Cloud Engineer Senior

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc.; Springfield (VA); Hybrid; USD 124,000 - 162,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical plan options

HSA contributions

401(k) with company match

Flex work weeks

Paid time off

Job summary

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. is seeking a Cloud Engineer to join the CORE team in delivering high-quality cloud solutions. You will automate deployments, maintain infrastructure, and ensure secure, scalable operations across AWS and OpenShift environments.

The role requires 8+ years of experience, TS/SCI clearance, and willingness to obtain a polygraph. Hybrid work near St. Louis or Springfield VA is offered with a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of related IT experience.
• Must currently possess Top Secret/SCI clearance.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and improve CI/CD pipelines for deployments.
• Integrate with enterprise authentication services.
• Enhance infrastructure with autoscaling and cost optimization.
• Monitor logs and security incidents; ensure system health.
• Apply configuration management, patches, hardening, and documentation.
• Enforce security and reliability; manage access control and vulnerability testing.
• Collaborate with A&A teams and participate in SAFe and Scrum ceremonies.
• Provide on-call support.

Skills

AWS serverless infra

TypeScript

JavaScript

Python

Bash

GitLab CI/CD

DevSecOps

OpenShift

Nexus

Multi-platform integration

Security best practices

SAFe / Scrum participation

Tools

GitLab

OpenShift

Nexus

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: 8 + years of related experience US Citizenship Required: Yes Job Description: Deliver simple solutions to complex problems as a Cloud Engineer, Sr. at GDIT.

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:

• AWS serverless infrastructure components
• Willing to learn cross-domain services available at customer agency
• A working understanding of TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Bash
• Multi-platform integration (connecting processes and services between AWS, GitLab, OpenShift, Nexus, Self Service)
• 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
• 8+ years of relevant experience.

Desired Skills:

• 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

Location:

Hybrid - St. Louis, MO or Springfield, VA US Citizenship Required

Salary:

The likely salary range for this position is $124,093 - $162,150. 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 Telecommuting 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 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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