Cloud Engineer Senior

Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact as a Senior Cloud Engineer supporting the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Cloud Operations and Maintenance (CCOM) program.

As a Senior Cloud Engineer, you will support cloud platform services that enable CMS mission operations. Your work will help maintain secure, reliable, and scalable cloud environments that application teams depend on across the program.

HOW YOU WILL MAKE AN IMPACT:

• Operate and manage AWS cloud infrastructure including compute, networking, storage, and platform services that support CMS cloud program environments
• Work closely with other cloud engineers, operations staff, and customer teams to deliver and improve cloud services
• Assist the team in troubleshooting issues, identifying root causes, and resolving challenges across cloud environments
• Contribute to a collaborative team that supports multiple tenants and shared platform capabilities
• Support day-to-day cloud operations, capacity management, and activities that maintain stable and reliable cloud environments
• Use AWS services such as EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, Route 53, ECS/EKS, and IAM to provision, configure, and enhance cloud solutions
• Contribute to automation, monitoring, and improvements that increase the performance, reliability, and scalability of cloud environments

WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or the equivalent combination of education, technical certifications, or work experience
• Required Experience: 5+ years of related experience in cloud operations, infrastructure engineering, or system administration
• Required Technical Skills: Experience with AWS cloud services (EC2, S3, VPC, IAM), Linux system administration, cloud operations, troubleshooting
• Security Clearance Level: Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance
• Required Skills and Abilities: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, effective communication, ability to work collaboratively across teams, and ability to support operational workloads
• Preferred Skills: Bachelors degree, AWS certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect Associate, experience with infrastructure as code and automation tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation, experience with monitoring and logging tools
• Location: Remote 100% (USA - MD Home Office)
• Residency Requirement: Applicants shall have lived in the United States at least three (3) out of the last five (5) years prior to submitting an application for a Federal ID Card.

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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