Senior Cloud Engineer – Active Top Secret Clearance

General Dynamics Information Technology

. Transform technology into opportunity as a Cloud Engineer at GDIT .

Posted 5/17/2026full-timeMechanicsburg • Pennsylvania, Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $125,800 - $170,200 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AngularAnsibleAWSAzureCitrixCloudCyber SecurityDockerHibernateJ2EEJavaJenkinsjQueryJUnitKafkaLinuxMavenOpenShiftOracleReactSeleniumSplunkSpringTerraformVMware

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Transform technology into opportunity as a Cloud Engineer at GDIT
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

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years of cloud engineering and architecting enterprise IT solutions
Extensive understanding and 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, Cyprus, 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
Demonstrated 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
Demonstrated experience with server virtualization technologies such as VMware, Citrix, or Hyper-V
Demonstrated experience with operating systems such as RedHat Linux and Windows Server
Demonstrated experience in ITIL, ISO20000 / ISO27001 implementations
At least one nationally recognized vendor certification
Navy experience
Strong verbal and written technical communication skills
8570.1/8140 - IAT II CompTIA Security+ CE certification required

Benefits

Comp & perks

Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages
401K with company match
Competitive pay and paid time off
Flexible work weeks where possible
Paid parental leave
Military leave
Bereavement leave
Jury duty leave
Short and long-term disability benefits
Life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness, and business travel and accident insurance

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Hard Skills & Tools

cloud engineeringTerraformAnsibleJavaJ2EEAWSCI/CD pipelinesnetwork securitycyber securityoperating systems

Soft Skills

technical communicationliaisonproblem resolutionleadershipcollaborationcontinuous improvementbacklog managementgovernancedocumentationcustomer partnership

Certifications

CompTIA Security+ CE8570.1/8140 - IAT IInationally recognized vendor certification