Cloud Engineer – Principal
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Principal Cloud Engineer designing and operating secure multi-tenant cloud platforms for GDIT’s U.S. government missions. Automating, migrating, and optimizing AWS, Azure, GCP, or OCI environments.
Responsibilities:
- Design, architect, deploy, and maintain cloud solutions
- Maintain system integrity and security
- Maintain technical documentation
- Support and develop automation
- Develop using Bash, PowerShell, and Python
- Maintain and enhance knowledge of AWS, Azure, GCP, and OCI services
- Monitor and tune cloud systems for optimum performance
- Work across teams and with external customer groups to develop strategy and design solutions
- Advise implementation teams during infrastructure buildouts
- Handle escalations and provide assessments, recommendations, and issue resolutions
- Write and maintain standard operating procedures, work instructions, and knowledge articles
Requirements:
- Technical training, certification(s), or degree
- 5+ years of experience with cloud engineering and operations
- Experience with cloud computing in AWS, Azure, GCP, or OCI
- Technical skills in Linux and Windows Server
- Excellent communication skills
- Demonstrated experience delivering presentations to diverse audiences at various organizational levels
- Must possess or be able to obtain and maintain a Secret or higher security clearance
- US citizenship required
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment across engineering, migration, and operations
Benefits:
- AI-powered career tool identifying career steps and learning opportunities
- Internal mobility team focused on career goals
- Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages
- 401(k) plan with company match
- Competitive pay
- Paid time off, including vacation, sick, personal, holiday, parental, military, bereavement, and jury duty leave
- Typically 15 days of paid leave per calendar year
- 10 paid holidays per year
- Up to 160 hours of paid family leave in a rolling 12-month period for eligible employees
- Medical plan options, including plans with Health Savings Accounts
- Dental plan options
- Vision plan options
- Short- and long-term disability benefits
- Life insurance
- Accidental death and dismemberment insurance
- Personal accident insurance
- Critical illness insurance
- Business travel and accident insurance
- Full flex work weeks where possible
- Award-winning culture of innovation
- Military-friendly workplace

















