Cloud Administrator - TS/SCI with Polygraph

About the role

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

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.

• 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.

Qualifications

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