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Type of Requisition:
RegularClearance Level Must Currently Possess:
Top Secret SCI + PolygraphClearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
NonePublic Trust/Other Required:
NoneJob Family:
Software EngineeringJob Qualifications:
Skills:
Amazon CloudWatch, AWS Devops, AWS Lambda, GitHub, Jenkins (Software)Certifications:
NoneExperience:
6 + years of related experienceUS Citizenship Required:
YesJob Description:
Transform technology into opportunity as a Cloud Engineer with GDIT. A career in enterprise IT means connecting and enhancing the systems that matter most. At GDIT you’ll be at the forefront of innovation and play a meaningful part in improving how agencies operate.
At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a Cloud Engineer, you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter.
HOW A CLOUD ENGINEER WILL MAKE AN IMPACT
We are looking for a Cloud/Observability Engineer to ensure our systems are operating effectively at scale. As an Observability Engineer you will be at the forefront of maintaining and enhancing the stability, scalability, and performance of our rapidly evolving infrastructure. Candidate will work closely with cross functional teams, including software engineers, product managers and DevOps engineers to maintain and improve resilient systems.​
WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED:
Education: BA/BS degree
Required Experience: 6+ years
Required Technical Skills:
- Documented experience developing and maintaining systems that allow for effective monitoring, logging, and tracing of applications.
- Experience regularly analyzing system performance to identify areas for improvement.Â
- Experience with detecting anomalies, troubleshooting incidents, monitoring system health and supporting compliance and security efforts.
- Documented experience with monitoring and alerting best practices within a cloud native environment. Associated tools: (CloudWatch, Icinga)
- Experience with DevOps/Platforms: Amazon Web Services (S3, RDS, EC2, ECS, Lambda, SQS, SNS, CloudFormation, etc.)
- Demonstrated experience utilizing DevOps tools, such as GitHub and Jenkins, to enable continuous integration and continuous delivery
- Identify, analyze, and resolve infrastructure vulnerabilities and application deployment issues
- Regularly review telemetry data and make recommendations for improvements and cost efficiencies based on data.
- Develop and maintain cloud solutions in accordance with customer best practices and guidance.
- Demonstrated experience working with Agile Scrum based development team
Security Clearance Level: TS/SCI with Polygraph
Location: On Customer Site, Herndon, VA
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
#GDITEnhanced2026
#VA_2026Alumni
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40Travel Required:
NoneTelecommuting Options:
OnsiteWork Location:
USA VA HerndonAdditional 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 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.Join our Talent Community to stay up to date on our career opportunities and events atgdit.com/tc.
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