Cloud Administrator - TS/SCI with Polygraph

General Dynamics Information Technology • Herndon, VA

1d • $142,792 - $190,523 • Onsite

About The Position

The Cloud Administrator supports mission-focused customer operations by combining cloud administration, DevOps support, observability, and reliability engineering. The role optimizes, implements, and maintains cloud-based systems; deploys and debugs infrastructure; builds monitoring and logging solutions; and drives cloud initiatives across distributed systems. The position is onsite at the customer location in Herndon, Virginia, and requires U.S. citizenship and an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.

The administrator supports cloud operations through automation, infrastructure as code, containerized workloads, CI/CD, monitoring, incident response, lifecycle management, and security and compliance practices. The role also collaborates with customer and cross-functional teams, contributes to Agile Scrum activities, and maintains operational documentation such as SOPs, runbooks, and technical design specifications.

Requirements

• At least 6 years of related experience is listed in the job qualifications; the success section specifies 8 or more years of experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or an equivalent combination of education, technical certifications or training, or work experience.
• Strong programming or scripting skills in languages such as Java, Python, Bash, or Ruby for automation and operational tasks; full-scale software or application development is not the focus.
• Experience with AWS services such as S3, RDS, EC2, ECS, Lambda, SQS, SNS, and CloudFormation.
• Experience with Docker, Ansible, GitHub, and Jenkins.
• Experience deploying and managing containerized workloads using Kubernetes and Helm Charts.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code for cloud provisioning, configuration, and workflow automation.
• Experience with open-source technologies for system operations, configuration, automation, and platform maintenance.
• Experience implementing and maintaining observability capabilities, such as CloudWatch, ELK Stack, Logstash, or Icinga.
• Experience analyzing system performance, reviewing telemetry, detecting anomalies, and identifying reliability improvements.
• Experience troubleshooting incidents, participating in on-call rotations, and contributing to post-incident reviews.
• Experience managing cloud lifecycle operations, including patching, vulnerability remediation, scaling, and resource management.
• Experience managing TLS/SSL certificate lifecycles.
• Experience resolving infrastructure vulnerabilities and deployment issues and recommending system improvements.
• Experience maintaining operational documentation, including SOPs, runbooks, and technical design specifications.
• Strong understanding of web services and API concepts, including REST.
• Experience working within Agile Scrum teams and collaborating across cross-functional teams.
• Experience collaborating with customer teams on cloud operations and technical solutions.
• Experience applying compliance, authentication, authorization, access control, and operational governance practices.
• U.S. citizenship is required.
• Must currently possess a TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.

Responsibilities

• Optimize, implement, and maintain cloud-based systems.
• Deploy and debug infrastructure and drive cloud initiatives across distributed systems.
• Use programming and scripting for automation, tooling, and operational processes.
• Support CI/CD deployment pipelines using DevOps tools.
• Deploy and manage containerized workloads using Kubernetes and Helm Charts.
• Apply and maintain Infrastructure as Code capabilities for provisioning, configuration, and workflow automation.
• Implement, configure, and maintain observability capabilities, including monitoring, logging, tracing, and alerting.
• Analyze system performance and telemetry, detect anomalies, and identify reliability improvements.
• Troubleshoot incidents, participate in on-call rotations, and contribute to post-incident reviews.
• Manage cloud lifecycle operations, including patching, vulnerability remediation, scaling, and resource management.
• Manage TLS/SSL certificate lifecycles, including issuance, renewal, rotation, and integration with cloud services.
• Identify and resolve infrastructure vulnerabilities and deployment issues, and recommend performance and operational efficiency improvements.
• Update system maintenance and support documentation, including SOPs, runbooks, and technical design specifications.
• Collaborate with customer teams to provide cloud operational support, address technical needs, and recommend solutions aligned with customer requirements.
• Contribute to Agile Scrum planning and collaborate across cross-functional teams.
• Apply compliance, authentication, authorization, access control, and operational governance practices across cloud-hosted systems.
• Support familiarity with Assessment & Authorization processes and associated artifact collection workflows.

Benefits

• 401(k) with company match.
• Comprehensive health and wellness packages, including medical plan options, dental, and vision plans.
• Professional growth opportunities, including paid education and certifications.
• Paid vacation and holidays, with additional paid time off plans described as including sick, personal, parental, military, bereavement, and jury duty leave.
• Full flex work weeks where possible.
• Short- and long-term disability benefits, life insurance, and other income-protection offerings.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior