Infrastructure Engineer

About the role

The Infrastructure Engineer supports the Defense Enterprise Office Solution (DEOS) Cloud Service Offering. This role is responsible for designing, implementing, securing, and maintaining enterprise infrastructure supporting critical Department of Defense missions across both cloud and on-premises environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, document, and maintain enterprise infrastructure solutions.
• Manage highly available and secure enterprise IT systems supporting mission-critical operations.
• Install, configure, and maintain virtualization platforms, operating systems, applications, and supporting infrastructure.
• Troubleshoot complex issues involving compute, networking, storage, virtualization, and enterprise applications while identifying opportunities for optimization.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure standards, architecture documentation, and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• Plan and execute infrastructure upgrades, maintenance activities, and technology refresh initiatives.
• Provide technical leadership and strategic guidance to engineering teams and senior management.
• Conduct technical assessments and architecture reviews to validate designs and implementation approaches.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity teams to obtain and maintain system accreditation packages, including security checklists, STIG compliance, diagrams, and required documentation.
• Participate in cybersecurity activities such as vulnerability assessments, environment scans, penetration testing, and security audits.
• Mentor junior engineers and promote infrastructure best practices across the organization.
• Participate in technical meetings with government customers, civilian personnel, and contractor teams.

Requirements

Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field (or equivalent experience)

Experience: 10+ years of related experience

Technical skills: Certification: DoD 8570 IAT Level II Required

• Cloud & Identity
• Microsoft Azure
• Microsoft 365 (M365) administration and services
• Azure Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
• Azure Platform as a Service (PaaS)
• Compute & Virtualization
• Windows Server administration
• Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD)
• Virtual host deployment and management
• High availability and disaster recovery design
• Security
• Azure Key Vault
• Azure Disk Encryption/Disk Encryption Sets
• System hardening
• Vulnerability remediation
• DoD Cloud Computing Security Requirements Guide (CC SRG)
• Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs)
• Networking
• Azure Virtual Networks
• Network Security Groups (NSGs)
• Application Security Groups (ASGs)
• Azure Virtual Network Gateway
• Azure Firewall
• Infrastructure Management
• Group Policy (GPO) management
• Enterprise IT operations
• Performance optimization
• Capacity planning
• Infrastructure monitoring and maintenance
• Enterprise backup and disaster recovery planning

Skills

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform
• Policy as Code (PaC)
• Microsoft365DSC
• PowerShell automation and scripting
• Microsoft Graph API and Microsoft 365 automation
• Microsoft 365 administration and configuration
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux administration, hardening, and automation
• Power Platform
• Power BI
• Enterprise automation and orchestration solutions

Benefits

GDIT offers comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, including a 401(k) plan with company match, competitive pay and paid time off, and a variety of additional benefits such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness, and business travel and accident insurance.

Pay

The likely salary range for this position is $164,382 - $201,250. 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.

Schedule

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

Travel Required: Less than 10%

Telecommuting Options: Onsite Work Location: USA MD Fort Meade

Additional Work Locations: USA VA Chantilly