​​​​​​​Deliver simple solutions to complex problems as a Cloud Engineer at GDIT. As a Cloud Engineer you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. 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.

We are on a mission to harness the power of cloud technologies to drive innovation and deliver reliable, scalable, and secure solutions. We are seeking a talented and self-motivated Mid-Level Cloud Engineer with experience in Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) to join our team.

Position Description

As a Cloud Engineer, you will play a key role in designing, deploying, and maintaining cloud infrastructure on GDC. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure that our cloud environments are efficient, secure, and scalable. This position is ideal for someone with hands-on experience with GDC and cloud technologies who is looking to take on more responsibility and grow in a collaborative environment.

How a Cloud Engineer Will Make an Impact

Design, implement, and maintain cloud architectures using GDC services Develop and manage Infrascture-as-Code solutions Implement best practices for cloud security, identity management, and data protection in compliance with industry standards and company policiesSet up monitoring, logging, and alerting for cloud infrastructure, and optimize for performance, cost efficiency, and reliability Work with DevOps engineers and software developers to integrate cloud infrastructure with CI/CD pipelines and application deployments Troubleshoot and resolve issues with cloud infrastructure, ensuring minimal downtime and quick recover from incidents

What You’ll Need to Succeed

•Must be able to support data collection from a large, complex server and network infrastructure and user base

•Must possess a strong work ethic, be self-directed, and be a detail-oriented professional

•Must be willing to learn and adapt to new, cutting-edge technologies

•Must be willing to document work and participate in the customer's change procedures

•Must possess excellent time management skills and the drive to work unsupervised

Experience with the following:

•Experience with private clouds such as VMWare, OpenStack

•Experience as a system architect/administrator/operator in a production environment

•Knowledge of IAAS, PAAS and/or SAAS cloud technologies.

•Knowledge of network technologies (MPLS, routing protocols, forwarding), common infrastructure components (IPAM, DNS, DHCP), load balancers, firewalls, virtual and physical infrastructure design

•Apply Configuration Management disciplines to maintain hardware/software revisions, security patches, hardening, and documentation

•Develop and direct the development of content for a complex and growing infrastructure. This includes use cases for Dashboards, Active Channels, Reports, Rules, Filters, Trends, and Active Lists

•Provide guidance to security analyst and network engineering staff

•Maintaining up to date documentation of designs/configurations

•5+ years of related systems engineering experience.

•Cloud platforms

•Advanced knowledge of systems engineering principles, methods, and techniques.

•Knowledge of the associated hardware, software, and equipment

•Professional certification in one or more specific technologies may be required, depending on job assignment.  

EDUCATION

BS and 5+ years of experience or equivalent combination or education and years of experience

Required Skills:

•Experience with public clouds such as AWS, Rackspace, and preferably Google

•Demonstrated ability to use problem solving techniques such as root cause analysis to resolve issues.  

Clearance Level Must Be Able To Obtain:

Top Secret SCI + Polygraph

Location: Springfield, VA 

US Citizenship Required