Senior Cloud Systems Engineer

Deliver simple solutions to complex problems as a Senior Cloud Systems Engineer at GDIT. Here, you'll tailor cutting-edge solutions to the unique requirements of our clients. With a career in application development, you'll make the end user's experience your priority and we'll make your career growth ours.

At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a Senior Cloud Systems Engineer you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on a TS/SCI cleared Senior Cloud Systems Engineer joining our team to support our intelligence customer in Springfield, VA.  

HOW A SENIOR CLOUD SYSTEMS ENGINEER WILL MAKE AN IMPACT

Description:

This requirement is for a cloud-systems engineer supporting Research, Development, Testing, and multiple phases of product Evaluation (RDT&E).  The ideal candidate possesses a broad range of systems experiences and embraces challenges as opportunities to showcase their expertise and capacity for problem solving.  This position comes with broad latitude to define and implement many of the duties described below within both traditional and non-traditional information technology bounds.  The client will be frequently seeking advice and leveraging your expertise to propose solutions to complex technology problems which are often first of their kind technologies within the Intelligence Community.

Additionally, the selected candidate will:  

• Interface directly with software developers to design, establish, and maintain infrastructure (both physical and virtual) support the business and engineering needs
• Demonstrate new technologies and capabilities the cloud
• Perform general systems administrator duties such as:
  • Perform software installations, patches, and upgrades through a variety disparately connected means
  • Monitor systems health
  • Troubleshoot interconnectivity issues
  • Implement security best practices under applicable federal and generally accepted industry standards security codes and principles
  • Optimize systems to meet individuals performance expectations (i.e., cost, up time, redundancy)
• Develop, implement, and maintain automated data back-up and recovery strategies
• Provide software deployment support to multiple development teams simultaneously
• Utilize existing or create new tools and processes to optimize and maintain systems to coincide with organizational goals
• Communicate a holistic strategy for documenting all of the above using technology means (i.e. Git, Redmine, etc.)

Required Skills:

• 10+ years of experience in a direct or directly related capacity performing system engineering functions
• AWS Certification
• Network and Linux administration
• Experience implementing serverless technologies (i.e., AWS Lambda, Batch)
• Experience with Docker container orchestration, and other VM-related technologies
• Experience implementing Amazon Web Services (AWS) scalable architectures
• Practical implementation of generally accepted DevOps principles
• Familiarity with common programming and scripting languages (i.e., Bash, Python)
• Direct experience using Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud technologies and the practical application of AWS services into both R&D and Operational Environments
• Ability to work independently or as a member of a team with little or no supervision
• Ability to develop, propose, and support cloud technology solutions for a broad scope of developmental software tools
• Excellent troubleshooting skills
• Excellent communication skills

Location: On Customer Site

US Citizenship Required