Cloud Engineer

General Dynamics

Remote

Quick summary

Work type: Remote
Location: VA
Salary: $111,155–$150,385 / yr
Posted: 4 days ago
Nearby: 46 roles within 25 mi

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Salary context

Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $173k

This role $131k

$100k most similar roles pay here $217k

This role pays less than 82% of similar roles. Most pay $142,400–$203,500 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $131k versus about $173k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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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 422 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $112,924–$149,500 across 357 roles with salary data.

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At a glance

TL;DR · Cloud Engineer

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As a Cloud Engineer at GDIT, you will join the Advana team to support Department of Defense environments by configuring and maintaining Amazon Web Services infrastructures. Your daily tasks include building Virtual Private Clouds, routing components, and network interconnections while ensuring compliance with security requirements. You will monitor system performance using AWS tools like CloudWatch and CloudTrail, apply configuration hardening baselines, and automate deployments with infrastructure-as-code tools such as AWS Systems Manager and CloudFormation templates. Additionally, you will collaborate with cloud engineers, developers, and cybersecurity personnel to enhance operational efficiency and reliability across mission-critical services for various military branches. This role requires an Amazon Web Services Certified Solutions Architect Associate certification and TS/SCI clearance.

Skills

AWS CloudFormation CloudWatch CloudTrail AWS Config AWS Systems Manager Terraform CI/CD Docker Kubernetes PostgreSQL Python Git Ansible Prometheus Grafana JSON YAML

What you'll do

Executes cloud operations by configuring, monitoring, and maintaining AWS infrastructures.
Builds and modifies Virtual Private Clouds, routing components, and network interconnections.
Monitors system performance using CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and AWS Config tools.
Applies configuration hardening baselines to compute instances and storage services.
Supports release processes by preparing staging environments and validating prerequisites.
Collects operational diagnostics for incident response investigations and post-incident reporting.
Automates system and application deployments using infrastructure-as-code tools.

What we're looking for

US citizenship required.
TS/SCI security clearance eligible.
Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS).
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate certification.
Expertise in cloud operations and infrastructure management.
Ability to automate system deployments using tools like CloudFormation.
Strong coordination skills with cybersecurity and development teams.

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