Lead Systems Engineer – AWS Cloud

SYSTEMS ENGINEER SR PRINCIPAL

GDIT is looking for a Lead Systems Engineer supporting DOJ Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF/ National Coordination Center (NCC). Senior systems engineer responsible for end-to-end design, integration, and verification of mission-critical law enforcement capabilities in AWS Cloud and hybrid (cloud/on-prem) environments. Translates operational requirements into system-level designs and testable requirements; develops and maintains core SE artifacts (requirements, traceability, specifications, diagrams, test plans, baselines); leads integration and system-level testing across applications, data, infrastructure, and security; and drives transition to operations. Partners with the Systems Architect on technical design, ensures compliance with federal security frameworks (e.g., NIST 800‑53, FedRAMP, DOJ), and improves systems engineering practices on the program. Provides technical leadership and mentoring to junior engineers and coordinates infrastructure and software projects.

• Position Summary 

  The DevOps CI/CD Engineer – AWS (DevSecOps Champion) is a senior technical role supporting DOJ Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) / National Coordination Center (NCC). This role leads secure CI/CD and DevSecOps practices for AWS-based solutions, designing and governing pipelines and automation that embed security, compliance, and risk management into the delivery lifecycle for mission‑critical systems. 

  Responsibilities 

• Define and enforce secure CI/CD and DevSecOps standards, patterns, and guardrails for AWS-hosted applications, in alignment with GDIT Cyber Security Policy, Cyber Security Handbook, and Cloud/Security standards. 
• Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines (e.g., AWS CodePipeline/CodeBuild, Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps) with integrated security scanning, compliance checks, approvals, and testing. 
• Lead infrastructure‑as‑code (IaC) implementations (CloudFormation, Terraform) with embedded security and configuration baselines, supporting secure provisioning of AWS environments. 
• Automate secure environment provisioning, configuration, and deployments across development, test, and production AWS accounts, in line with cyber and IT risk management requirements. 
• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting (CloudWatch, CloudTrail, centralized logging) to support secure, observable, and auditable delivery pipelines. 
• Integrate identity and access management, encryption, secrets management, vulnerability scanning, and compliance controls into CI/CD workflows as part of DevSecOps practices. 
• Ensure CI/CD pipelines and AWS solutions comply with applicable contractual and regulatory requirements (e.g., NIST 800‑53/171, CMMC, FedRAMP, ISO 27001) and internal cyber standards. 
• Collaborate with application development, cloud platform, cyber security, IT risk, and operations teams to ensure architectures are “DevSecOps-ready” and align with secure development standards. 
• Provide technical leadership, coaching, and documentation for project teams adopting DevSecOps and secure CI/CD practices; develop reusable secure pipeline templates and patterns. 
• Support proposals, technical reviews, and risk assessments where secure CI/CD, cloud security, and DevSecOps capabilities are required, including input to labor category mapping and staffing. 

• Basic Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Cyber Security, or related field; or equivalent experience. 
• Typically 8+ years of relevant IT experience, with significant experience in DevOps/DevSecOps and CI/CD for production systems. 
• Hands‑on experience with AWS services (e.g., EC2, ECS/EKS, S3, IAM, VPC, CloudWatch/CloudTrail) in security‑sensitive or regulated environments. 
• Proven experience designing and operating CI/CD pipelines using one or more modern platforms (AWS CodePipeline/CodeBuild, Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps). 
• Strong experience with infrastructure‑as‑code (e.g. CloudFormation, Terraform) and secure configuration management and automation. 
• Demonstrated experience promoting signed builds into an air-gapped, classified, or otherwise network-isolated target environment, including artifact transfer procedures and post-deployment verification.
• Experience with containers and orchestration (e.g. Docker, ECS, EKS, Kubernetes) including security aspects (image scanning, runtime security, least privilege). 
• Demonstrated experience integrating security testing, vulnerability scanning, and compliance checks into CI/CD workflows (DevSecOps). 
• Experience working under formal security and risk frameworks (e.g., NIST 800‑53/171, CMMC, FedRAMP, ISO 27001, customer‑specific cyber requirements). 
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with ability to work across cyber, risk, engineering, and program management teams. 

• Preferred Qualifications 

• AWS certifications (e.g., AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional, AWS Certified Security – Specialty, AWS Solutions Architect). 
• Security/DevSecOps certifications. 
• Experience supporting or implementing secure cloud architectures. 
• Experience in enterprise DevSecOps or security transformation initiatives, or in a cloud/cyber center of excellence. 
• Experience with multi‑account AWS Organizations, landing zones, and centralized security/governance services.