Principal Consultant – Government Cloud Managed Services

CDW

. Serve as technical lead and escalation point for Government Cloud Managed Services across Azure Government/Azure GCC High, AWS GovCloud (US), and Google Cloud .

Posted 10/13/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesLead💰 $172,000 - $240,800 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive expertise in cloud infrastructure management, particularly within Government Cloud environments, with a strong focus on compliance frameworks and automation practices. Proven ability to lead technical teams, mentor engineers, and drive successful project outcomes through effective communication and strategic planning.

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Cloud Infrastructure ManagementInfrastructure As CodeGovernment Compliance FrameworksCI/CD Pipeline DesignTechnical Leadership

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Hard Skills

Cloud EngineeringAutomationScriptingConfiguration ManagementRoot Cause AnalysisTechnical RoadmapsArchitecture DocumentationProject PlanningService Management SolutionsDisaster Recovery

Soft Skills

Excellent CommunicationProblem-SolvingMentoringBuilding Trusted RelationshipsManaging Multiple Priorities

Tools & Technologies

ServiceNowAzure GovernmentAWS GovCloudGoogle CloudCI/CD Tools

Certifications & Qualifications

Microsoft Azure CertificationAWS CertificationGoogle Cloud Certification

Industry Keywords

FedRAMPNIST 800-53NIST Cybersecurity FrameworkCMMCDISA STIGsCIS BenchmarksPublic Sector CloudITARCUI

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudCyber SecurityServiceNow

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Serve as technical lead and escalation point for Government Cloud Managed Services across Azure Government/Azure GCC High, AWS GovCloud (US), and Google Cloud
Define and maintain reference architectures, secure landing zone standards, and operational patterns
Lead Infrastructure as Code, automation, and CI/CD pipeline design and delivery
Translate Government compliance requirements into controls, configurations, and operational procedures
Participate in pre-sales discovery, solution design, architecture input, estimation, proposals, and presentations
Lead customer design workshops, architecture reviews, and operational readiness reviews
Oversee implementations, migrations, upgrades, and modernization through operational handoff
Participate in on-call rotation, support critical incidents, and lead root cause analysis
Strengthen incident, change, problem, request, and knowledge management processes in ServiceNow
Drive resiliency, capacity, performance, backup/disaster recovery, and cost optimization
Maintain trusted advisor relationships with customers and account teams
Mentor senior and consulting engineers across cloud platforms
Develop practice standards, runbooks, reusable templates, architecture documentation, and training materials
Collaborate with Sales, Customer Success, Project Management, Security, Legal and Contracts, and cloud provider partners
Research emerging government cloud, security, automation technologies, and regulatory changes and present recommendations

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree and 10+ years of IT engineering experience supporting cloud, infrastructure, systems, networking, or platform engineering OR 14+ years of such IT engineering experience
Minimum 8+ years of IT engineering experience supporting cloud, hybrid infrastructure, platform, automation, security, monitoring, database, network, systems, or service management solutions
3+ years of experience with large, cross-brand Managed Services projects
Experience designing and operating cloud environments aligned with Government security frameworks, including FedRAMP, NIST 800-53, NIST Cybersecurity Framework, CMMC, DISA STIGs, and CIS Benchmarks
Advanced experience with Infrastructure as Code, scripting, configuration management, and CI/CD pipelines
Experience aligning technical solutions to business outcomes and developing technical roadmaps, architecture documentation, project plans, and schedules for complex initiatives
Strong root cause analysis and problem-solving skills, with the ability to lead critical escalations
Excellent communication and documentation skills, including executive-level interaction, and the ability to build trusted customer relationships
Ability to mentor and lead technical teams and manage multiple priorities in fast-paced environments
Certain customer workloads involving ITAR or CUI data may require U.S. citizenship
Experience supporting public sector cloud environments strongly preferred
Deep hands-on expertise in at least one government cloud platform and working knowledge of a second major cloud platform strongly preferred
Experience supporting Azure GCC High or CMMC-regulated customers is a plus
Professional-level certifications in two or more of Microsoft Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud are a plus
Published case studies, white papers, reference architectures, or technical thought leadership are a plus

Benefits

Comp & perks

Annual bonus target of 10% subject to terms and conditions of plan
Benefits overview provided at https://cdw.benefit-info.com/
Salary ranges may be subject to geographic differentials