AWS Cloud Engineer (TS/SCI with Poly REQUIRED)

Clearance Level
Top Secret SCI + Polygraph
Category
IT Infrastructure and Operations
Locations
Chantilly, Virginia
McLean, Virginia
(Onsite Workplace)
Key Skills For Success

Amazon S3

AWS Administration

AWS VPN

Cloud Infrastructure

Cloud Technology

REQ#: RQ207559
Public Trust: None
Requisition Type: Regular
Your Impact

Own your opportunity to serve as a critical component of our nation’s safety and security. Make an impact by using your expertise to protect our country from threats.

Job Description

The AWS Cloud Engineer will build, deploy, manage, and administer cloud infrastructure designed to deliver complex software products in a production environment. The ideal candidate is a hands-on Cloud engineering professional with significant experience in developing and deploying repeatable processes, tools, and cloud infrastructure that enable the delivery of software in and on-demand cadence. They must have strong, firsthand technical expertise in a variety of configuration automation, deployment, and continuous integration technologies and the proven ability to fashion robust solutions that can keep pace with software development. They must be at ease working in an agile environment with cross functional team. This person should embody a passion for continuous improvement and innovation.   

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES 

  • Work with a team to build, administer, and secure cloud environments, including hybrid environments, in a repeatable and reliable manner 

  • Design, develop, test, debug, and deploy new cloud tooling and infrastructure that extend or replace existing capabilities 

  • Collaborate with cross-functional team of software engineers, data scientists, analysts, project managers and other engineering groups 

  • Provide ongoing maintenance, support, and enhancements introductions systems and platforms 

  • Provide recommendations for continuous improvement 

  • Write and update technical documentation such as system documentation, training materials, processes and procedures 

  • Work alongside other engineers on the team to sustain and advance our organization’s capabilities 

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE 

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or other related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical training, or work/military experience 

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS 

  • Demonstrated hands on experience configuring cloud VPCs, subnets, route tables, and gateways  

  • Demonstrated experience scaling applications written in Java, Python or other programming languages with Cloud Native technologies 

  • Experience deploying code in AWS utilizing solutions such as Terraform, Ansible, and CloudFormation 

  • Experience working with cloud native technologies, Infrastructure as Code (IAC), and/or Serverless cloud technologies  

  • Experience securing cloud environments per NIST 800-53 security controls  

  • Demonstrated experience achieving customer accreditation of cloud solutions for highly sensitive system 

  • Location: On Customer Site

  • ACTIVE TS/SCI With Poly REQUIRED

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS 

  • AWS Certification: Solutions Architect Professional or equivalent  

  • Demonstrated experience with cloud technologies used with ETL and big data pipelines such as Glue, EMR, HIVE, Spark, S3, SQS, and SNS 

  • Demonstrated experience with Kubernetes or EKS 

  • Demonstrated experience using the AWS CDK 

 
GDIT IS YOUR PLACE
At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.
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  • Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals

  • Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off

  • Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace

OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY

  • Explore an enterprise IT career at GDIT and you’ll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your desire to drive operations forward.

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Work Requirements
Years of Experience

5 + years of related experience

* may vary based on technical training, certification(s), or degree

Certification

Travel Required

None

Salary and Benefit Information

The likely salary range for this position is $170,000 - $230,000. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.
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About Our Work

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across over 50 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, cloud, cyber and application development. Together with our customers, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.

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