AWS Technical Lead

Clearance Level
None
Category
Software Engineering
Location
Remote, Working from the USA
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Key Skills For Success

AWS Architecture

Cloud Solutions

Project Management

REQ#: RQ223289
Public Trust: Other
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 and support of U.S. citizens.

Job Description

General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) seeks a AWS Technical Lead to join our innovative cloud infrastructure team. In this role, you will collaborate directly with our federal client to modernize and expand their cloud capabilities, enabling their mission-critical operations through cutting-edge cloud solutions. We manage multi-cloud environments, and as a key technical leader, you will shape architectures, synthesize cross-agency requirements, and drive successful implementation.

What You'll Do:

  • Operational Leadership:
    • Own the current state of AWS systems and work with the team to identify gaps and areas for improvements
    • In partnership with the operations lead, work to improve operational excellence across the USPTO AWS environment.
    • Participate as final escalation point with Program Manager to ensure that response SLA’s are met
  • Solution Development:
    • Collaborate with client stakeholders and customers to define technical requirements and objectives.
    • Bring USPTO systems to the next level, helping adopt AI practices, lead the design of system improvements and help oversee client deliverables.
  • Team Enablement & Mentorship:
    • Lead a team of DevOps Engineers, ensuring innovative and secure cloud strategies.
    • Build a culture of continuous improvements, proactively identify areas of improvement from customer requests, and maintain and prioritize a backlog of improvements.
  • Stakeholder Engagement:
    • Partner with senior leadership, enterprise architecture teams, and agency personnel to build cloud adoption strategies.

What You’ll Need:

Minimum Requirements:

  • U.S. Citizen/Green Card Holder eligible for Public Trust clearance.
  • 10+ years of IT/digital transformation experience.
  • 5+ years of deep hands-on AWS (preferred), Azure, or GCP cloud architectures and implementations.
  • Strong communication and collaboration ability
  • Expertise leading multi-tenant cloud systems (e.g., landing zones, multi-account systems).
  • Team management, leading and developing team members.
  • Focus on proactively identifying and driving improvement in cloud infrastructure
  • Experience developing and managing high-availability, secure, and automated solutions aligned with best practices.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience with DevOps/DevSecOps methodologies and tools (e.g., Terraform, Jenkins, GitLab).
  • Professional Cloud Certifications (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
  • Proven experience bridging on-premise systems with cloud environments.

Work Requirements

Years of Experience

10 + years of related experience

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

Certification

Travel Required

Less than 10%

Salary and Benefit Information

The likely salary range for this position is $178,500 - $241,500. 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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Our Identity Verification Process

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.

About Our Work

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers technology solutions and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 26,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50+ countries worldwide, offering leading mission-ready capabilities in AI, cloud, cyber and software development.

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