Cloud Engineer - TS/SCI with Polygraph

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

Top Secret SCI + Polygraph

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

Top Secret SCI + Polygraph

Public Trust/Other Required:

None

Job Family:

IT Infrastructure and Operations

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Cloud Engineering, DevOps, Software Development

Certifications:

None

Experience:

10 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

Yes

Job Description:

This is a unique opportunity for an experienced software developer to design and develop AWS-based solutions. In this role you will work across several small project teams in helping to shape a DevOps culture. Please apply if you are a talented Cloud Engineer to passionate about stable and resilient cloud environments.

REQUIRED SKILLS:

• Ability to design, develop, and deploy modular cloud-based systems
• Experience with provisioning infrastructure as code (IaC) using languages such as Python. Implementing comprehensive DevOps strategies and application requirements.
• Demonstrated experience utilizing DevOps tools, such as GitHub and Jenkins, to enable continuous integration and continuous delivery
• Experience with DevOps/Platforms: Amazon Web Services (S3, RDS, EC2, ECS, Lambda, SQS, SNS, CloudFormation, etc.), Docker, Ansible. 
• Experience in design, developing IaC using Terraform/Cloud Formation/Ansible supporting a multi-cloud deployment
• Identify, analyze, and resolve infrastructure vulnerabilities and application deployment issues
• Regularly review existing systems and make recommendations for improvements and cost efficiencies.
•  Develop and maintain cloud solutions in accordance with customer best practices and guidance.
• Demonstrated experience working with Agile Scrum based development team. 
• Experience with interacting with clients, provide cloud support, and make recommendations based on customer needs
• Developing capabilities and updates for Linux-based applications in AWS cloud environments
• Ensuring recovery, supporting testing, and conducting O&M activities.
• Ensuring that performance, security, and other requirements are met.
• Supporting Security personnel in obtaining and maintaining ATO.
   

DESIRED SKILLS:

• Experience using multiple languages and frameworks (e.g. Python, Java, JavaScript, Vue, or others)
• Demonstrated experience with developing in Ruby/Ruby on Rails;

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: 15+ years
• Location: Herndon, VA, on customer site
• Security Clearance Level: TS/SCI with Polygraph

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The likely salary range for this position is $158,855 - $214,921. 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:

None

Telecommuting Options:

Onsite

Work Location:

USA VA Herndon

Additional Work Locations:

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.

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