[Hiring] Principal Cloud Developer @GD Information Technology, Inc.

Role Description

Transform technology into opportunity as a Principal Cloud Developer at GDIT. Shape what’s next for mission-critical government projects while shaping what’s next for your engineering career. Your work will be an important part of transforming our clients for the modern age and helping them face any obstacle.

As a Principal Cloud Developer, you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on a Principal Cloud Developer joining our dynamic team to work in a fast-paced environment with engineering, migration, and operations. We’re looking for a self-starter to work both as part of the team and on individual assignments in an environment of customer mission delivery, integrity, and communications.

As a Principal Cloud Developer, the work you’ll do at GDIT will be impactful to the mission of our federal customers. You will play a crucial role via the following:

• Designs, architects, deploys and maintains cloud solutions
• Maintains the integrity and security of systems
• Maintains all documentations
• Supports and develops automation
• Develops in languages such as Bash, PowerShell, Python
• Maintains/enhances knowledge of AWS cloud services
• Monitors and tunes the cloud systems to achieve optimum performance levels
• Works across teams and external customer groups to develop strategy, design solutions, and advise implementation teams during infrastructure buildouts
• Deals with escalations
• Makes assessments, recommendations, or provides solutions to resolve issues
• Composes and maintains standard operating procedures and work instructions, knowledge articles, et al

Qualifications

• Technical Training, Certificate, or Degree required; Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Programming, Computer Engineering or relevant computer-based major strongly preferred
• Principal Level: 5+ years of related experience with AWS cloud computing required; 7+ years of total IT experience strongly preferred
• Sr Principal Level: 8+ years of related experience with AWS cloud computing required

Requirements

• Proficiency in at least one of the following languages: Bash, PowerShell, or Python
• Development background in Node.JS and React.JS
• Understanding of RESTful APIs and event-driven architecture
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (including UI/UX designers, product managers, and other developers) to deliver high-quality solutions
• Design and implement data processing and integration solutions using ETL tools
• Experience with application using serverless architecture and/or containerization
• Excellent communication skills with demonstrated experience delivering presentations to diverse audiences at various levels of an organization

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages
• 401K with company match
• Competitive pay and paid time off
• Full flex work weeks where possible
• Variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave
• Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees
• 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