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Cloud Engineer DevOps Lead

General Dynamics Information Technology • Falls Church, VA • 19min ago

Req ID: RQ232019

Type of Requisition: Regular

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Top Secret/SCI

Public Trust/Other Required: None

Job Family: IT Infrastructure and Operations

Skills:

Automated Deployments,Cloud Computing,Cloud Operations

Experience:

15 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

Yes

Job Description:

Make meaningful contributions that fuel critical outcomes for some of the most complex government, defense, and intelligence projects. Join GDIT as a Cloud Engineer DevOps Lead for a career where your growth is just as important as the mission you support.

MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT:

As a DevOps Lead, the work you'll do at GDIT will be impactful to the mission of Department of War (DoW), Chief Information Officer (CIO) for Special Access Program(s) (SAPs) (DoW SAP CIO).

You will play a crucial role in leading a team in the following areas:

Provision, configure, and maintain cloud service provider (CSP) accounts, subscriptions, and services.

Design, deploy, and support cloud infrastructure including compute, storage, networking, and virtual desktop solutions.

Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) templates and automated deployment processes.

Implement and support API Gateway, cloud-native, and shared platform services.

Optimize cloud performance, scalability, availability, and resource utilization based on workload requirements.

Support onboarding and integration of customer workloads into cloud environments.

Engineer and maintain secure connectivity between cloud, customer, and DoW network environments.

Monitor cloud infrastructure, system health, and network interfaces to ensure service continuity.

Maintain configuration management, change control, and CMDB processes in support of operational excellence.

Collaborate with CSPs, mission owners, DISA, and cybersecurity teams to support cloud operations and service enhancements.

Ensure compliance with organizational security standards, RMF, JSIG, and cloud governance requirements.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

BS degree; may be substituted for additional years of experience

15+ years of IT/DoW Infrastructure and Cloud experience

Security Clearance Level: Top Secret with SCI eligibility

Required Certifications: Cloud certifications (AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, CISSP, CCSP, Security+)

Cloud infrastructure engineering and administration (AWS, Azure, or equivalent CSPs)

Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, CloudFormation, Ansible)

Cloud compute, storage, networking, and virtualization technologies

CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation

Cloud networking, VPNs, routing, load balancing, and hybrid cloud architectures

API Gateway and cloud service integration

Scripting and automation (PowerShell, Python, Bash)

Monitoring, logging, and performance management tools

Configuration management and ITSM/CMDB practices

Cybersecurity and compliance frameworks (RMF, JSIG, NIST 800-53)

Strong troubleshooting, systems integration, and stakeholder coordination skills

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:

Excellent customizable health benefits (Medical, Dental and Vision)

401K with company match

Educational Assistance and eLearning

Internal mobility team dedicated to employee advancement

Rewards and Recognition programs

Innovative and collaborative environment encouraging highly motivated critical thinking

The likely salary range for this position is $187,179 - $235,750. 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.

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