Cloud Administrator - TS/SCI with Polygraph
About The Position
Transform technology into opportunity as a Cloud Administrator with GDIT. A career in enterprise IT means connecting and enhancing the systems that matter most while you build valuable skills that will help you in your career. At GDIT you’ll be at the forefront of innovation and play a meaningful part in improving how agencies operate. We are seeking an experienced Cloud Administrator to provide expert-level cloud operations, architecture support, monitoring, metrics analysis, and incident remediation across mission-critical AWS-based environments. This role ensures availability, resiliency, and compliance of enterprise cloud systems supporting Intelligence Community applications. Responsibilities include hands-on administration, automation, troubleshooting, and engineering support aligned with SOW requirements for Cloud Application Architecture, Development, Engineering, Monitoring and Metrics, Routine Operations, and Incident Remediation.
Requirements
- Experience with AWS, Linus and Windows servers, Jenkins and Puppet.
- 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.
- 10+ years of related experience
- TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance
- US Citizenship Required
Nice To Haves
- Cloud Architectures
- Cloud Development
- Cloud Engineering
- Incident Resolution
Responsibilities
- Support cloud application architecture, development, and engineering activities, ensuring alignment with Sponsor technical and security baselines.
- Coordinate with system engineers, cybersecurity engineers, and DevSecOps personnel for solution planning and implementation.
- Conduct daily O&M tasks, including audit log reviews, access control management, configuration updates, backup verification, patching, and service availability checks.
- Maintain compliance with continuous audit monitoring requirements, system security plans (SSPs), and ATO commitments.
- Support Agile/Scrum ceremonies, document work in Jira/Confluence, and coordinate with cross-functional engineering and development teams.
- Lead troubleshooting and remediation of cloud incidents, including outages, performance degradation, backup failures, and misconfigurations.
- Use automated recovery workflows, scripted restore routines, and environment rebuild procedures to restore services quickly and reliably.
- Perform root-cause analysis, implement corrective actions, and feed insights back into operational runbooks and automation pipelines.
Benefits
- 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
- Cutting-edge technology you can learn from
- Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays
- variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts
- dental plan options
- a vision plan
- 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
- full flex work weeks where possible
- a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave
- short and long-term disability benefits
- life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
