Cloud Platform Engineer

Description & Requirements

Maximus is currently seeking a Cloud Platform Engineer. This is a remote position. Maximus is a trusted federal partner supporting mission‑critical programs across national security, defense, and public service delivery. Our work focuses on sustaining, operating, and improving essential government systems and services, with proven operational excellence, and a commitment to mission success for our customers. Joining Maximus means becoming part of a collaborative, mission‑driven organization where teamwork, accountability, and professional growth are core to how we operate. We invest in our workforce through training, education, and career development, empowering professionals to deliver high‑impact solutions while contributing to outcomes that matter at a national scale. This position is contingent upon contract award and position availability. Selected candidates will receive a contingent offer of employment, which will become final only upon successful contract award to Maximus, availability of the position, and receipt of authorization to proceed. Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust is required. Active Public Trust and/or DHS Suitability is preferred. U.S. citizenship or U.S. national status required.

Maximus TCS (Technology and Consulting Services) Internal Job Profile Code: TCS165, T3, Band 6

Job-Specific Essential Duties and Responsibilities: - Provide operational support for AWS and Azure cloud environments, including IaaS and PaaS services. - Manage full virtual machine lifecycle activities across large number of VMs, including provisioning, configuration, patch coordination, scaling, and decommissioning. - Support Azure subscription management, including expansion from initial environments to scaled multi-subscription architectures aligned with enterprise governance standards. - Perform backup and restore operations, ensuring data protection, recovery readiness, and compliance with enterprise and federal requirements. - Design and build cloud environments to support application onboarding, testing, and production deployments. - Integrate security controls, automated testing, and compliance scanning into pipeline workflows to support secure software delivery and platform hardening. - Monitor cloud platforms for performance, availability, and security, supporting incident response and troubleshooting activities in coordination with operations teams. - Collaborate with cloud engineers, architects, and enterprise teams to align cloud implementations with architecture standards and operational best practices. - Support cloud platforms that enable VoIP, VTC, and real-time communications systems, ensuring reliability, performance, and operational continuity. Job-Specific Minimum Requirements: - Demonstrated experience supporting AWS / Azure IaaS and PaaS environments, including VM lifecycle management, networking, and platform services. - Hands-on experience managing large-scale VM environments (hundreds of VMs) in enterprise or federal settings. - Proven experience with Infrastructure as Code (e.g., ARM templates, Bicep, Terraform) for automated provisioning and configuration. - Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Azure DevOps, GitLab, Jenkins, or similar. - Demonstrated experience integrating security scanning, compliance checks, and automated testing into DevSecOps pipelines. - Experience supporting backup, restore, and disaster recovery operations within cloud environments. - Experience with monitoring, logging, and alerting tools (e.g., Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Splunk, or equivalent). - Experience supporting incident response, troubleshooting, and production operations in mission-critical systems. - Ability to create and maintain technical documentation, runbooks, and deployment procedures. - Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. Additional years of relevant experience will