Sr. Linux Cloud Engineer

$101,566 - $126,500/Yr

General Dynamics - Springfield, VA

Full-time - Senior

Remote - Springfield, VA

10,001+ employees

Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

About the position

As a Sr. Linux Cloud Engineer at GDIT, you will play a crucial role in transforming technology into opportunity by supporting the Open Data Store (ODS) team. This position involves architecting, building, and maintaining both on-premise and cloud infrastructure to deliver quality, cost-effective solutions for intelligence customers. You will collaborate with Scrum development teams, automate service deployments, optimize performance, and ensure security protocols are upheld across development, test, and production systems.

Responsibilities

• Architect, build and maintain on premise and/or cloud infrastructure to support team and customer initiatives
• Maintain and improve existing infrastructure including autoscaling and cost optimization
• Administer production, staging, and development environments
• Manage and aggregate server logs and monitor for security incidents
• Monitor and analyze system performance, such as server load and resource usage
• Maintain and improve existing build and deployment processes using CI/CD tools
• Enforce best practices for security and reliability
• Work with A&A Teams to maintain security requirements for operation of systems
• Perform routine equipment checks and preventative maintenance
• Maintain up to date documentation of designs/configurations
• Provide on-call support as required

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Programming, Science, Engineering or a related technical discipline, or equivalent experience
• 10+ years of related experience
• 3+ years of related systems programming experience
• Experience with Linux distributions such as RedHat, Ubuntu, CentOS
• Strong understanding of DevOps and software/application development processes
• Experience with GitLab, Jenkins, Nexus, and other DevOps/Continuous Integration tools
• Experience with cloud orchestration tools (i.e. SALT, Chef, etc)
• Experience with public clouds such as AWS, Google, Azure
• Experience with Python framework and Shell scripting
• Knowledge of network technologies, common infrastructure components, load balancers, firewalls, virtual and physical infrastructure design

Benefits

• 401K with company match
• Comprehensive health and wellness packages
• Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications
• Paid vacation and holidays
• Short and long-term disability benefits
• Life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness, and business travel insurance