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General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc.

Cloud Engineer

springfield, VA

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General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. lists this Cloud Engineer opportunity in springfield, Virginia. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.

Job description

Type of Requisition: Regular Clearance Level Must Currently Possess: Top Secret/SCI Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Top Secret SCI + Polygraph Public Trust/Other Required: None Job Family: IT Infrastructure and Operations Job Qualifications: Skills: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Automation Scripting, IT Troubleshooting Certifications: None Experience: 8 + years of related experience US Citizenship Required: Yes

Job Description

Transform technology into opportunity as a Cloud Engineer with GDIT. A career in enterprise IT means connecting and enhancing the systems that matter most. At GDIT you'll be at the forefront of innovation and play a meaningful part in improving how agencies operate. At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a Cloud Engineer you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on a TS/SCI level Cloud Engineer joining our team to support our intelligence customer in Springfield, VA or St. Louis, MO.

HOW A CLOUD ENGINEER WILL MAKE AN IMPACT

The Cloud Engineer will be responsible for working with highly functional development team automating service deployments; optimizing system performance; integrating with enterprise authentication services; establishing/improving system monitoring; maintaining established security protocols; provide customers technical support. The Cloud Engineer will be integrated with an agile environment participating with scrums and other meetings.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

Work with A&A Team to maintain security requirements for operation of systems

Maintain and improve existing infrastructure (build out autoscaling, support new services, optimize for cost efficiencies/authentication/search, etc)

Produce detailed documentation

Maintain System in AWS environment using EC2, S3, Load Balancer, and RDS

Automate and optimize service deployments

Delivering a full-stack web application to production; identifying and resolving operational issues in same

Actively participating in technical requirements-gathering process (i.e. meetings with customers)

Executing design and implementation of application features, independently / unassisted, with minimal oversight

Refactoring legacy application code for improved reliability and maintainability

Mentoring junior developers

Writing and reading unit tests; understanding code-quality analysis concepts

Writing and debugging Javascript, Typescript, or closely-related language

Developing applications backed by a relational database; understanding RDB design concepts

WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED

Education/Experience: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Programming, Science, Engineering or a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical training, or work/military experience 8+ years IT experience

Meet DoD 8570 IAT Level II requirements including one of the following: Security+ CE, CND, SSCP, GSEC, GICSP, CySA+, or CCNA

Required Skills

Strong knowledge of Amazon Web Services

Strong Troubleshooting skills

Experience in automating tasks using scripted languages such as Bash, PowerShell, or Perl

Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodology

Familiarity with DevOps development processes and Continuous Integration tools: GitLab, Jenkins, Nexus

Extensive Typescript or Javascript background

Angular frontend framework; UI/UX design

Microservice-based backend architecture; integrating with COTS/FOSS software REST APIs

Supporting a full-stack application in a PaaS environment CI/CD pipeline implementation, ideally with GitLab

Creating and deploying containerized applications, ideally with Docker

Designing/implementing container orchestration with Kubernetes

Desired Skills

Strong understanding of cloud APIs and interaction with the AWS/CLI

Experience working with one or more programming languages (e.g. Python, Ruby, or Java)

Experience with Go programming language

Familiarity with HTML, CSS, Markdown, and portal development

Database experience with a Postgres backend

Strong communication skills

Desired Certifications

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

Location

Customer Site

US Citizenship Required

US Citizenship Required

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE

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

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.

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Salary

The likely salary range for this position is $125,800 - $170,200. 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.

Work Schedule

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

Travel Required: None

Telecommuting Options: Onsite

Work Location: USA VA Springfield

Additional Work Locations: USA MO St. Louis

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.

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 gdit.com/tc.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans Opportunity

From working with technologies like AI, cyber and cloud to careers in intelligence and health, we offer endless opportunities to apply your expertise to create a safer, smarter world.

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springfield, VA, 22161, US

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