Cloud Solutions Engineer (Data & Platform) at NextGen Federal Systems
Falls Church, VA
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Aug 13, 2026
Falls Church, VA
Sep 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A hands-on engineering role at a federal technology services firm, supporting cloud-based infrastructure and data integration in secure, mission-oriented environments. The position splits across two tracks — Platform (infrastructure-as-code, DevSecOps, container orchestration) and Data (ETL pipelines, APIs, cloud data platforms) — with the shared goal of deploying and operationalizing AI-enabled and analytics capabilities for government clients.
Senior level · 5+ years · Secret clearance · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Aug 15, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
The posting describes two distinct tracks (Platform and Data) within a single role; candidates are expected to align to one, so the full skill set spans both tracks. Platform-track skills (Docker, Kubernetes, Helm) and Data-track skills (Python, SQL, Spark, Java, Databricks) are all listed under Desired Qualifications.
The clearance gate is an active Secret with the ability to obtain a TS — not a full TS requirement at hire.
A Bachelor's degree is listed as required but explicitly allows 'equivalent experience' as a substitute, so no minimum degree is flagged.
No work location or metro area is specified in the posting; the secure/government environment context suggests an on-site or hybrid arrangement rather than fully remote.
Terraform and Ansible appear together under a required bullet with 'or comparable platforms'; Terraform is named first and Ansible is captured as an alternative. The underlying infrastructure-as-code capability is a hard gate.
Requires a Secret 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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