Cloud Developer Senior Principal
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Job description
Transform technology into opportunity as a Cloud Developer Senior Principal at GDIT. Shape what's next for mission-critical government projects while shaping what's next for your engineering career., Infrastructure Engineering & Automation:
- Develop, maintain, and refine Terraform code to support infrastructure-as-code best practices
- Assist the CDP Lead with defining baseline architectures and best practices for tenants
- Build, configure, and maintain AWS infrastructure across multiple tenant environments
- Implement and support AWS Instance Scheduler for resource optimization
- Manage automation solutions for inventory reporting, CMDB updates, log retention, and other operational needs
- Create and update architectural diagrams to reflect evolving solutions and infrastructure
- Support the development of custom solutions, such as log retention pipelines, inventory reporting, AppStream deployments, and other specialized requests
Security, Governance & Identity:
- Review and remediate AWS Security Hub findings to maintain compliance and security posture
- Integrate and support Okta / AWS SSO for secure identity and access management
- Implement AWS tagging strategies for governance, reporting, and cost allocation
- Manage ACM certificates, including issuance, renewal, and troubleshooting
- Administer AWS accounts, including creation, configuration, and governance
- Configure and maintain Service Control Policies (SCPs) to enforce guardrails and prevent tenant misconfigurations
- Support AWS Organizations and Control Tower onboarding activities
Tenant Support & Lifecycle Management:
- Onboard new tenants and offboard departing ones, ensuring appropriate provisioning, security, and documentation
- Assist tenants with complex technical issues, providing escalation support as needed
- Work with ENS to manage Zscaler ZPA components, including connectors, DNS considerations, and security groups
- Support SMTP solutioning and related integration tasks
Troubleshooting & Monitoring:
- Review AWS utilization and billing to identify opportunities for cost savings and performance improvements
- Troubleshoot infrastructure issues using AWS native tools such as CloudTrail, CloudWatch Logs/Metrics, VPC Flow Logs, and firewall logs
- Maintain and enhance Fluent-bit pipelines for log ingestion and retention across tenant environments
Requirements
Do you have experience in Terraform?, * Education: Technical Training, Certification(s) or Degree
- Experience: 8+ years of related experience
- Hands-on experience with Terraform for IaC
- Strong AWS engineering background across networking, compute, storage, and identity services
- Experience integrating SSO/identity providers (Okta) with AWS
- Understanding of AWS governance: Organizations, Control Tower, SCPs, tagging, and account management
- Familiarity with log management tools (Fluent-bit, CloudWatch Logs)
- Troubleshooting experience with AWS monitoring/logging tools
- Strong documentation and diagramming skills
- Excellent communication and customer support capabilities
- Knowledge of Zscaler ZPA or similar zero-trust solutions (preferred)
Security Clearance Level: Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance, Years of Experience 8 + years of related experience
- may vary based on technical training, certification(s), or degree
Benefits & conditions
(part of General Dynamics) 3.73.7 out of 5 stars Indiana Remote $136,000 - $184,000 a year, Pulled from the full job description
- 401(k) matching
- Paid time off
- Internal mobility program, At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.
- Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities
- Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals
- Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off
- Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace
OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY Explore a career in software development at GDIT and you'll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your dedication to advancing innovation., Travel Required Less than 10% Citizenship U.S. Citizenship Required
Salary and Benefit Information The likely salary range for this position is $136,000 - $184,000. 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.
