Cloud Engineer
About The Position
GDIT is hiring a Cloud Engineer to support USSOCOM at Fort Liberty, North Carolina. The role focuses on distributed and managed services and automating the installation, configuration, and maintenance of platform services. The Cloud Engineer manages system tuning for reliability and efficiency, guides software releases for new features, and supports users through consolidation. The position may also involve administering server hardware and software, ensuring system security, troubleshooting system-related problems, monitoring operating-system and software developments, recommending future projects or direction to management, and providing expertise in developing or modifying software programs and applications to enhance an operating system. The role requires working at a high technical level across systems engineering activities, participating in or leading agile teams, and providing technical guidance to less-experienced engineers. It requires a current Top Secret clearance, with TS/SCI required for the position, and U.S. citizenship. The position is onsite at Fort Liberty, NC, with 40 scheduled weekly hours and less than 10% travel.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of related IT and/or software experience.
- U.S. citizenship.
- Must currently possess a Top Secret clearance; TS/SCI is required for the position.
- DOD 8570 IAT Level II certification; Level III is preferred.
- Experience with Kubernetes.
- Participation in or leadership of agile development teams.
- In-depth understanding of DevOps methodologies.
- Experience with continuous integration tools such as Concourse, Spinnaker, Jenkins, Bamboo, or TeamCity.
- Experience with VMware vSphere, ESXi, and NSX-T.
- Experience with networking technologies such as load balancing, DNS, SSL, firewalls, NAT, and SDN.
- Experience using Git and in release management.
- Competence working at a high technical level across systems engineering activities.
- Excellent communication, briefing, listening, tact, and follow-through skills.
- Detail-oriented and organized, with the ability to understand information systems and ensure work accuracy.
- Working knowledge of Linux and Windows operating systems, including file systems, directory structures, permissions, and core system configurations.
- Familiarity with Ansible and Packer for creating, configuring, hardening, and maintaining standardized machine images.
- Understanding of CI/CD principles and pipelines for automating image building, testing, validation, and deployment.
- Familiarity with DISA Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs) and applying security requirements across Linux and Windows operating systems.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, or OpenStack.
- Experience with Kubernetes, Chef, Ansible, BOSH, or related automation and orchestration tools.
- Experience with a platform-as-a-service product such as Cloud Foundry, Heroku, or Elastic Beanstalk.
- Experience with DNS, NTP, SAML, OAuth 2, or Active Directory.
- Understanding of systems monitoring, alerting, and analytics tools such as Prometheus, New Relic, AppDynamics, Cacti, Graphite, ELK, Nagios, Ganglia, Splunk, Log Insight, Realize Operations, or Datadog.
- Background in Windows deployment, automation, and related technologies.
- Experience with databases such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, or MSSQL and messaging middleware such as RabbitMQ.
- Strong work ethic and ability to work in a mission-critical environment.
- DOD 8570 IAT Level III certification.
Responsibilities
- Automate the installation, configuration, and maintenance of distributed and managed platform services.
- Tune systems for reliability and efficiency.
- Guide and manage software releases for new features and support users through consolidation.
- Occasionally perform administrative operations for server hardware and software.
- Ensure system security and execute security practices and procedures.
- Troubleshoot system-related problems.
- Stay current with operating systems, software analysis, technological developments, and applications.
- Recommend future direction or projects to management.
- Provide expertise and direction in developing or modifying software programs and applications to enhance an operating system.
- Provide technical guidance and leadership to less-experienced engineers.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages.
- 401(k) plan with company match.
- Competitive pay.
- Paid time off, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, and paid parental, military, bereavement, and jury duty leave.
- Medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts.
- Dental plan options.
- Vision plan.
- Short- and long-term disability benefits.
- Life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness, and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available.
- Full flex work weeks where possible.
- Growth and learning opportunities through an AI-powered career tool.
- Internal mobility support for career goals.
Stand Out From the Crowd
Upload your resume and get instant feedback on how well it matches this job.
What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
