GD Cloud Administrator - TS/SCI with Polygraph Gdit · USA VA Vienna · Cloud $162,037–$219,227 2w ago

Devopsroles; Vienna (VA); On-site; USD 162,000 - 219,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K with company match

Comprehensive health and wellness

Internal mobility and career growth

Paid education and certifications

Paid vacation and holidays

Job summary

GDIT is seeking an experienced Cloud Administrator to provide expert-level cloud operations, architecture support, monitoring, and incident remediation across mission-critical AWS environments. The role emphasizes availability, resiliency, and security for Intelligence Community applications.

You will lead automation, troubleshooting, and engineering support aligned with SOWs for Cloud Application Architecture, Development, Engineering, and Monitoring, while coordinating with cross-functional

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years of related experience.
• US citizenship required.
• Security clearance: TS/SCI with Polygraph.
• Location: Tyson's, VA (On Customer Site).
• Experience with AWS, Linux and Windows servers, Jenkins and Puppet.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert-level cloud operations, architecture support, monitoring, metrics analysis, and incident remediation across AWS-based environments.
• Ensure availability, resiliency, and compliance of enterprise cloud systems.
• Lead troubleshooting and remediation of cloud incidents, outages, and misconfigurations.
• Coordinate with system engineers, cybersecurity engineers, and DevSecOps personnel for planning and implementation.
• Document work in Jira/Confluence and support Agile/Scrum ceremonies.

Skills

Cloud Architectures

Cloud Development

Cloud Engineering

Incident Resolution

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

AWS

Linux

Windows Servers

Jenkins

Puppet

Job description

Type of Requisition

Pipeline

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess

Top Secret SCI + Polygraph

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain

None

Public Trust/Other Required

None

Job Family

Software Engineering

Job Qualifications

Skills: Cloud Architectures, Cloud Development, Cloud Engineering, Incident Resolution

Certifications: None

Experience: 10 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required: Yes

Job Description

Transform technology into opportunity as a Cloud Administrator with GDIT. A career in enterprise IT means connecting and enhancing the systems that matter most while you build valuable skills that will help you in your career. At GDIT you'll be at the forefront of innovation and play a meaningful part in improving how agencies operate.

We are seeking an experienced Cloud Administrator to provide expert‑level cloud operations, architecture support, monitoring, metrics analysis, and incident remediation across mission‑critical AWS‑based environments. This role ensures availability, resiliency, and compliance of enterprise cloud systems supporting Intelligence Community applications. Responsibilities include hands‑on administration, automation, troubleshooting, and engineering support aligned with SOW requirements for Cloud Application Architecture, Development, Engineering, Monitoring and Metrics, Routine Operations, and Incident Remediation.

REQUIRED SKILLS AND DEMONSTRATED EXPERIENCE

• Experience with AWS, Linus and Windows servers, Jenkins and Puppet.


• Support cloud application architecture, development, and engineering activities, ensuring alignment with Sponsor technical and security baselines.


• Coordinate with system engineers, cybersecurity engineers, and DevSecOps personnel for solution planning and implementation.


• Conduct daily O&M tasks, including audit log reviews, access control management, configuration updates, backup verification, patching, and service availability checks.


• Maintain compliance with continuous audit monitoring requirements, system security plans (SSPs), and ATO commitments.


• Support Agile/Scrum ceremonies, document work in Jira/Confluence, and coordinate with cross‑functional engineering and development teams.


• Lead troubleshooting and remediation of cloud incidents, including outages, performance degradation, backup failures, and misconfigurations.


• Use automated recovery workflows, scripted restore routines, and environment rebuild procedures to restore services quickly and reliably.


• Perform root‑cause analysis, implement corrective actions, and feed insights back into operational runbooks and automation pipelines.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical certifications or training, or work experience.


• Experience: 10+ years


• Security clearance: TS/SCI with Polygraph


• Location: Tyson's, VA (On Customer Site)


• US Citizenship Required

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE

• 401K with company match


• Comprehensive health and wellness packages


• Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career


• Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications


• Cutting‑edge technology you can learn from


• Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays

The likely salary range for this position is $162,037 - $219,227. 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

Less than 10%

Telecommuting Options

Onsite

Work Location

USA VA Vienna

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.Join our Talent Community to stay up to date on our career opportunities and events at

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