Cloud Engineer SME (TS/SCI with Poly Required)

GCI Incorporated•Herndon, VA

9h•$187,179 - $318,198

About The Position

GCI embodies excellence, integrity and professionalism. The employees supporting our customers deliver unique, high-value mission solutions while effectively leverage the technological expertise of our valued workforce to meet critical mission requirements in the areas of Data Analytics and Software Development, Engineering, Targeting and Analysis, Operations, Training, and Cyber Operations. We maximize opportunities for success by building and maintaining trusted and reliable partnerships with our customers and industry. At GCI, we solve the hard problems. As a Cloud Engineer SME, a typical day will include the following duties:

Requirements

A candidate must be a US Citizen and requires an active/current TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with Assessment & Authorization (A&A) processes and artifact collection
Ability to troubleshoot and support COTS and GOTS applications in Windows/Azure environments

Responsibilities

Ability to design, develop, and deploy modular cloud‑based systems
Experience developing software using Java, Python, C++, and Rukby
Strong programming skills for accurate code interpretation and implementation
Experience with DevOps / Platforms: AWS (S3, RDS, EC2, ECS, Lambda, SQS, SNS, CloudFormation, Docker, Ansible, etc.)
Documented experience with Open‑source technology, Software development, and System engineering
Experience using DevOps tools for CI/CD: GitHub, Jenkins
Ability to identify, analyze, and resolve Infrastructure vulnerabilities, and Application deployment issues
Regularly review existing systems and recommend improvements and cost efficiencies
Develop and maintain cloud solutions aligned with customer best practices
Experience working on Agile Scrum development teams
Ability to interact with clients, provide cloud support, and make recommendations
Strong understanding of: Web services, APIs, REST