Cloud Engineer

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

Secret

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

Top Secret/SCI

Public Trust/Other Required:

None

Job Family:

IT Infrastructure and Operations

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Cloud Engineering, Enterprise IT, Mission Critical

Certifications:

None

Experience:

5 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

Yes

Job Description:

We are seeking a Senior level Engineer to support design, implementation, and sustainment of an IL6 and multi-domain environments for a defense program. This role directly supports Enigma capabilities, including CSfC solutions, cross-domain architectures, secure remote access, and high-side cloud environments. The Cloud Engineer will play a key role in automation initiatives, and cybersecurity compliance within mission-critical environments. The ideal candidate has experience working in Azure Government, AWS GovCloud, and enclave-specific ecosystems, understands DoW cybersecurity requirements, and can design and maintain cloud-native and hybrid architectures supporting Enigma workloads.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for designing, architecting, deploying, maintaining, and ensuring the reliability and scalability of cloud environments.

• Supports configuration, sustainment, and modernization of CSfC-based solutions, secure remote access capabilities, and multi-domain connectivity.

• Handles the installation, configuration, and maintenance of cloud systems under the guidance of the cloud engineering team, while collaborating with engineering, development, and quality assurance teams to establish guidelines for automated monitoring and alerting protocols.

• Monitors, troubleshoots, and resolves any operational issues in cloud environments, maintaining thorough logs and operational records.

• Works with cross-functional infrastructure and engineering teams to identify and apply emerging trends and technologies in cloud solutions.

• Prepares and updates documentation to align with organizational standards and procedures related to cloud operations.

• Contributes to automation initiatives supporting provisioning, monitoring, patching, and compliance validation across IL6, CSfC, and cross-domain systems.

• Provides technical expertise and consultative guidance for cloud strategies and solutions, ensuring effective implementation and support of enterprise cloud environments.

• Monitors, troubleshoots, and resolves operational issues within Enigma cloud environments, maintaining logs, records, and system baselines.

• Assists in engineering and maintaining bi-directional data flows, ensuring compliance with all security, auditing, and operational controls.

Required Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in computer science or an equivalent field.

• Experience: 5 years of experience in cloud operations (IL5/IL6 environments preferred)

• Clearance: Secret with ability to obtain and maintain TS/SCI

• Location: Remote with up to 25% travel

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, competitive pay and paid time off

• Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace

OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY

Explore an enterprise IT career at GDIT and you’ll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your desire to drive operations forward.

The likely salary range for this position is $112,840 - $141,450. 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.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Travel Required:

10-25%

Telecommuting Options:

Remote

Work Location:

Any Location / Remote

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT:

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee’s date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

 

 

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 consulting, technology 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 capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.

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