Cloud Engineer DevOps Lead

Make meaningful contributions that fuel critical outcomes for some of the most complex government, defense, and intelligence projects. Join GDIT as a Cloud Engineer DevOps Lead for a career where your growth is just as important as the mission you support.

As a DevOps Lead, the work you’ll do at GDIT will be impactful to the mission of Department of War (DoW), Chief Information Officer (CIO) for Special Access Program(s) (SAPs) (DoW SAP CIO).

You will play a crucial role in leading a team in the following areas:

• Provision, configure, and maintain cloud service provider (CSP) accounts, subscriptions, and services.
• Design, deploy, and support cloud infrastructure including compute, storage, networking, and virtual desktop solutions.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) templates and automated deployment processes.
• Implement and support API Gateway, cloud-native, and shared platform services.
• Optimize cloud performance, scalability, availability, and resource utilization based on workload requirements.
• Support onboarding and integration of customer workloads into cloud environments.
• Engineer and maintain secure connectivity between cloud, customer, and DoW network environments.
• Monitor cloud infrastructure, system health, and network interfaces to ensure service continuity.
• Maintain configuration management, change control, and CMDB processes in support of operational excellence.
• Collaborate with CSPs, mission owners, DISA, and cybersecurity teams to support cloud operations and service enhancements.
• Ensure compliance with organizational security standards, RMF, JSIG, and cloud governance requirements.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

• BS degree; may be substituted for additional years of experience
• 15+ years of IT/DoW Infrastructure and Cloud experience
• Security Clearance Level: Top Secret with SCI eligibility
• Required Certifications: Cloud certifications (AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, CISSP, CCSP, Security+)
• Cloud infrastructure engineering and administration (AWS, Azure, or equivalent CSPs)
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, CloudFormation, Ansible)
• Cloud compute, storage, networking, and virtualization technologies
• CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation
• Cloud networking, VPNs, routing, load balancing, and hybrid cloud architectures
• API Gateway and cloud service integration
• Scripting and automation (PowerShell, Python, Bash)
• Monitoring, logging, and performance management tools
• Configuration management and ITSM/CMDB practices
• Cybersecurity and compliance frameworks (RMF, JSIG, NIST 800-53)
• Strong troubleshooting, systems integration, and stakeholder coordination skills

The likely salary range for this position is $187,179 - $235,750. 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.

Benefits include:

• Excellent customizable health benefits (Medical, Dental and Vision)
• 401K with company match
• Educational Assistance and eLearning
• Internal mobility team dedicated to employee advancement
• Rewards and Recognition programs
• Innovative and collaborative environment encouraging highly motivated critical thinking