AWS Technical Lead

General Dynamics Information Technology

2d•$178,500 - $241,500•Remote

About The Position

GDIT seeks an AWS Technical Lead to join their cloud infrastructure team. This role involves collaborating with a federal client to modernize and expand cloud capabilities, supporting mission-critical operations through advanced cloud solutions. The position will involve managing multi-cloud environments, shaping architectures, synthesizing cross-agency requirements, and driving successful implementation.

Requirements

U.S. Citizen/Green Card Holder eligible for Public Trust clearance.
10+ years of IT/digital transformation experience.
5+ years of deep hands-on AWS (preferred), Azure, or GCP cloud architectures and implementations.
Strong communication and collaboration ability.
Expertise leading multi-tenant cloud systems (e.g., landing zones, multi-account systems).
Team management, leading and developing team members.
Focus on proactively identifying and driving improvement in cloud infrastructure.
Experience developing and managing high-availability, secure, and automated solutions aligned with best practices.

Nice To Haves

Experience with DevOps/DevSecOps methodologies and tools (e.g., Terraform, Jenkins, GitLab).
Professional Cloud Certifications (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
Proven experience bridging on-premise systems with cloud environments.

Responsibilities

Own the current state of AWS systems and work with the team to identify gaps and areas for improvements.
In partnership with the operations lead, work to improve operational excellence across the USPTO AWS environment.
Participate as final escalation point with Program Manager to ensure that response SLAs are met.
Collaborate with client stakeholders and customers to define technical requirements and objectives.
Bring USPTO systems to the next level, helping adopt AI practices, lead the design of system improvements and help oversee client deliverables.
Lead a team of DevOps Engineers, ensuring innovative and secure cloud strategies.
Build a culture of continuous improvements, proactively identify areas of improvement from customer requests, and maintain and prioritize a backlog of improvements.
Partner with senior leadership, enterprise architecture teams, and agency personnel to build cloud adoption strategies.

Benefits

Variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts
Dental plan options
Vision plan
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
Full flex work weeks where possible
Variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays
Paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave
15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness
10 paid holidays per year
Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees
Short and long-term disability benefits
Life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance