Senior Cloud Engineer | Active Top Secret clearance

Transform technology into opportunity as a Cloud Engineer at GDIT. Shape what's next for mission-critical government projects while shaping what's next for your engineering career. Overview As a Cloud Engineer , your work at GDIT will support the Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Ordnance Information System (OIS) and provide technical expertise on a mission-critical program. Responsibilities Passionate about emerging technology, thrive in highly technical environments, collaborate with top talent. Key member of the OIS Cloud/DevSecOps team, contributing to a major Navy modernization effort that demands innovation, reliability, and engineering excellence. Provide hands‑on cloud engineering support across development, integration, testing, and operations for complex cloud‑based applications. Lead system engineering activities—including requirements analysis, architecture design, technical assessments, and interface standards development. Partner closely with customer Product Owners to develop key engineering documentation such as system requirements, capability definitions, and interface control documents using GitLab Ultimate, Azure DevOps, and other architecture tools. Serve as the primary technical liaison between NAVSUP OIS and the third‑party cloud broker (NAVAIR), supporting cloud operations, cost estimates, access controls, and resource planning. Guide Agile and DevSecOps best practices across the portfolio (SAFe, Scrum, Kanban), including backlog management, governance, and continuous improvement. Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines, enforce tool and process standardization, and ensure compliance with Navy security standards. Support installation, configuration, testing, and sustainment of operating systems, application stacks, and system management tools. Strengthen system performance, availability, security, and resilience through sound engineering practices, documentation and automation. Qualifications Active Top Secret clearance. 8+ years of cloud engineering and architecting enterprise IT solutions. Extensive experience programming and designing software using Terraform, Ansible, Java, J2EE, Oracle, WebLogic, Tomcat, and AWS cloud services. Experience with modern development software, tools, and methodologies (Jenkins, GitLab Ultimate, Jira, Nexus, Maven, OpenShift, SonarQube, Fortify, Junit, Karma, Selenium, Cypress, Docker, Artifactory). Demonstrated expertise in systems engineering, including requirements analysis and system architecture design. Ability to liaise with government, vendors, and other IT personnel for problem resolution. Demonstrated experience in network and cyber security design, engineering, and operations with emphasis on Navy capabilities. Experience developing models using Sparx EA, Splunk, MuleSoft, SalesForce. Experience with NIST SP 800 series or ISO 27000 series documents for information security management and risk assessment. Experience with Angular, ReactJS, Spring MVC, JQuery, JSF, JSP, MyBatis, Hibernate, IBM MQ, Kafka, ELK, or PLSQL. Experience with server virtualization technologies such as VMware, Citrix, or Hyper‑V. Experience with operating systems such as RedHat Linux and Windows Server. Experience in ITIL, ISO 20000 / ISO 27001 implementations. At least one nationally recognized vendor certification. Navy experience. Strong verbal and written technical communication skills. Certification Requirements 8570.1/8140 - IAT II CompTIA Security+ CE. Computing Environment Certification: AWS Certified Solutions Architect or equivalent cloud environment certification (must be obtained within 6 months of onboarding if not already held). Education & Location BS/BA Degree. Work Location: Mechanicsburg, PA or Yorktown, VA. US Citizenship required. Benefits AI‑powered career tool, internal mobility team, comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401(k) with company match, competitive pay and paid time off. Military‑friendly workplace culture. #J-18808-Ljbffr