# Cloud Engineer

**Company**: GDIT
**Location**: Herndon, VA
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $191,250 - $258,750
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Advance how our customers operate while you advance your career. Join GDIT as a Cloud Engineer and build an impactful career in enterprise IT, collaborating with people who are driven and resourceful like you.

As a Cloud Engineering expert, the work you’ll do at GDIT will be impactful to the mission of our cyber security customer. You will play a crucial role in securing our nation's secured infrastructure by working closely with the customer to have a great impact on the mission.

**What You'll Need to Succeed** Bring your technology expertise and drive for innovation to GDIT. The ideal Cloud Engineer candidate will have:

- Education: Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science, or the equivalent combination of education, technical certifications or training, or work experience

- Experience: 8+ years of Cloud Engineering experience

- Technical skills and abilities:

- Cloud Platforms: AWS Experience with services like EC2, EKS, S3, CloudFormation, CloudWatch, IAM, etc.

- Azure experience with services like Azure VMs, Blob Storage, Azure Functions, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Microsoft Entra, etc.

- Experience with commercial cloud AI services is a plus (SageMaker, Bedrock, Microsoft Foundry, etc.)

- Experience configuring cloud networking and security resources, such as AWS VPCs, Subnets, PrivateLink, or other commercial cloud equivalent.

- Kubernetes:

- Experience with Kubernetes (CKAD or CKA certification is a plus)

- Understanding of Kubernetes architecture, components, and ecosystem (e.g., Helm, kube-state metrics)

- Experience with Kubernetes deployment strategies (e.g., rolling updates, blue-green deployments)

- Programming Skills:

- Proficiency in one or more programming languages, such as Python, Java, and Type script

- Experience with scripting languages like Bash, PowerShell, or Perl

- Containerization:

- Experience with Docker, including creating Docker files, managing images, and orchestrating containers

- Networking and Security:

- Understanding of networking concepts (e.g., TCP/IP, DNS, load balancing)

- Experience with security best practices and compliance frameworks (e.g., NIST, FIPS)

- Familiarity with security tools like AWS IAM, Microsoft Entra, or Kubernetes RBAC

- CI/CD and Automation:

- Experience with CI/CD tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, or CircleCI

- Familiarity with automation tools like Ansible, Terraform, or CloudFormation

- Security clearance level: TS/SCI w/Polygraph

- Location: Herndon, VA - customer site

- US citizenship required: Yes

**GDIT is Your Place** At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.

- Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities

- 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

## Skills

### Required
- AWS GovCloud
- Cloud Engineering
- Containerization
- Kubernetes
- Python
- Java
- TypeScript
- Bash
- PowerShell
- Perl
- Docker
- TCP/IP
- DNS
- load balancing
- NIST
- FIPS
- AWS IAM
- Microsoft Entra
- Kubernetes RBAC
- Jenkins
- GitLab CI/CD
- CircleCI
- Ansible
- Terraform
- CloudFormation

### Nice to have
- commercial cloud AI services
- SageMaker
- Bedrock
- Microsoft Foundry
- CKAD
- CKA certification

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