Cloud Engineer Senior

Clearance Level
Other
Category
IT Infrastructure and Operations
Location
Remote, Working from the USA
Key Skills For Success

AWS Cloud Computing

Cloud Operations

Cloud Solutions

REQ#: RQ210727
Public Trust: NACI (T1)
Requisition Type: Regular
Your Impact

Own your opportunity to work alongside federal civilian agencies. Make an impact by providing services that help the government ensure the well being of U.S. citizens.

Job Description

Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact as a Senior Cloud Engineer supporting the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Cloud Operations and Maintenance (CCOM) program.

As a Senior Cloud Engineer, you will support cloud platform services that enable CMS mission operations. Your work will help maintain secure, reliable, and scalable cloud environments that application teams depend on across the program.


HOW YOU WILL MAKE AN IMPACT:
  • Operate and manage AWS cloud infrastructure including compute, networking, storage, and platform services that support CMS cloud program environments

  • Work closely with other cloud engineers, operations staff, and customer teams to deliver and improve cloud services

  • Assist the team in troubleshooting issues, identifying root causes, and resolving challenges across cloud environments

  • Contribute to a collaborative team that supports multiple tenants and shared platform capabilities

  • Support day-to-day cloud operations, capacity management, and activities that maintain stable and reliable cloud environments

  • Use AWS services such as EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, Route 53, ECS/EKS, and IAM to provision, configure, and enhance cloud solutions

  • Contribute to automation, monitoring, and improvements that increase the performance, reliability, and scalability of cloud environments

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED:
  • Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or the equivalent combination of education, technical certifications, or work experience

  • Required Experience: 5+ years of related experience in cloud operations, infrastructure engineering, or system administration

  • Required Technical Skills: Experience with AWS cloud services (EC2, S3, VPC, IAM), Linux system administration, cloud operations, troubleshooting

  • Security Clearance Level: Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance

  • Required Skills and Abilities: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, effective communication, ability to work collaboratively across teams, and ability to support operational workloads

  • Preferred Skills: Bachelors degree, AWS certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect Associate, experience with infrastructure as code and automation tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation, experience with monitoring and logging tools

  • Location: Remote 100% (USA – MD Home Office)

  • Residency Requirement: Applicants shall have lived in the United States at least three (3) out of the last five (5) years prior to submitting an application for a Federal ID Card.

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE: 
  • 401K with company match

  • Comprehensive health and wellness packages

  • Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career

  • Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications

  • Cutting-edge technology you can learn from

  • Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays

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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

AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate | Amazon Web Services (AWS) - Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Travel Required

Less than 10%

Salary and Benefit Information

The likely salary range for this position is $112,840 - $128,800. 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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