government stakeholders, and vendors to maintain resilient and supportable enterprise services., * Install, configure, administer, monitor, and troubleshoot physical and virtual servers, Windows Server and Linux operating systems, enterprise applications, and infrastructure appliances.

 * Administer virtualization platforms, including VMware vSphere, ESXi, vCenter, vSAN, Site Recovery Manager, NSX, or comparable technologies.
 * Diagnose and resolve OS, server, virtualization, appliance, storage, cloud-connectivity, and performance issues, and integrate appliances with network, storage, identity, monitoring, backup, and security services.
 * Support cloud operations and hybrid integration, including VPCs, DNS, load balancers, API connectivity, and certificates.
 * Apply and test OS updates, patches, firmware, and approved configuration changes before production implementation.
 * Stage, install, migrate, test, and document replacement components during server, virtualization, software, and appliance refreshes, and maintain asset, configuration, warranty, and lifecycle records.
 * Develop or execute implementation plans, migration procedures, validation criteria, and rollback procedures for upgrades and modernization initiatives.
 * Participate in Outage Response Team activities, supporting diagnosis, workarounds, recovery, and service validation; gather evidence for root-cause analysis and escalate complex issues.
 * Configure and test backup, restoration, replication, high-availability, and disaster-recovery capabilities.
 * Support automation and Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Ansible, AWS CloudFormation, or comparable tools.
 * Configure systems to DISA STIGs and approved baselines, support remediation of IAVAs, CND Directives, and POA&M items, and collect RMF/ATO evidence.
 * Maintain system diagrams, build documents, SOPs, and troubleshooting guides, and recommend improvements to availability, automation, and security.