Cloud Developer Principal

Public Trust: None

Requisition Type: Regular

Your Impact

Own your opportunity to support our nation's defense. Make an impact by connecting and securing critical operations across the globe, keeping our country safe and secure.

Job Description

Company Overview

GDIT/ARMA-Global is a full-service integrator delivering a wide range of Information Technology-based services for Government and Commercial clients. We bring extensive experience overseeing the design, implementation, execution, and sustainment of domestic and international programs with an emphasis on delivering critical, no-fail mission support. GDIT/ARMA-Global prides itself on providing creative solutions to client challenges through talent and expertise committed to customer success.

Join our team as a Cloud Engineer and play a key role in building secure, scalable, mission‑critical solutions for DoW and Air Force Special Operations. Work with cross-functional teams to build scalable, resilient, and secure solutions—primarily in AWS—while modernizing legacy systems and improving enterprise operations.

In this role, you will:

• Design, develop, and maintain cloud-hosted applications and services

• Architect elastic, highly available, and fault-tolerant cloud solutions

• Automate deployments and infrastructure using CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code

• Migrate on-premises systems to cloud environments using established patterns and tools

• Integrate identity, authentication, authorization, and directory services

• Apply and enforce cybersecurity best practices (zero trust, RBAC, RMF, STIGs, DevSecOps)

• Support day-to-day cloud operations, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement

• Develop and maintain documentation and training materials, brief leadership on risks, status, and enhancements

• Lead cloud development efforts, including hands-on coding, testing, and deployment

• This role requires strong AWS/cloud expertise (Lambda, EC2, S3, RDS, Docker, CloudFormation, Ansible), CI/CD experience (Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions), Linux/Windows proficiency, scripting skills (e.g., Bash, Python), and a solid background in identity and directory services (AD, IAM, Keycloak, PKI).

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Experience supporting DoW and Air Force Special Operations missions; familiarity with DoWAF viewpoints

• Proven experience developing, integrating, and sustaining applications in cloud environments (AWS preferred; Azure or GCP acceptable)

• Proficiency with core cloud services and tools (Lambda, EC2, S3, RDS, Docker, AWS CLI, CloudFormation, Ansible)

• Hands-on experience implementing CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions)

• Expertise in identity and access management and federation (Active Directory, IAM, Keycloak, Red Hat SSO, PKI/certificates)

• Strong knowledge of Linux (RHEL) and Windows operating systems and scripting/programming (e.g., Bash, Python)

• Ability to troubleshoot cloud applications across development, test, and production environments

• Experience with configuration management, version control, and code repositories (GitLab, GitHub)

• Demonstrated ability to implement secure cloud configurations aligned with RMF, STIGs, SCAP, and DevSecOps principles

• Strong documentation skills, including system diagrams, baseline configurations, deployment artifacts, and user guides.

Education, Certification and Experience Requirements

• BS in a related technical field or equivalent experience plus required years of experience

• 5+ years of combined DoW and/or Commercial industry IT experience

  • Two (2) of the five (5) years’ experience must be implementing/sustaining enterprise-level solutions in a production cloud environment

• Current DoD 8570.01-M IAT Level II certification (Sec+ CE or equivalent) Required

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate Required

• Linux+ Desired

Security Requirements

• Must have a SECRET clearance as required

Location

• Onsite - Mary Esther, FL

Citizenship Requirement:

• US citizenship

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE
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 intelligence at GDIT and you’ll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your passion for securing the mission.

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Work Requirements

Years of Experience

5 + years of related experience

* may vary based on technical training, certification(s), or degree

Certification

CompTIA Linux+ CE | CompTIA - CompTIA

AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate | Amazon Web Services (AWS) - Amazon Web Services (AWS)

CompTIA Security+ CE | CompTIA - CompTIA

Travel Required

None

Citizenship

U.S. Citizenship Required