Cloud Engineer – Azure, AWS, GCP Certified

Type of Requisition:

Pipeline

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

None

Public Trust/Other Required:

MBI (T2)

Job Family:

Cloud

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure

Certifications:

None

Experience:

5 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

No

Job Description:

Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact as a Cloud Engineer supporting the United States Postal Service (USPS). GDIT is your place to make meaningful contributions to challenging projects and grow a rewarding career

At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a Cloud Engineer supporting USPS, you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on a Cloud Engineer joining our team to act as a Subject Matter Expert to the organization for cloud end-to-end architecture, including Azure, GCP, and AWS, as well as future providers, networking, provisioning, and management.

HOW A CLOUD ENGINEER WILL MAKE AN IMPACT:

• Demonstrate ability to articulate several options, the pros and cons for each, and a recommendation
• Develop solutions and evaluate alternatives
• Define optimal design patterns and solutions for high availability and disaster recovery for applications
• Drive scope definition, requirements analysis, functional and technical design, application build, product configuration, unit testing, and production deployment
• Ensure delivered solutions meet/perform to technical and functional/non-functional requirements
• Provide technical expertise and ownership in the diagnosis and resolution of an issue, including the determination and provision of workaround solution or escalation to service owners
• Ensure delivered solutions are realized in time frame committed; work in conjunction with project sponsors

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

Education:

• A bachelor’s degree from an accredited College/University in a related field is preferred. In lieu of a degree, an additional 4 years of relevant work experience is required.

Desired Certifications:

• Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
  • Professional Cloud Architect
  • Associate Cloud Engineer
• Amazon Web Services (AWS)
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
• Microsoft Azure
  • Microsoft Certified Azure Solutions Architect Expert
• CompTIA Cloud+
• ISC2 CCSP

Required Experience:

• 5+ years of experience in cloud engineering and infrastructure design, implementation, and support across GCP, AWS, and Azure platforms
• Proven ability to design and deploy scalable, secure, and resilient cloud architectures
• Collaborative experience working with high-performing teams and stakeholders across technical and non-technical functions
• Hands-on experience with automation, orchestration, and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools
• Working knowledge and experience in one or more of the following areas:
  • Agile Methodologies
  • SDLC best practices
  • Change Management and Configuration Management (e.g., VersionOne, ServiceNow)
  • Understanding of network architecture and application development methodologies

Security Clearance Level:

• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust and successfully pass a thorough Government background screening process requiring the completion of detailed forms and fingerprinting
• This position has a U.S. residency requirement. The USPS security clearance process requires the selected candidate to have resided in the U.S. (including U.S. Territories) for the last five years as follows: U.S. Citizens cannot have left the U.S. (including U.S. Territories) for longer than 6 months consecutively in the last 3 years (unless they meet certain exceptions). Non-U.S. Citizens cannot have left the U.S. (including U.S. Territories) for longer than 90 days consecutively in the last 3 years.

Location:

• 100% remote in the U.S.

WHAT GDIT CAN OFFER YOU: 

• Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home
• 401K with company match
• Comprehensive health and wellness packages
• Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you build your skills and own