Cloud Engineer Team Lead

General Dynamics IT; United States; Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

General Dynamics IT is seeking a Cloud DevOps Team Lead to join the NIH CIT Hosting and Storage Services Program. You will provide day-to-day oversight, drive cloud engineering and DevOps initiatives, and guide architecture decisions across AWS and Azure.

The role emphasizes people leadership, automation, and delivering secure, reliable cloud services. Remote work is considered, with preference for onsite as needed near Bethesda, MD.

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.

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 for 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.

Skills

Agile Methodology

Engineering

People Management

Project Support

Service Delivery

Education

BS/BA in IT-related discipline

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

GitHub

Job description

Type of Requisition:
Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:
None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
None

Public Trust/Other Required:
NACI (T1)

Job Family:
Software Engineering

Job Qualifications:
Skills:
Agile Methodology, Engineering, People Management, Project Support, Service Delivery Certifications:
None Experience:
10 + years of related experience US Citizenship Required:
No

Job Description:
GDIT is looking for a Cloud DevOps Team Lead to join our National Institutes of Health (NIH) CIT Hosting and Storage Services Program.

We are seeking a forward-thinking technical leader who can inspire and develop teams while ensuring the delivery of secure, reliable, and innovative cloud services and solutions . Our ideal candidate combines strong people leadership with cloud engineering and DevOps expertise , supported by experience designing, automating, and delivering solutions across AWS and Azure . This leader will provide clear direction and accountability for day-to-day operations , Agile execution, and project activities, while applying their technical understanding to guide architecture, engineering decisions, and complex customer solutions. They will foster a culture of collaboration, automation , continuous improvement, and innovation; empower team members to grow and succeed; and work closely with customers to understand their demands and guide their cloud adoption and modernization journeys . The successful candidate will balance standardization with flexibility, driving reusable cloud services while enabling tailored solutions when customer requirements demand them.

Location: Remote working candidates will be considered, however the preference is for candidates to go onsite to Bethesda, MD 3 days out of the week. I f you're within 60 miles of 'customer site', we would look for you to go onsite, as needed.

This role will require you to obtain and maintain a Public Trust and will require you to provide onsite fingerprinting at a designated facility. This investigation may review personal and criminal behavior, financial conduct, foreign influence, as well as other adjudications.

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.

Required 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.

Required Skillsets and Experience:

• 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, an