Cloud DevOps Team Lead | AWS & Azure | Hybrid Role

General Dynamics Corporation

Bethesda, Northern (MD, KY)

Hybrid

USD 143,000 - 190,000

Full time

33 hours ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Full benefits

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Hybrid work model

Job summary

GDIT is seeking a Cloud DevOps Team Lead to join the NIH CIT Hosting and Storage Services Program, delivering secure, reliable cloud services in AWS and Azure with strong leadership. This hybrid role requires coordinating with federal partners, guiding architecture and engineering decisions, and growing a high-performing team through mentoring and Agile practices.

You will balance standardization with tailoring to customer needs, ensure daily operations, and drive modernization across cloud

Qualifications

BS/BA and 10+ years of experience, or equivalent experience, in an IT-related discipline.
Experience overseeing a portfolio of cloud or technology services and leading a technical team's day-to-day execution, including engineering, service delivery, Agile development, and project activities.
People management experience, including recruiting, hiring, performance management, professional development, training, and mentoring a team of engineers.
Experience leading cloud engineering, DevOps, modernization, or other complex technical initiatives from planning through successful delivery.
Broad hands-on experience and technical knowledge with AWS and/or Azure, including cloud compute, database, storage, networking, identity, security, and related platform services.
Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC), configuration management, and automation using technologies such as Terraform and Ansible, with source code and configuration managed through Git-based development practices and platforms such as GitHub.
Experience leading a team that develops standardized, reusable cloud services, patterns, and automation that enables consistent and efficient delivery while accommodating unique customer requirements when appropriate.
Experience modernizing a team's technology services and delivery practices to improve efficiency, accelerate delivery, enhance customer experience, and reduce manual effort through standardization, automation, and emerging technologies such as AI.
Experience applying Agile and project management practices to manage priorities and backlogs, facilitate Scrum or similar delivery processes, and drive technical initiatives through completion.
Working knowledge of ITIL principles and practices, including incident, problem, service request, change, and service level management.
Ability to analyze complex cloud architecture and engineering challenges, provide technical guidance, and lead engineers and customers through solution design and problem resolution.
Strong customer and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to communicate cloud strategies, architectures, technical tradeoffs, risks, and recommendations to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

Provide day-to-day oversight for your team by delegating and prioritizing task execution, resolving roadblocks, and ensuring execution is efficient and timely for the delivery of all cloud devops services.
In partnership with federal and program leadership, be a subject matter expert and oversee your team's service catalog; to include identifying customer demands, owning and developing the technical strategy and vision, and rallying your team to turn the vision into reality.
Work closely with Project Managers/Scrum Masters to ensure transparent communications on project timelines, project execution, resource requirements, risk management, and status reporting. Occasionally step into project manager role you're your team's strategic projects based on need.
Drive innovation and incorporate continuous improvement activities into your team's execution to deliver new services and new ways of working to keep pace with future customer demands.
Oversee personnel management including staff recruitment, hiring, performance management, training, and mentoring for all team members.
Provide oversight for incidents, coordinating with resolution parties and establishing effective communication between stakeholders during and after closure of the incident to include after-action reporting.