GovCIO is currently hiring for a Technical Manager for Cloud Systems to support our HUD contract. The ideal candidate will have experience in leading teams of cloud infrastructure engineers to design and deploy a scalable cloud architecture using modern tools in support of multi-cloud IaC environments with a heavy focus on automation.  Leadership and team development are a core responsibility in addition to being the technical SME on products employed by the customer.  Knowledge of best practices for container deployments, Federal security hardening and governance, and CI/CD pipeline development are a must. This position is located within the United States and will is fully remote.

Cloud Architecture & Engineering Leadership

• Lead, mentor, and develop cloud engineering teams supporting AWS and Azure environments, ensuring architectural consistency and adherence to enterprise standards.
• Architect, design, and deploy cloud infrastructure using InfrastructureasCode (IaC) methodologies (Terraform, GitOps).
• Oversee CI/CD pipeline design and automation using Jenkins, Ansible, and Gitbased workflows.
• Champion Kubernetes cluster design, deployment, and lifecycle management.
• Guide modernization initiatives, including VMwaretoCloud migration planning and execution.
• Provide SMElevel technical direction on all infrastructure tools and services in scope.

Operational Reliability & Incident Response

• Own and mature operational reliability frameworks, including monitoring, alerting, system performance tuning, and SREaligned best practices.
• Lead incident response processes, including root cause analysis (RCA), corrective action planning, and crossteam communications.
• Implement governance around roles, responsibilities, escalation processes, and operational runbooks.)

Security, Compliance & Governance

• Implement cloud security best practices including IAM role design, least privilege enforcement, secrets management (HashiCorp Vault), and vulnerability management (Falcon CrowdStrike).
• Ensure systems align with NIST controls, STIG benchmarks, and federal cloud compliance frameworks.
• Oversee SEIM operations and analytics using Sumo Logic, Splunk, or OpenSearch.
• Support governance activities including policy enforcement, audit readiness, and security documentation.

Systems Administration & Platform Operations

• Manage and optimize mixedOS environments, including RHEL 7/8/9 and Windows Server 2016+.
• Oversee configuration management, patch management, and platform hardening across cloud and onprem hybrid workloads.
• Guide enterprise adoption and implementation of federally approved AI tools (USAI, Foundry, etc.) and big data platforms such as Databricks.)

Bachelor's with 8+ years (or commensurate experience)

Required Skills and Experience

• Operational Reliability and Incident Response Management
• AWS / Azure infrastructure management (Infrastructure as Code)
• Experience with technologies such as (Terraform, GitOps, Jenkins, Ansible, Kubernetes, RHEL 7/8/9, Falcon Crowdstrike, HashiCorp Vault, Cloud Security (IAM Roles, NIST, STIG Benchmarks)
• Experience in tools such as:
• Windows Server 2016+
• VMwaretoCloud Migration experience
• Federally Approved AI Tool Integration (USAI, Foundry, etc.)
• Databricks
• Roles & Responsibility Governance
• SEIM (Sumo Logic, Splunk, OpenSearch)

Clearance Required: Must be able to obtain and maintain HUD Public Trust