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Sr Principal Cloud Architect

General Dynamics Information Technology • Falls Church, VA • 1h ago

Req ID: RQ227679

Type of Requisition: Regular

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None

Public Trust/Other Required: None

Job Family: IT Infrastructure and Operations

Skills:

AWS Cloud Computing,Cloud Engineering,Okta Identity Management

Experience:

10 + years of related experience

Job Description:

About the Role

GDIT's Emerge Labs is seeking a senior-level Cloud and Identity Engineer to architect, deploy, and support modern multi-cloud environments with a primary focus on AWS. This Cloud SME role blends technical engineering expertise with a strong customer-support mission-ensuring that every cloud service, automation, and infrastructure component is fully delivered, functioning correctly, and meeting customer expectations. You will work onsite in Falls Church, VA and serve as a trusted technical partner to both internal teams and Emerge Labs internal customers.

Key Responsibilities

Architect, build, and support multi-cloud environments across AWS, Azure, and GCP.

Acts as an Okta/Identity SME for the GDIT Emerge Labs

Oversee Emerge Labs certificate infrastructure and DNS

Deploy and manage AWS multi-tenant account structures, including networking, identity, governance, and security controls.

Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines for IaC deployments to ensure consistent, reliable, and repeatable delivery.

Serve as a Tier 3 escalation point, providing timely resolution and clear communication to Emerge Labs customers.

Ensure that cloud services and deployments are fully delivered, validated, documented, and functioning as expected.

Work directly with customers to understand requirements, track progress, resolve issues, and confirm successful delivery.

Partner with internal engineering, cybersecurity, and operations teams to maintain secure and compliant cloud environments.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED

Bring your technology expertise and drive for innovation to GDIT. The Cloud Engineer Sr Principal must have:

? Education: Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science

? Experience: 10+ years of related experience

? Technical skills:

Proven experience deploying and managing AWS multi-tenant environments using IaC such as Terraform and/or Ansible/YAML.

Proven experience with complex design and implementation of Okta/Identity federation solution (Okta workflow automation experience is a plus)

Hand-on experience with deploying Certificate Authority and managing DNS

Working knowledge with Microsoft AD server and Linux operating systems

Strong cloud networking background (Zscaler, routing, VPCs, security groups, Route53).

? US Person

? Role requirements:

Hybrid role based in Falls Church, VA

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE

At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.

? Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities

? Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals

? Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off

? Collaborative, engineering-focused environment supporting high-visibility cloud initiatives

? Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace

OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY

Explore an enterprise IT career at GDIT and you'll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your desire to drive operations forward.

The likely salary range for this position is $164,382 - $189,750. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Total Rewards at GDIT:

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

Our Identity Verification Process:

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.

About Our Work:

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers technology solutions and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 26,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50+ countries worldwide, offering leading mission-ready capabilities in AI, cloud, cyber and software development.

Join our Talent Community to stay up to date on our career opportunities and events at https://gdit.com/tc.

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