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IT Specialist (Systems and Cloud Engineer)
Federal Communications Commission · Posted 72 days ago
Hybrid Full-time Washington, DC $144K – $187K Apply by Aug 6, 2026 Information Technology Management ENTJINTJISTJ EngineeringMarketingOperations
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This position is in Engineering and Operations Group, Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO), Office of the Managing Director(OMD), Federal Communications Commission (FCC) located in Washington, DC. RELOCATION EXPENSES WILL NOT BE PAID. THIS VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT MAY BE USED TO FILL ADDITIONAL POSITIONS WITHIN 90 DAYS.
What You'll Do
- →As Systems and Cloud Engineer, the incumbent serves as a senior technical authority within the Engineering and Operations group, providing expert systems and cloud engineering expertise across the FCC's full technology environment.
- →Designs, engineers, implements, and sustains complex enterprise systems including server environments, virtualization platforms, storage systems, identity and access management platforms, directory services, and cloud-hosted infrastructure in FedRAMP-authorized environments.
- →Ensures that all systems are architected for high availability, fault tolerance, scalability, and security compliance with zero-trust architecture principles consistent with OMB M-22-09.
- →Leads systems modernization and cloud migration engineering initiatives, developing detailed technical designs and implementation plans for migrating FCC on-premises enterprise systems to FedRAMP-authorized cloud platforms.
- →Evaluates existing systems architecture, identifies modernization candidates, and develops migration strategies that minimize operational risk and service disruption while advancing the FCC's cloud-native infrastructure objectives.
- →Designs, engineers, configures, and maintains enterprise systems across Windows Server, Linux distributions, virtualization platforms (e.g., VMware), and enterprise storage systems.
- →Ensures system baselines meet performance, security, and resilience requirements, consistent with E&O engineering patterns.
- →Provides senior engineering support for complex incident resolution, serving as the escalation point for infrastructure and systems incidents that cannot be resolved through routine operations.
- →Diagnoses and resolves complex systems failures, performance degradations, and configuration issues across the FCC's enterprise systems environment.
- →Serves as a senior escalation point for high severity incidents impacting systems, cloud services, identity infrastructure, or hybrid integrations.
- →Performs root cause analysis, permanent corrective actions, and system engineering remediation aligned with the problem management requirements.
Requirements
- ✓See "Qualifications".
- ✓If applicable, see "Qualifications".
- ✓Males born after 12/31/59 must be registered with Selective Service.
- ✓US Citizenship.
- ✓May serve a one year probationary period (if applicable).
- ✓Suitable for employment as determined by a background investigation.
- ✓If selected, a financial disclosure statement may be required.
- ✓Current/former federal employees must provide SF-50 verifying grade/status.
- ✓Current FCC employees must provide SF-50 verifying grade & status.
- ✓Resume must not exceed two pages and must meet resume format criteria.
Benefits
- ★The FCC offers a wide range of employee benefits, including: Health Insurance Life Insurance Dental & Vision Insurance Flexible Spending Accounts Long-Term Care Insurance Holidays and Leave Retirement Thrift Savings Plan Transit Benefit Alternative Work Schedule Telecommuting
Personality Fit
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