Lead Cloud Developer SME
General Dynamics Information Technology3 days ago
Falls Church, VA, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$187k - $253k/yr
Responsibilities
- Provision, configure, and maintain cloud provider accounts, tenants, and services.
- Develop and automate cloud provisioning, onboarding, and deprovisioning processes.
- Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code templates and CI/CD pipelines.
- Deploy and manage cloud compute, storage, networking, virtual desktop, API Gateway, and cloud-native services.
- Monitor, maintain, and optimize cloud platform performance, availability, and security.
- Support workload onboarding and integration with customer and Department of War networks.
- Engineer secure connectivity across cloud and network environments.
- Maintain configuration management, CMDB, and change-control processes.
- Ensure compliance with RMF, JSIG, cybersecurity, and cloud governance requirements.
- Lead and coordinate cloud operations and modernization efforts with mission owners, cloud providers, DISA, and government stakeholders.
- Support classified Department of War and SAP workloads and lead a technical team.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree, with the degree substitutable by additional years of experience.
- 15 or more years of related IT, Department of War infrastructure, and cloud experience.
- Current Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility and U.S. citizenship.
- Cloud platform administration and engineering experience with AWS, Azure, or similar cloud service providers.
- Experience with cloud-native application development, cloud services integration, Infrastructure as Code, DevSecOps, and CI/CD pipeline development.
- Experience with Python, PowerShell, Bash, cloud networking, VPNs, routing, QoS, and hybrid cloud architectures.
- Experience with API management, API Gateway technologies, virtualization, containers, orchestration, configuration management, and CMDB administration.
- Knowledge of RMF, JSIG, NIST 800-53, IAM, cloud monitoring, performance management, and operational support.
- Ability to work in secure Department of War and SAP environments and support classified workloads.
- Experience with DISA network integration and mission-critical cloud platforms.
- Strong problem-solving, systems integration, and stakeholder coordination skills.
- Cloud certifications such as AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, CISSP, CCSP, or Security+ are required or preferred qualifications.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision plan options, including plans with Health Savings Accounts.
- 401(k) plan with company match and pre-tax and post-tax contribution options.
- Educational assistance and eLearning opportunities.
- Internal mobility support, rewards and recognition programs, and a collaborative work environment.
- Paid vacation, sick, personal, holiday, parental, military, bereavement, and jury duty leave.
- Short- and long-term disability, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness, and business travel insurance offerings.
- Full-flex work weeks where possible; this position is listed as onsite in Falls Church, Virginia.
- Scheduled for 40 hours per week with less than 10% travel.
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About General Dynamics Information Technology
General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) delivers enterprise IT, systems integration, cybersecurity, cloud, and software engineering services to U.S. federal agencies, including defense and intelligence organizations. It provides contract-based professional and managed services ranging from network operations and unified communications to training and simulation. GDIT is a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) and is headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia.