
Cloud DevOps Engineer
General Dynamics Information Technology
Falls Church, VAFull-time$164–207K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
GDIT seeks a Cloud DevOps Engineer to support Department of War Special Access Program cloud operations. The role provisions and maintains cloud services, designs and supports infrastructure, automates deployments, and helps integrate customer workloads. It also supports secure connectivity, monitoring, configuration management, and compliance. The position requires 10+ years of IT/DoW infrastructure and cloud experience, a Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility, and specified cloud certifications.
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Req ID: RQ232021
Type of Requisition: Regular
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Top Secret/SCI
Public Trust/Other Required: None
Job Family: IT Infrastructure and Operations
Skills:
Cloud DevOps,Cloud Operations,DevOps
Experience:
10 + years of related experience
US Citizenship Required:
Yes
Job Description:
Make meaningful contributions that fuel critical outcomes for some of the most complex government, defense, and intelligence projects. Join GDIT as a Cloud DevOps Engineer for a career where your growth is just as important as the mission you support.
MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT:
As a Cloud DevOps Engineer, the work you’ll do at GDIT will be impactful to the mission of Department of War (DoW), Chief Information Officer (CIO) for Special Access Program(s) (SAPs) (DoW SAP CIO).
You will play a crucial role in providing support in the following areas:
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Provision, configure, and maintain cloud service provider (CSP) accounts, subscriptions, and services.
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Design, deploy, and support cloud infrastructure including compute, storage, networking, and virtual desktop solutions.
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Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) templates and automated deployment processes.
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Implement and support API Gateway, cloud-native, and shared platform services.
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Optimize cloud performance, scalability, availability, and resource utilization based on workload requirements.
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Support onboarding and integration of customer workloads into cloud environments.
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Engineer and maintain secure connectivity between cloud, customer, and DoW network environments.
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Monitor cloud infrastructure, system health, and network interfaces to ensure service continuity.
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Maintain configuration management, change control, and CMDB processes in support of operational excellence.
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Collaborate with CSPs, mission owners, DISA, and cybersecurity teams to support cloud operations and service enhancements.
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Ensure compliance with organizational security standards, RMF, JSIG, and cloud governance requirements.
WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED:
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BS degree; may be substituted for additional years of experience
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10+ years of IT/DoW Infrastructure and Cloud experience
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Security Clearance Level: Top Secret with SCI eligibility
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Required Certifications: Cloud certifications (AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, CISSP, CCSP, Security+)
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Cloud infrastructure engineering and administration (AWS, Azure, or equivalent CSPs)
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Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, CloudFormation, Ansible)
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Cloud compute, storage, networking, and virtualization technologies
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CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation
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Cloud networking, VPNs, routing, load balancing, and hybrid cloud architectures
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API Gateway and cloud service integration
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Scripting and automation (PowerShell, Python, Bash)
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Monitoring, logging, and performance management tools
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Configuration management and ITSM/CMDB practices
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Cybersecurity and compliance frameworks (RMF, JSIG, NIST 800-53)
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Strong troubleshooting, systems integration, and stakeholder coordination skills
GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:
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Excellent customizable health benefits (Medical, Dental and Vision)
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401K with company match
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Educational Assistance and eLearning
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Internal mobility team dedicated to employee advancement
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Rewards and Recognition programs
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Innovative and collaborative environment encouraging highly motivated critical thinking
The likely salary range for this position is $164,382 - $207,000. 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.
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.
Our Identity Verification Process:
As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.
About Our Work:
We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers technology solutions and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 26,000 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 mission-ready capabilities in AI, cloud, cyber and software development.
Join our Talent Community to stay up to date on our career opportunities and events at https://gdit.com/tc.
Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans
How this job compares
Set against the 4,015 open Cloud Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 13, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$164–207K/yr
- Virginia median$122–198K/yr335 salary ranges
- US median$115–202K/yr3,301 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $186K, is 18% above the Virginia median midpoint ($158K) — in the middle half of Cloud Engineer salary ranges in Virginia.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 385 open Cloud Engineer jobs in Virginia and 4,015 across the US. 8% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Virginia
- General Dynamics Information Technology (this employer)31 open
- Booz Allen Hamilton30 open
- Capital One26 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 10 years of experience — more than three in four Cloud Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 3,430 postings).
- Education
- 1,495 of the 4,015 open Cloud Engineer jobs (37%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 13, 2026. Figures based on too few postings are left out.
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