Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

General Dynamics IT; United States; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

General Dynamics IT is seeking a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to join NIH CIT Hosting and Storage Services Program. This role designs, automates, and delivers secure, scalable cloud infrastructure across AWS and Azure, collaborating with customers and engineers to translate requirements into effective cloud solutions.

The position emphasizes automation with Terraform and Ansible, development of standardized cloud services, and adherence to security, resiliency, and operational efficiency.

Qualifications

• BS/BA and 8+ years of relevant experience, or equivalent IT discipline.
• Experience engineering and supporting cloud or enterprise infrastructure solutions in a professional IT environment.
• Experience independently delivering well-defined technical solutions while collaborating with senior engineers on larger designs.
• Experience working with customers and stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver technical solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and support secure, reliable, and scalable cloud infrastructure solutions in AWS and Azure for hosting applications and data.
• Develop and enhance standardized, reusable cloud infrastructure services and automation using Terraform, Ansible, and related technologies.
• Configure and integrate cloud compute, storage, database, identity, networking, security, monitoring, backup, and related services.
• Develop and support automation and CI/CD capabilities that streamline provisioning and deployments.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure, OS, automation, hosting, and cloud integration issues to drive resolution.
• Maintain technical documentation, diagrams, procedures, and security/compliance artifacts.
• Participate in Agile activities, design discussions, code reviews, and continuous improvement.

Skills

Cloud Infrastructure Services

Cloud Security

Linux System Administration

Windows System Administration

Education

BS/BA with 8+ years experience

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Git

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: IT Infrastructure and Operations

Job Qualifications

• Skills: Cloud Infrastructure Services, Cloud Security, Linux System Administration, Windows System Administration
• Certifications: None
• Experience: 8 + years of related experience
• US Citizenship Required: No

Job Description

GDIT is looking for a C loud Infrastructure Engineer to join our National Institutes of Health (NIH) CIT Hosting and Storage Services Program.

We are seeking a collaborative and technically curious cloud engineer who can help design, automate, and deliver secure, reliable, and scalable cloud infrastructure solutions across AWS and Azure. Our ideal candidate combines hands-on cloud and infrastructure experience with a strong automation mindset and an interest in solving customer challenges. As a member of our Cloud DevOps team, this engineer will contribute to the development of standardized cloud infrastructure services and reusable automation while also supporting custom solutions for customers with unique application and data hosting requirements. The successful candidate will independently deliver well-defined engineering solutions, collaborate with senior engineers on more complex designs, and work with customers and team members to translate requirements into effective cloud solutions. They will apply sound engineering practices with consideration for security, scalability, resiliency, maintainability, and operational efficiency.

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. If 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

• Design, implement, and support secure, reliable, and scalable cloud infrastructure solutions in AWS and Azure for hosting applications and data, working with customers and engineers to understand requirements and deliver appropriate solutions.
• Develop and enhance standardized, reusable cloud infrastructure services and automation using Terraform, Ansible, and related technologies, contributing to shared modules and enterprise code repositories.
• Configure and integrate cloud compute, storage, database, identity, networking, security, monitoring, backup, and related services to support application hosting requirements.
• Develop and support automation and CI/CD capabilities that streamline infrastructure provisioning and application deployments, reduce manual effort, and improve reliability and operational efficiency.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure, operating system, automation, application hosting, and cloud integration issues, collaborating across engineering disciplines to drive problems through resolution.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, architecture diagrams, implementation procedures, and security and compliance artifacts necessary to support cloud services and maintain authorization.
• Pa rt icipate in Agile activities, technical design discussions, code reviews, and continuous improvement efforts that enhance engineering practices, service delivery, and the customer experience.

Required Qualifications

• BS/BA and 8 + years of relevant experience, or equivalent experience, in an IT-related discipline.
• Experience engineering and supporting cloud or enterprise infrastructure solutions within a professional IT environment.
• Experience independently implementing well-defined technical solutions while collaborating with senior engineers on larger or more complex designs and initiatives.
• Experience working collaboratively with technical teams, customers, and stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver technical solutions.

Required Skillsets and Experience

• Hands-on experience with AWS and/or Azure, including compute, storage, databases, networking, identity and access management, security, monitoring, and related cloud platform services.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code, configuration management, and automation using technologies such as Terraform and Ansible, including developing or modifying reusable modules and working within shared, Git-managed codebases.
• Working knowledge of Windows and Linux systems administration and supporting technologies, including patching, monitoring, certificate management, data protection, backup, and application hosting.
• Working knowledge of cloud networking and security concepts, including virtual networks/VPCs, load balancing, VPNs, firewalls, IAM/RBAC, encryption, and secure connectivity.
• Experience with CI/CD and scripting or au