Cloud Administrator - TS/SCI with Polygraph

General Dynamics IT; Vienna (VA); On-site; USD 162,000 - 219,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K with company match

Comprehensive health and wellness

Internal mobility program

Paid education and certifications

Cutting-edge technology access

Paid vacation and holidays

Job summary

General Dynamics IT seeks an experienced Cloud Administrator to deliver expert cloud operations and architecture support across mission-critical AWS environments at a client site in Tyson's, VA.

The role requires TS/SCI with Polygraph, a Bachelor's degree, and 10+ years of experience. You will perform monitoring, automation, and incident remediation while collaborating with DevSecOps and cybersecurity teams to ensure availability and compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of experience in cloud engineering/operations.
• U.S. citizenship and TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance.
• Location on customer site: Tyson's, VA.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert-level cloud operations and architecture support for AWS-based environments.
• Conduct monitoring, metrics analysis, automation, and incident remediation.
• Collaborate with system engineers, cybersecurity, and DevSecOps teams for solution planning and implementation.
• Lead root-cause analysis and contribute to runbooks and automation pipelines.

Skills

AWS

Linux

Windows servers

Jenkins

Puppet

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Jenkins

Puppet

Job description

Type of Requisition

Pipeline

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess

Top Secret SCI + Polygraph

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain

None

Public Trust/Other Required

None

Job Family

Software Engineering

Job Qualifications

• Skills: Cloud Architectures, Cloud Development, Cloud Engineering, Incident Resolution
• Certifications: None
• Experience: 10 + years
• US Citizenship Required: Yes

Job Description

Transform technology into opportunity as a Cloud Administrator with GDIT. A career in enterprise IT means connecting and enhancing the systems that matter most while you build valuable skills that will help you in your career. At GDIT you'll be at the forefront of innovation and play a meaningful part in improving how agencies operate.

We are seeking an experienced Cloud Administrator to provide expert‑level cloud operations, architecture support, monitoring, metrics analysis, and incident remediation across mission‑critical AWS‑based environments. This role ensures availability, resiliency, and compliance of enterprise cloud systems supporting Intelligence Community applications. Responsibilities include hands‑on administration, automation, troubleshooting, and engineering support aligned with SOW requirements for Cloud Application Architecture, Development, Engineering, Monitoring and Metrics, Routine Operations, and Incident Remediation.

Required Skills and Demonstrated Experience

• Experience with AWS, Linus and Windows servers, Jenkins and Puppet.
• Support cloud application architecture, development, and engineering activities, ensuring alignment with Sponsor technical and security baselines.
• Coordinate with system engineers, cybersecurity engineers, and DevSecOps personnel for solution planning and implementation.
• Conduct daily O&M tasks, including audit log reviews, access control management, configuration updates, backup verification, patching, and service availability checks.
• Maintain compliance with continuous audit monitoring requirements, system security plans (SSPs), and ATO commitments.
• Support Agile/Scrum ceremonies, document work in Jira/Confluence, and coordinate with cross‑functional engineering and development teams.
• Lead troubleshooting and remediation of cloud incidents, including outages, performance degradation, backup failures, and misconfigurations.
• Use automated recovery workflows, scripted restore routines, and environment rebuild procedures to restore services quickly and reliably.
• Perform root‑cause analysis, implement corrective actions, and feed insights back into operational runbooks and automation pipelines.

What You'll Need To Succeed

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical certifications or training, or work experience.
• Experience: 10+ years
• Security clearance: TS/SCI with Polygraph
• Location: Tyson's, VA (On Customer Site)
• US Citizenship Required

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE

• 401K with company match
• Comprehensive health and wellness packages
• Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career
• Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications
• Cutting-edge technology you can learn from
• Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays

Salary Range

The likely salary range for this position is $162,037 - $219,227. 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.

Working Hours and Mobility

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

Travel Required: Less than 10%

T elecommuting Options: Onsite

Work Location: USA VA Vienna

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