AWS Cloud Engineer at General Dynamics Information Technology

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

None

Public Trust/Other Required:

NACLC (T3)

Job Family:

Systems Engineering

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Red Hat Ansible, Terraform, VMware

Certifications:

None

Experience:

8 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

No

Job Description:

We are seeking a Cloud Systems Engineer to support the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). In this position, you will assist in maintaining the institute's critical virtual environment, lead the AWS migration efforts, and lead automation initiatives. You will collaborate with a team of innovative and skilled professionals to address complex technical challenges. By leveraging the latest technologies, you will work to enhance delivery times and minimize operational maintenance.

Work Visa sponsorship will not be provided for this role.

How a Systems Engineer Will Make an Impact:

• Analyzes customer requirements and provides technical solutions to complex problems.
• Identifies, designs, and implements process improvements.
• Automating manual processes, optimizing delivery, re-designing infrastructure for greater scalability.
• Troubleshooting issues that impact services and actively responding to alerts and performance trends.
• Attending a daily stand-up meeting to report your accomplishments, plans for the day, and any roadblocks you encountered.
• Working closely with other engineers to enhance the experience for delivering infrastructure services.

Required Skills and Experience:

• BS/BA or equivalent.
• Minimum of 8 years related experience.
• Minimum of four years of experience with VMware, vSphere 7 or 8 in a medium to large environment.
• Minimum of four years of experience with AWS (EC2).
• Minimum of two year as Cloud DevOps using Ansible and Terraform.
• Good understanding of scripting languages, such as PowerShell and PowerCLI.

Security Clearance: Must be able to obtain a NIH Public Trust.

Location: Hybrid – One day a month in the office and as needed to meet contract obligations; must reside within commuting distance to the client site in Rockville, MD.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with AWS CloudWatch.
• Experience with Datadog monitoring and performance tuning.
• Experience migrating from on-prem (vSphere) to cloud (AWS).
• Experience with code repositories, and security vulnerabilities identification and protection.
• Experience in automating and securing the infrastructure on AWS using EC2, Cloud Formation.

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 $125,800 - $170,200. 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:

Hybrid

Work Location:

USA MD Home Office (MDHOME)

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.

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 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 30 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.

We connect people with the most impactful client missions, creating an unparalleled work experience that allows them to see their impact every day. We create opportunities for our people to lead and learn simultaneously. From securing our nation’s most sensitive systems, to enabling digital transformation and cloud adoption, our people are the ones who make change real.

GDIT is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other protected class.