GovCIO

GovCIO

Federal IT modernization and cybersecurity services

Cloud Platform Engineer

Full-TimeDeadline 4/8/27
$197k - $217k/yr
Expert
Fort Meade, MD, USA
In Person
No H1B Sponsorship
US Top Secret Clearance Required

About the job

Requirements
  • A high school education with 10 or more years of experience, or commensurate experience.
  • A Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information clearance with Counterintelligence Polygraph.
  • At least 10 years of experience with Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform; GovCloud experience is preferred.
  • Experience with secure cloud architecture and infrastructure automation.
  • Hands-on experience with virtualization technologies.
  • An AWS Associate or Professional certification.
Responsibilities
  • Provision and configure cloud infrastructure in approved environments.
  • Enable scalable data ingestion and storage services.
  • Support secure integration with autonomous cyber tools.
  • Prepare infrastructure for follow-on initial operational capability execution.
  • Create tools and environments that improve developer productivity.
  • Establish secure compute, storage, and networking environments for autonomous penetration-testing execution and large-scale data ingestion.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience with GovCloud is preferred.

About the company

GovCIO provides IT services and digital solutions to the U.S. federal government, including IT modernization, digital services, data analytics, cybersecurity, DevSecOps, and management consulting. It wins prime federal contracts and delivers a full range of services through its business units—Health and Civilian Agencies, National Security Solutions, and Veteran and Enterprise Technology Solutions—along with GovCIO Media & Research. The company differentiates itself by expanding through strategic investments and acquisitions, such as WCAS’s stake and the Salient CRGT purchase, and by targeting federal health, national security, and civilian agencies under major contract vehicles like VA T4NG2. Its goal is to help the government transform and modernize its IT landscape with mission-critical technology and analytics capabilities.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Washington DC, District of Columbia

Founded

2010

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What believers are saying

  • GovCIO won DHS USCIS NEON II in December 2025, worth $163.4 million.
  • GovCIO won a $389.7 million VA IT support order running through August 2027.
  • GovCIO secured Navy NETSAFA RSNF support on March 19, 2026, expanding defense reach.

What critics are saying

  • GovCIO lost GAO's IT services recompete to SAIC on January 12, 2026.
  • VA concentration exposes revenue; SoldierPoint's CCIN and VHA work depend on agency budgets.
  • A VA recompete loss could gut GovCIO's core health IT franchise by 2027.

What makes GovCIO unique

  • WCAS-backed GovCIO bought SoldierPoint in September 2025, deepening VA telehealth capabilities.
  • GovCIO controls VA's $2 billion CCIN telehealth IDIQ after SoldierPoint acquisition.
  • GovCIO's 3,487-person workforce and Salient CRGT heritage support broad federal delivery.

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PR Newswire
Dec 22nd, 2021
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PR Newswire
Aug 19th, 2021
GovernmentCIO merges with Salient Federal Solutions, Inc.

GovernmentCIO announced it has merged with Salient CRGT, combining two premier government IT solutions companies.