Infrastructure Engineer

Job DescriptionJob Description

Infrastructure Engineer 

ROLE 

We need an experienced API Engineer at the IRS ISS program. The Infrastructure Shared Services (ISS) contract provides enterprise-wide IT solutions, including engineering, development, integration, and operations across IRS platforms and cloud environments. In this role, you will design and implement secure, scalable APIs that connect IRS applications, data services, and shared enterprise platforms across on-premises and cloud systems. You will support modernization initiatives such as unified APIs, single sign-on, and enterprise integration frameworks, while ensuring compliance with IRS architecture and security standards. This is a full-time opportunity. We can offer a competitive salary, and a comprehensive benefits package. 

RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Design, build, and support hybrid cloud/on-prem IRS infrastructure for hosting applications and shared platforms. 

• Provide engineering for AWS/Azure environments, including microservices, API gateways, Kinesis, Lambda, and CloudWatch. 

• Implement virtualization, containerization, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps automation (Ansible, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps). 

• Lead Zero Trust architecture efforts, including ICAM, Ping integration, and authorization frameworks. 

• Conduct capacity planning, performance engineering, and high-volume performance analysis for IRS environments. 

• Support infrastructure for taxpayer-facing web apps, compliance systems, and critical filing season platforms. 

• Engineer disaster recovery and continuity-of-operations environments, including Alternate Site Processing (ASP). 

• Provide database engineering and migration support (MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Oracle). 

• Optimize and tune infrastructure for high availability and scalability during filing season workloads. 

• Support performance monitoring, auto-event ticketing, and proactive infrastructure issue resolution. 

• Conduct proof-of-concepts for new technologies to evaluate applicability in IRS environments. 

• Provide infrastructure engineering for shared services like Secure Object Repository (SOR) and EAIB. 

• Support network design, modeling, and WAN capacity analysis for IRS modernization systems. 

• Collaborate with cybersecurity teams to remediate vulnerabilities, support audits, and comply with IRS IRM 10.8.1. 

• Participate in milestone exit reviews, technical reviews, and performance testing for infrastructure components. 

• Provide hands-on coding and scripting for infrastructure automation, pipeline restarts, and system health checks. 
  Design, develop, and maintain secure, scalable APIs that connect IRS systems, data platforms, and shared enterprise services. 

REQUIRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE 

•  7+ years of relevant hands-on experience in leading and implementing government contract programs. 

• Demonstrated hands-on coding experience. 

• Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills. 

• Demonstrated success leading cross-functional technical teams. 

REQUIRED EDUCATION / CERTIFICATIONS 

• Bachelor’s degree in Science, Math, Engineering, or Information Systems (required). 

• Cloud (AWS or Azure) Certification – required 

LOCATION 

• Lanham, MD 20706 

CLEARANCE 

• U.S. citizenship is required  

• Active IRS MBI Clearance 

CLIENT 

• Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Infrastructure Shared Services (ISS) 

WORK HOURS 

• 40 hours per week 

• 8 hours per day 

EMPLOYMENT CLASSIFICATION 

• Employment Classification Eligibility — W2   

RELOCATION 

• Not eligible for relocation benefits 

West 4th Strategy is an Equal Opportunity (EEO) employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to , , creed, , , , ancestry, , age, marital status, mental , physical , medical condition, , political affiliation, military or veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by federal or state law.  

Other Considerations: applicants will be subject to a background investigation. Individual’s primary workstation is located in an office area. The noise level in this environment is low to moderate. Regularly required to sit for extended periods up to 80% of the time; frequently required to move about to access file cabinets and use office equipment such as PC, copier, fax, telephone, cell phone, etc. Occasionally required to reach overhead, bend, and lift objects of up to 10 lbs. Specific vision abilities required by this job include the use of computer monitor screens up to 80% of the time. 

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