[Hiring] Senior Infrastructure & Platform Engineer @ECS Federal

Role Description

ECS is seeking a Senior Infrastructure & Platform Engineer to work remotely. This position is contingent upon additional funding. Are you passionate about deploying enterprise platforms, solving complex technical challenges, and helping customers operationalize mission-critical technologies? Join ECS, a leading provider of cloud, AI, cybersecurity, data, and enterprise transformation solutions.

In this role, you will work directly with federal and commercial customers to design, deploy, configure, optimize, and support enterprise platforms including Elastic, compliance automation solutions, observability platforms, cybersecurity tools, and cloud-native technologies.

The ideal candidate is a hands-on engineer with strong Linux, Windows, networking, and infrastructure expertise who enjoys:

• Working directly with customers
• Traveling onsite
• Troubleshooting complex environments
• Leading successful technology implementations

This position requires a technical consultant mindset and the ability to balance:

• Architecture guidance
• Deployment execution
• Customer enablement
• Platform optimization
• Knowledge transfer across various customer environments

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, deploy, configure, and maintain enterprise software platforms within customer environments.
• Implement and optimize Elastic Stack environments including Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash, Beats, Fleet, and Elastic Security.
• Deploy and support cybersecurity, compliance automation, observability, search, analytics, and infrastructure platforms across on-premises, cloud, hybrid, classified, and disconnected environments.
• Lead customer-facing onsite engagements including platform installations, technical workshops, discovery sessions, deployment planning, assessments, and knowledge transfer activities.
• Configure integrations, ingestion pipelines, dashboards, automation workflows, reporting capabilities, and operational tooling.
• Troubleshoot platform, infrastructure, networking, operating system, and application-level issues across enterprise environments.
• Support customers implementing security hardening initiatives, configuration baselines, operational policies, and platform best practices.
• Develop automation solutions using PowerShell, Bash, Python, Ansible, Terraform, and related technologies.
• Collaborate with administrators, architects, security teams, engineering teams, and executive stakeholders to successfully operationalize deployed technologies.
• Provide recommendations for scalability, reliability, security, and operational efficiency.
• Lead technical reviews and serve as a trusted advisor throughout deployment and modernization efforts.
• Maintain deployment documentation, architecture diagrams, standard operating procedures, runbooks, and knowledge base content.
• Support domestic and international travel requirements associated with customer deployments and workshops.

Qualifications

• Active Top Secret Clearance required, at minimum.
• U.S. Passport required.
• Strong experience administering Linux operating systems.
• Strong experience administering Windows Server environments.
• Experience deploying, configuring, and supporting enterprise software platforms.
• Strong understanding of TCP/IP networking, routing, switching, DNS, VPNs, firewalls, and enterprise network architecture.
• Hands-on experience with Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash, Beats, Fleet) or comparable enterprise platforms.
• Experience troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems and production enterprise applications.
• Strong customer-facing consulting and Professional Services experience.
• Experience deploying software in on-premises, cloud, GovCloud, hybrid, classified, or disconnected environments.
• Experience with virtualization technologies including VMware, Hyper-V, OpenShift, Kubernetes, Docker, or related platforms.
• Strong scripting and automation skills using PowerShell, Bash, Python, or similar technologies.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to administrators, engineers, and executive stakeholders.
• Ability to lead customer workshops, training sessions, and deployment engagements.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Willingness and ability to travel domestically and internationally.