Cloud Developer Senior Principal

General Dynamics Information Technology; Falls Church (VA); On-site; USD 153,000 - 207,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits (medical, dental, and视

401K with company match

Educational Assistance and eLearning

Internal mobility team for advancement

Rewards and Recognition programs

Innovative, collaborative environment

Job summary

General Dynamics Information Technology in Falls Church, VA seeks a Senior Principal Cloud Developer to drive cloud strategy and operations for DoW/SAP environments. You will lead provisioning, automation, IaC, API gateways, and secure connectivity across multiple CSPs, while ensuring RMF and JSIG compliance.

You will collaborate with CSPs and government stakeholders to modernize cloud services and maintain high security postures in a DoW context.

Qualifications

• Cloud based services, deployment, and operations experience.
• 10+ years IT/DoW Infrastructure and Cloud experience.
• Security clearance Top Secret/SCI or ability to obtain.
• Cloud certifications: AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, CISSP, CCSP, Security+.

Responsibilities

• Provision, configure, and maintain CSP accounts, tenants, and cloud services.
• Develop and automate cloud provisioning, onboarding, and deprovisioning processes.
• Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) templates and CI/CD pipelines.
• Deploy and manage cloud compute, storage, networking, and virtual desktops.
• Develop and maintain API Gateway capabilities and cloud-native services.
• Monitor, maintain, and optimize cloud platform performance, availability, and security.
• Support workload onboarding and integration with customer and DoW networks.
• Engineer secure connectivity across multiple cloud and network environments.
• Maintain CMDB and change control processes.
• Ensure RMF, JSIG, cybersecurity and cloud governance compliance.
• Collaborate with mission owners, CSPs, DISA, and government stakeholders.

Skills

Cloud Based Services

Cloud Development

Cloud Operations

Cloud Platform

Education

BS degree

Job description

Job Description

Type of Requisition

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess

Top Secret/SCI

Clearance Level Must Be Able To Obtain

Top Secret/SCI

Public Trust/Other Required

None

Job Family

Software Engineering

Skills

Cloud Based Services, Cloud Development, Cloud Operations, Cloud Platform

Job Qualifications

Cloud Based Services, Cloud Development, Cloud Operations, Cloud Platform

Certifications

None

Experience

10 + 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 Senior Principal Cloud Developer for a career where your growth is just as important as the mission you support.

Meaningful Work And Personal Impact

As a Senior Principal Cloud Developer, 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).

• Provision, configure, and maintain cloud service provider (CSP) accounts, tenants, and cloud services.
• Develop and automate cloud provisioning, onboarding, and deprovisioning processes.
• Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) templates and CI/CD pipelines.
• Deploy and manage cloud compute, storage, networking, and virtual desktop solutions.
• Develop and maintain API Gateway capabilities and cloud-native services.
• Monitor, maintain, and optimize cloud platform performance, availability, and security.
• Support workload onboarding and integration with customer and DoW networks.
• Engineer secure connectivity across multiple cloud and network environments.
• Maintain configuration management, CMDB, and change control processes.
• Ensure compliance with RMF, JSIG, cybersecurity, and cloud governance requirements.
• Collaborate with mission owners, CSPs, DISA, and government stakeholders to support cloud operations and modernization efforts.

What You’ll Need To Succeed

• BS degree; may be substituted for additional years of experience
• 10+ 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 platform administration and engineering (AWS, Azure, or similar CSPs).
• Cloud-native application development and cloud services integration.
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, CloudFormation, ARM Templates, Ansible).
• DevSecOps and CI/CD pipeline development (Azure DevOps, GitHub, GitLab, Jenkins).
• Scripting and automation (Python, PowerShell, Bash).
• Cloud networking, VPNs, routing, QoS, and hybrid cloud architectures.
• API management and API Gateway technologies.
• Virtualization, containers, and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift).
• Configuration management and CMDB administration.
• Cybersecurity frameworks including RMF, JSIG, NIST 800-53, and IAM.
• Cloud monitoring, performance management, and operational support.
• Strong problem-solving, systems integration, and stakeholder coordination skills.
• Ability to work in secure DoW/SAP environments and support classified workloads.
• Experience with DISA network integration and mission-critical cloud platforms

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 $153,000 - $207,000. 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.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Travel Required

Less than 10%

Telecommuting Options

Onsite

Work Location

USA VA Falls Church

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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