Cloud Developer Principal

General Dynamics

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Work type
On-site
Location
Mary Esther, FL
Salary
$106,250–$143,750 / yr
Posted
48 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role $125k
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This role pays less than 96% of similar roles. Most pay $169,550–$217,150 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $125k versus about $193k for comparable roles.

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About General Dynamics

General Dynamics is a global aerospace and defense company offering a broad portfolio of products and services in business aviation, ship construction, land combat vehicles, and information technology. It serves customers in the U.S. government, allied governments, and a diverse array of commercial markets.

General Dynamics currently has 1123 open roles on FindRole.

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At a glance

TL;DR · Cloud Developer Principal

Cloud Developer Principal will join a multi-discipline team to support the design, development, engineering, integration, testing, implementation, and sustainment of critical cloud technologies. The role involves building scalable, resilient, and secure cloud-based applications while automating deployment pipelines using CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code. Key responsibilities include migrating legacy on-premise systems to cloud environments, integrating identity and directory services, and ensuring compliance with cybersecurity best practices like zero-trust and RBAC. The candidate will utilize AWS services such as Lambda, EC2, S3, and RDS, alongside tools like Docker, CloudFormation, Ansible, Jenkins, and GitHub Actions. Technical proficiency in Linux (RHEL), Windows, Bash, and Python is required to solve complex infrastructure problems. This role specifically addresses the technical challenge of modernizing government and defense systems within a secure cloud architecture framework.

What you'll do

  • Design, develop, integrate, and maintain cloud-hosted applications and services.
  • Build scalable, highly available, and fault-tolerant solutions using modern cloud architectures.
  • Automate deployment pipelines and infrastructure using CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
  • Migrate legacy on-premise systems to cloud environments using automation tools.
  • Integrate cloud applications with identity, authentication, authorization, and directory services.
  • Ensure all solutions adhere to zero-trust, RBAC, and cybersecurity best practices.
  • Provide technical training, user guides, and knowledge transfer for new cloud capabilities.
  • Maintain documentation for cloud environments, configurations, and deployment artifacts.

What we're looking for

  • US citizenship is required.
  • Must possess an Interim Secret clearance and be able to obtain a Secret clearance.
  • A Bachelor of Science in a related technical field or equivalent experience is required.
  • At least 5 years of combined DoD and/or commercial industry IT experience are required.
  • Two of the five years of experience must be implementing or sustaining enterprise-level solutions in a production cloud environment.
  • DoD 8570.01-M IAT Level II certification (Sec+ CE or equivalent) is required.
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate is required.
  • Linux+ certification is preferred.

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