Cloud Engineer - TS/SCI with Polygraph in Herndon, Virginia at General Dynamics Information Technology

USA VA Herndon - Customer Proprietary (VAC032)
Full time
RQ220173
Type of Requisition:
Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:
Top Secret SCI + Polygraph

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
Top Secret SCI + Polygraph

Public Trust/Other Required:
None

Job Family:
IT Infrastructure and Operations

Job Qualifications:

Skills:
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Apache Tomcat, Linux
Certifications:
None
Experience:
10 + years of related experience
US Citizenship Required:
Yes

Job Description:

Deliver simple solutions to complex problems as a Cloud 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 Cloud Engineer you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. We are seeking a highly skilled and proactive Cloud Engineer with proven experience in supporting enterprise web applications and software development teams. A successful candidate will need to demonstrate an in-depth understanding of Linux/Unix and a firm understanding of cloud technologies. Candidate must demonstrate on the job experience upgrading, monitoring, troubleshooting and implementing both on premise and cloud technologies

REQUIRED TECHNICAL SKILLS & EXPERIENCE:

• Support and troubleshoot web applications. This includes deployment of Tomcat applications using AWS and utilizing application and server logs to identify and resolve issues.
• Demonstrated experience and support for applications hosted in an AWS cloud environment, including deployments, patches, security checks, and maintenance.
• Upgrade and maintain operating systems and application software on LINUX (Linux (RHEL, CentOS, Scientific Linux) and Microsoft Windows platforms.
• Perform software installations, including support for COTS applications.
• Daily monitoring of the network, servers, cloud and applications to ensure full availability and optimum performance. Utilize software tools and logs to monitor network and system health.
• Track and manage system certificates, privileged accounts, and database passwords.
• Create and update documentation, including standard operating procedures, administrative instructions, After Action Reports for system outages, task status updates, and customer reports.
• Support for system and data security requirements, and documented system artifacts required for security certification.
• Experience with implementing and maintaining encryption technology (PKI authentication, Vormetric, and KMS).
• Demonstrated experience with web services.

DESIRED SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

• Experience with building AWS infrastructure or migrating private on-premise solutions to cloud hosting environments.
• Firm Relational Database understanding (Oracle, MySQL, Postgres, Kafka)
• Working knowledge of CloudFormation, Terraform and Ansible.
• Experience with scripting languages (Shell, Perl, and Python).
• Experience with SysOPs/DevOps.
• Ability to perform cloud performance analysis and optimize distributed cloud systems.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical certifications or training, or work experience.
• Required Experience: 10+ years of related experience
• Security Clearance Level: TS/SCI with Polygraph
• Location: Herndon, VA
• After-hours on call rotation is a requirement for this position. It is normally one week at a time and rotates approximately every eight weeks
• US Citizenship Required

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:

• 401K with company match
• Comprehensive health and wellness packages
• Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career
• Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications
• Cutting-edge technology you can learn from
• Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays

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The likely salary range for this position is $162,037 - $219,227. 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:
None

Telecommuting Options:
Onsite

Work Location:
USA VA Herndon

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. 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.

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