Job Description

The Senior Cloud Administrator supports secure, scalable cloud infrastructure for a mission-critical federal environment. This role is responsible for helping architect, deploy, and manage AWS platforms, supporting emerging AI capabilities and modern containerized workloads, and ensuring compliance with federal security requirements. The position works closely with cross-functional teams in an Agile environment to improve platform reliability, automate operations, and contribute to ongoing cloud strategy.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain infrastructure on the AWS GovCloud platform while ensuring compliance with applicable federal security standards.
• Deploy, manage, and optimize containerized applications using Amazon EKS and Kubernetes.
• Support emerging AI and machine learning capabilities and other cloud-native solutions within the enterprise cloud environment.
• Build, maintain, and enhance infrastructure as code using Terraform and GitLab CI/CD pipelines.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams in an Agile environment and use Jira to support project planning, execution, and delivery.
• Ensure systems, configurations, and cloud operations meet NIST 800-53 and FISMA compliance requirements.
• Automate operational tasks, monitor system health, and improve the reliability, scalability, and performance of cloud platforms.
• Contribute to cloud architecture decisions, platform standards, and long-term infrastructure strategy.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Strong experience administering and supporting AWS cloud environments, including AWS GovCloud.
• Experience deploying and managing containerized workloads using Amazon EKS and Kubernetes.
• Hands-on knowledge of infrastructure as code using Terraform and experience supporting CI/CD pipelines with GitLab.
• Knowledge of NIST 800-53 controls and FISMA compliance frameworks.
• Experience supporting AI/ML infrastructure, services, or related cloud-native technologies is preferred.
• Experience working in Agile environments and using tools such as Jira for project collaboration and tracking.
• AWS certifications such as Solutions Architect, SysOps Administrator, or DevOps Engineer are preferred.
• Experience supporting financial services or federal government environments is preferred.

Salary: $157,100 - $165,400.00

Additional benefits include:

• Paid Time Off & Holiday Pay
• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Disability, Life Insurance, and AD&D
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Pre-Tax 401K and/or After-Tax Roth IRA (with employer matching contribution)
• Tuition and Technical Training Reimbursement
• Exercise Reimbursement
• Computer Reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be regularly required to stand, sit, talk, hear, reach, stoop, kneel, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer, telephone, keyboard, and standard office equipment
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision requirements due to computer work
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 15 pounds
• Fine hand manipulation (keyboarding)

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Exposure to general office conditions while conducting office duties
• Moderate noise (i.e., business office with computers, phone, and printers, light traffic)
• Ability to work in a confined area
• Ability to sit at a computer terminal for an extended period

Working at Edgewater Federal Solutions:

Edgewater Federal Solutions is a privately held government contracting firm located in Frederick, MD. The company was founded in 2002 with the vision of being highly recognized and admired for supporting customer missions through employee empowerment, exceptional services, and timely delivery. Edgewater Federal Solutions is ISO 9001, 20000-1, 270001 certified, appraised at CMMI Level 3 Maturity for Development and Services, and has been named in the Top Workplaces in the Greater Washington Area Small Companies since 2018.

Edgewater Federal Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It has been and continues to be our policy to provide equal employment to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status and/or other status protected by applicable law.