Cloud Architect - TS / SCI with Polygraph

Req ID : RQ202931

Type of Requisition : Regular

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

Public Trust / Other Required : None

Job Family : IT Infrastructure and Operations

Skills :

Amazon Web Services (AWS),Scripting Languages,Structured Query Language (SQL),Terraform

Experience :

15 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required :

Yes

Job Description :

Deliver simple solutions to complex problems as a Cloud Architect 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 Architect you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter.

HOW A CLOUD ARCHITECT WILL MAKE AN IMPACT

• We are looking fora highly skilled and proactive Cloud Architect to work on a platform engineering team to produce reusable infrastructure and software components to support a wide variety of large, mission critical, user-facing applications and services produced by multiple project teams. The engineers will be responsible for producing both robust, reusable software solutions and business processes centered around modern, industry standard infrastructure as code and DevOps tools to harden applications, improve resiliency, reduce costs, and accelerate speed of delivery to mission customers.

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.

Experience : 15+ years

Required skills :

Leverage cloud-native tools to build infrastructure and sustain applications in a cloud environment (AWS preferred)

Write cloud infrastructure as code (IaC) tools (Terraform preferred)

Work with containers and associated technologies such as Docker, Podman, Kubernetes, and Helm

Deliver and debug applications written in languages such as Java, Python, JavaScript, or Ruby running in Linux-based environments

Develop software in Python (preferred), Java, or JavaScript

Develop scripts and other automation in Python and Shell

Deliver and maintain relational databases such as PostgreSQL or MySQL, or document databases such as Elasticsearch or Solr, to include managed databases such as AWS Relational Database Service (RDS) or OpenSearch

Provide Tier 3 support to debug applications and infrastructure; performing root cause analysis of failures

Use Git and working on cross-functional teams with Git-based workflows (GitHub preferred)

Implement and maintain encryption technology (X.509 PKI, KMS)

Work on cross-functional teams in an agile environment

Support system and data security requirements, and document system artifacts required for security certification.

Perform cloud performance analysis and optimize distributed cloud systems.

Security Clearance : TS / SCI with Polygraph

Desired skills :

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.

Location : Herndon, VA - customer site

Hours : Contract Core hours 9-3

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

#WeAreGDIT

#JET

#GDITEnhanced2025

The likely salary range for this position is $182,882 - $247,428. 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.

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 50 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.

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