Apply on Employer Site

General Dynamics Information Technology · 2 days ago

SR Cloud Engineer

Durham, NC

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

$128K/yr - $172K/yr

5+ years exp

General Dynamics Information Technology is a global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology, and mission services to major U.S. government agencies. They are seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to implement secure and compliant cloud solutions, manage cloud infrastructure, and collaborate with various teams to optimize cloud resources.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud ComputingConsultingCyber SecurityInformation Technology

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Deploy and manage cloud infrastructure on AWS and Azure platforms using Terraform IaC (Infrastructure As Code)

Implement best practices for cloud architecture, security, and compliance

Collaborate with application development and security teams to ensure seamless integration of cloud solutions

Automate infrastructure deployment and management processes to enhance efficiency and reliability

Monitor and optimize cloud resources for performance, cost, and scalability

Troubleshoot and resolve cloud infrastructure and services issues

Stay updated with the latest cloud technologies and industry trends to drive continuous improvement

Provide operational expertise to the program team and government staff, and assist in deployment and improvement of products and deliverables to further support of a large government organization that is in transition to a Cloud hosting model

Participate in the cloud services functional and security evaluation and selection process

Manage research and evaluation of current market trends, best practices and preferred operational approach to ensure the solution matches services/agency needs

Assists and supports client activities to eliminate gaps or inconsistencies in the operational delivery, articulating cloud benefits and messaging

Assist existing support staff during the rollout, transition, & operational phases

Qualification

Cloud ArchitecturesAWSAzureTerraformCloud Based ServicesCloud ComputingDevOpsProblem-solvingOrganizational skillsInterpersonal skillsAdaptabilityCommunication

Required

Proven experience as a Cloud Engineer with expertise in AWS and/or Azure platforms in a matrix organization

Bachelors in IT related field and/or 5+ years IT knowledge and demonstrated hands-on experience in cloud operation and administration (or equivalent combination of education and experience)

Subject Matter Expert in Cloud Technologies, including professional experience operating solutions built on Azure or AWS

Understanding of Cloud technologies (VPC, RDS, IAM, Organizations, ELB) and others

Experience with High-Availability, Fault Tolerance, Scalability, Database Concepts, System and Software

Understanding of application, server, and network security and government requirements such as FISMA/FedRAMP

Experience coding in Terraform to fully automate configuration and management of Cloud resources

Experience working with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices to automate cloud resource deployment and management

Knowledge of development methodologies and more than one of the following languages: .NET, Java, PHP, Perl, Python, or Ruby

Direct experience in an enterprise large-scale hosted computing environment

Experience with hybrid Cloud environments

Experience assessing, planning, designing, and migrating/transforming legacy applications to the Cloud

Working knowledge of software development tools, web services, and methodologies

AWS Solutions Architect Associate and/or Azure Solution Administrator Associate certification

Preferred

Terraform Infrastructure as code (IaC) experience is strongly preferred

Continuous integration/continuous deployment environments using GitLab are strongly preferred

Knowledge of DevOps technologies is preferred

AWS Solutions Architect Expert and/or Azure Solution Administrator Expert certification preferred

ITIL certification or practitioner is a plus

Configuration management using systems such as Ansible, Chef, or similar is a plus

Container systems (Kubernetes, Mesosphere, Docker) experience is a plus

Benefits

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

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

Full flex work weeks where possible

A variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave

Short and long-term disability benefits

Life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance

Company

General Dynamics Information Technology

Glassdoor3.9

General Dynamics Information Technology is an IT consulting company that specializes in cyber security, AI, and quantum computing. It is a sub-organization of General Dynamics.

Founded in 1999

Falls Church, Virginia, USA

10001+ employees