Cloud Engineer

Transform technology into opportunity as a Cloud Engineer with GDIT. A career in enterprise IT means connecting and enhancing the systems that matter most. At GDIT you'll be at the forefront of innovation and play a meaningful part in improving how agencies operate. Our work depends on a TS/SCI level Cloud Engineer joining our team to support our intelligence customer in Springfield, VA or St. Louis, MO.

About the role

The Cloud Engineer will be responsible for working with a highly functional development team automating service deployments; optimizing system performance; integrating with enterprise authentication services; establishing/improving system monitoring; maintaining established security protocols; and providing customers technical support. The Cloud Engineer will be integrated with an agile environment participating in scrums and other meetings.

Responsibilities

• Work with A&A Team to maintain security requirements for operation of systems
• Maintain and improve existing infrastructure (build out autoscaling, support new services, optimize for cost efficiencies/authentication/search, etc)
• Produce detailed documentation
• Maintain System in AWS environment using EC2, S3, Load Balancer, and RDS
• Automate and optimize service deployments
• Deliver a full-stack web application to production; identify and resolve operational issues in same
• Actively participate in technical requirements-gathering process (i.e. meetings with customers)
• Execute design and implementation of application features, independently / unassisted, with minimal oversight
• Refactor legacy application code for improved reliability and maintainability
• Mentor junior developers
• Write and read unit tests; understand code-quality analysis concepts
• Write and debug Javascript, Typescript, or closely-related language
• Develop applications backed by a relational database; understand RDB design concepts

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Programming, Science, Engineering or a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical training, or work/military experience
• 8+ years IT experience
• Meet DoD 8570 IAT Level II requirements including one of the following: Security+ CE, CND, SSCP, GSEC, GICSP, CySA+, or CCNA
• US Citizenship
• Active Top Secret/SCI clearance (must currently possess)
• Ability to obtain Top Secret SCI + Polygraph clearance

Skills

• Strong knowledge of Amazon Web Services
• Strong troubleshooting skills
• Experience in automating tasks using scripted languages such as Bash, PowerShell, or Perl
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodology
• Familiarity with DevOps development processes and Continuous Integration tools: GitLab, Jenkins, Nexus
• Extensive Typescript or Javascript background
• Angular frontend framework; UI/UX design
• Microservice-based backend architecture; integrating with COTS/FOSS software REST APIs
• Supporting a full-stack application in a PaaS environment
• CI/CD pipeline implementation, ideally with GitLab
• Creating and deploying containerized applications, ideally with Docker
• Designing/implementing container orchestration with Kubernetes

Desired Skills

• Strong understanding of cloud APIs and interaction with the AWS/CLI
• Experience working with one or more programming languages (e.g. Python, Ruby, or Java)
• Experience with Go programming language
• Familiarity with HTML, CSS, Markdown, and portal development
• Database experience with a Postgres backend
• Strong communication skills

Desired Certifications

• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

Benefits

GDIT offers a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts
• Dental and vision plan options
• 401(k) plan with company match (pre and post-tax contributions up to IRS annual limits)
• Paid time off: vacation, sick, personal time, holidays, parental, military, bereavement, and jury duty leave
• Short and long-term disability benefits
• Life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, and critical illness insurance
• Business travel and accident insurance
• Flexible work weeks where possible

Pay

The likely salary range for this position is $125,800 - $170,200.

Schedule

• Full-time (40 scheduled weekly hours)
• Onsite at customer locations in Springfield, VA or St. Louis, MO