Mid-Level Cloud Engineer

General Dynamics Information Technology

Today
Top Secret/SCI
Unspecified
Polygraph
IT - Hardware
Springfield, VA (On-Site/Office)

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 policies
  • Set 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

Work Requirements
group id: 90979310

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