Cloud Platform Engineer

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

None

Public Trust/Other Required:

BI Full 6C (T4)

Job Family:

Software Engineering

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Agile Methodology, Cloud Based Services, Cloud Platform, Performance Testing

Certifications:

None

Experience:

1 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

No

Job Description:

Own the opportunity as a Cloud Platform Engineer with a background in testing. Help ensure the mission is never interrupted. At GDIT, we deliver clarity with our cloud solutions and provide meaningful work. Your work will be an important part of transforming our clients for the modern age and help them face any obstacle.

The Case Management Modernization (CMM) Program is an initiative to support the Administrative Office of the US Courts (AO) develop a modern cloud-based solution to support all 204+ federal courts across the United States which are grouped into three types namely, Appellate, District, and Bankruptcy. The Cloud Platform Engineer will work as part of an agile development team to build and support the modernization of enterprise-class software applications.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Designs, architects, deploys and maintains cloud solutions
• Develop in languages such as Bash, Java, Python
• Maintains/enhances knowledge of related (AWS / Azure / GCP / OCI) cloud services
• Monitors and tunes the cloud systems to achieve optimum performance levels
• Work across teams to develop strategy, design solutions and implement during infrastructure buildouts
• Write and maintain standard operating procedures and work instructions, knowledge articles, etc
• Design, implement, and maintain automated performance testing frameworks integrated into CI/CD pipelines for cloud-native applications
• Define and track key performance KPIs (e.g., response time, throughput, resource utilization, latency, error rates) based on SLAs and stakeholder requirements
• Conduct load, stress, and scalability testing to validate performance under multi-tenant conditions and concurrent user loads
• Develop and manage a performance dashboard and provide executive-level and technical-level reporting on system behavior
• Perform real-time monitoring, observability, and telemetry setup for application and infrastructure performance using modern tools and dashboards
• Collaborate with developers, QA, SREs, and operations teams to identify performance bottlenecks and provide optimization recommendations
• Developing and executing formal performance test plans to ensure the delivery of quality software applications
• Writing and maintaining comprehensive test plans and reports

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering or other related scientific or technical discipline
• 1+ years experience with deploying and managing applications and systems to commercial and private clouds required; 3 - 5+ years experience strongly preferred
• Experience in platform engineering and automated testing of cloud-based applications and platforms
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools 
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum teams and participating in sprint ceremonies
• Strong knowledge of performance testing tools such as JMeter, Gatling, LoadRunner, BlazeMeter, or k6, preferred
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, or GitHub Actions, preferred

Must be US Person (Green Card Holder, US Permanent Resident Alien, Refugee, Asylee, US Citizen)

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
• Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays

The likely salary range for this position is $85,000 - $115,000. 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: