Cloud Engineer, Jr.

General Dynamics IT; Springfield (VA); Hybrid; USD 98,000 - 132,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

General Dynamics IT in the United States is seeking a Jr. Cloud Engineer with TS/SCI clearance to support a intelligence customer in St. Louis, MO or Springfield, VA. You will join the CORE team delivering cloud solutions and driving secure deployments.

In this role you will automate builds with CI/CD, integrate authentication, monitor performance, and work with A&A teams to maintain security requirements. Some on-call support and hybrid work are required.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of related experience.
• US citizenship required.
• Experience with CI/CD, DevSecOps practices.
• Experience with GitLab or similar CI tools.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and improve build and deployment processes using CI/CD tools.
• Integrate with enterprise authentication services.
• Maintain and improve infrastructure and autoscaling.
• Manage and aggregate server logs and monitor for security incidents.
• Monitor system performance and resource usage.
• Apply configuration management to maintain software revisions and documentation.
• Enforce security best practices and drive security initiatives.
• Collaborate with A&A teams to meet security requirements.
• Participate in SAFe and Scrum teams; on-call support.

Skills

CI/CD

DevSecOps

TypeScript

JavaScript

Python

Bash

GitLab CI/CD

OpenShift

AWS

Nexus

GitLab

Security

Tools

OpenShift

AWS

Nexus

Jira

Confluence

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:

CI/CD, DevSecOps, GitLab Certifications:

None Experience:

3 + years of related experience US Citizenship Required:

Yes

Job Description:

Deliver simple solutions to complex problems as a Cloud Engineer, Jr. at GDIT. Here, you'll tailor cutting-edge solutions to the unique requirements of our clients. With a career in application development, you'll make the end user's experience your priority and we'll make your career growth ours.

At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a Cloud Engineer, Jr. you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on a TS/SCI cleared Cloud Engineer, Sr. joining our team to support our intelligence customer in St. Louis, MO or Springfield, VA.

HOW A CLOUD ENGINEER WILL MAKE AN IMPACT

In this role, you'll join our Common Operations Release Environment (CORE) team, providing high-quality, cost-effective cloud solutions to our clients. Be part of a dynamic environment where your expertise in cloud operations will drive significant enhancements in the efficiency and effectiveness of our customers' operations. As a Cloud Engineer on our team, you will be responsible for distributed and managed services automating the installation, configuration and maintenance of platform services.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• Maintain and improve existing build and deployment processes using CI/CD tools to automate and optimize service deployments within development, test, and production systems
• Integrate with enterprise authentication services
• Maintain and improve existing infrastructure (build out autoscaling, support new services, optimize for cost efficiencies/authentication/search, etc.)
• Manage and aggregate server logs and monitor for security and system related incidents
• Monitor and analyze system performance, such as server load and resource usage
• Apply configuration management disciplines to maintain software revisions, security patches, hardening, and documentation along with maintaining documentation and ensuring continuity of recurring tasks
• Enforce best practices for security and reliability, and drive security initiatives, like access control and vulnerability testing
• Work with A&A Teams to maintain security requirements for operation of systems
• Follow up on engineering tasks for operational solutions, and validate completion
• Participant in SAFe and Scrum development teams and meetings
• On-call support will be required

Required Skills:

• 3+ years of experience
• Willing to learn cross-domain services available at customer agency
• A working understanding of TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Bash
• GitLab CI/CD pipelines, typically centered around deploying or updating applications/services in OpenShift or AWS
• Strong understanding of DevSecOps and software/application development processes
• Understanding of GitLab or other DevSecOps/Continuous Integration tools
• Knowledge of network technologies, common infrastructure components, load balancers, firewalls, virtual and physical infrastructure design

Desired Skills:

• Multi-platform integration (connecting processes and services between AWS, GitLab, OpenShift, Nexus, Self Service)
• AWS serverless infrastructure components
• Background as a system administrator
• Cross Domain engineering
• AWS Diode
• Security+ Certification
• Understanding of access management and security groups (i.e. IAM, S3 bucket, SSH, VPN, etc.)
• Ability to write and use unit and functional testing
• Experience using Jira and Confluence
• Strong written and oral communication
• Customer engagement

Location: Hybrid - St. Louis, MO or Springfield, VA

US Citizenship Required

The likely salary range for this position is $97,750 - $132,250. 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: None

T elecommuting Options: Hybrid

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 an