Cloud Engineer, Sr.
About The Position
Deliver simple solutions to complex problems as a Cloud Engineer, Sr. at GDIT. Here, you’ll tailor cutting-edge solutions to the unique requirements of our clients. With a career in application development, you’ll make the end user’s experience your priority and we’ll make your career growth ours. At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a Cloud Engineer, Sr. you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on a TS/SCI cleared Cloud Engineer, Sr. joining our team to support our intelligence customer in St. Louis, MO or Springfield, VA. HOW A CLOUD ENGINEER WILL MAKE AN IMPACT In this role, you'll join our Common Operations Release Environment (CORE) team, providing high-quality, cost-effective cloud solutions to our clients. Be part of a dynamic environment where your expertise in cloud operations will drive significant enhancements in the efficiency and effectiveness of our customers’ operations. As a Cloud Engineer on our team, you will be responsible for distributed and managed services automating the installation, configuration and maintenance of platform services.
Requirements
- AWS serverless infrastructure components
- Willing to learn cross-domain services available at NGA
- A working understanding of TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Bash
- Multi-platform integration (connecting processes and services between AWS, GitLab, OpenShift, Nexus, Self Service)
- GitLab CI/CD pipelines, typically centered around deploying or updating applications/services in OpenShift or AWS
- Strong understanding of DevSecOps and software/application development processes
- Understanding of GitLab or other DevSecOps/Continuous Integration tools
- Knowledge of network technologies, common infrastructure components, load balancers, firewalls, virtual and physical infrastructure design
- 10 + years of related experience
- US Citizenship Required
- Top Secret/SCI Clearance
Nice To Haves
- Background as a system administrator
- Cross Domain engineering
- AWS Diode
- Security+ Certification
- Understanding of access management and security groups (i.e. IAM, S3 bucket, SSH, VPN, etc.)
- Ability to write and use unit and functional testing
- Experience using Jira and Confluence
- Strong written and oral communication
- Customer engagement
Responsibilities
- Maintain and improve existing build and deployment processes using CI/CD tools to automate and optimize service deployments within development, test, and production systems
- Integrate with enterprise authentication services
- Maintain and improve existing infrastructure (build out autoscaling, support new services, optimize for cost efficiencies/authentication/search, etc.)
- Manage and aggregate server logs and monitor for security and system related incidents
- Monitor and analyze system performance, such as server load and resource usage
- Apply configuration management disciplines to maintain software revisions, security patches, hardening, and documentation along with maintaining documentation and ensuring continuity of recurring tasks
- Enforce best practices for security and reliability, and drive security initiatives, like access control and vulnerability testing
- Work with A&A Teams to maintain security requirements for operation of systems
- Follow up on engineering tasks for operational solutions, and validate completion
- Participant in SAFe and Scrum development teams and meetings
- On-call support will be required
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages
- 401K with company match
- Competitive pay
- Paid time off
- Variety of medical plan options
- 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
- 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
Education Level
No Education Listed
