Cloud Systems Engineer – TS/SCI with FSP at Xcelerate Solutions
Bethesda, MD
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Jul 24, 2026
Bethesda, MD
Jul 25, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A cloud engineering role focused on administering and optimizing classified and unclassified enterprise cloud environments in support of intelligence community programs. Day-to-day work spans infrastructure management, migrating data and tools into cloud platforms, cybersecurity compliance (ATO/ATD), and building dashboards to track performance and risk. Suited to candidates with substantial cloud administration experience and an active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph.
Senior level · 6+ years · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · Bachelor's required · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $128,188 (middle half $100,819–$156,589).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The role sits between cloud operations/administration (15-1244) and cloud engineering/implementation (15-1252). The responsibilities lean toward operating and maintaining enterprise cloud environments — account management, performance, compliance, and documentation — with some engineering work (POCs, migrations, storage design). 15-1244 was chosen as the primary classification given the operational emphasis, but 15-1252 is a credible alternative.
The clearance requirement is TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph (FSP), which is the most restrictive tier of TS/SCI. This will significantly constrain the candidate pool.
Cloud platform experience (AWS, Azure, or equivalent) is listed in the required qualifications section with 'or equivalent' language; AWS and Azure are named explicitly and captured accordingly. Cloud certifications (AWS Solutions Architect, SysOps, Azure) appear under Preferred Qualifications.
No compensation range is stated in the posting.
The degree requirement is a Bachelor's in a specified technical field; a Master's is listed as preferred only.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): cloud administration.
Requires a TS/SCI clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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