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Type of Requisition:
Regular
Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:
Top Secret SCI + Polygraph
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
None
Public Trust/Other Required:
None
Job Family:
IT Infrastructure and Operations
Job Qualifications:
Skills:
Amazon S3, Amazon Web Services (AWS), AWS CloudFormation, DevOps Certifications:
None Experience:
6 + years of related experience US Citizenship Required:
Yes
Job Description:
Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact as an AWS Cloud Security Systems Administrator supporting customer activities. GDIT is your place to make meaningful contributions to challenging projects and grow a rewarding career.
At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As an AWS Cloud Security Systems Administrator, you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on an AWS Cloud Security Systems Administrator joining our highly skilled team to be a premier provider of cyber security services to the customer. We provide consummate cyber security risk management “as a service” platform across multiple fabrics and centers. We have responsibility to ensure operational IT capabilities provide the client with necessary timeliness,
accuracy and security of information demanded from all our highly professional roles. Be the change, lead our change – join us!
HOW A CLOUD SECURITY SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR WILL MAKE AN IMPACT
Work with a team of technical cloud computing professionals to rapidly build and deploy a demonstration capability, while simultaneously supporting the program office to specify, design and deploy the final system. Development will take place in an iterative fashion using scrum techniques with inputs from multiple stakeholders.
Participation in iterative software development teams with adherence to all reporting requirements
Meeting with stakeholders, analyzing requirements, user stories, and related artifacts to determine technical specifications for the system environments
Coordinating with technical teams responsible for the cloud hosting infrastructures in order to establish and maintain the environments used by the program for the development, test, and deployment of the demonstration capability and the final production system
Review and Maintain environments at the latest security posture
Environment and Server layout and configuration maintenance to Industry standards and best practices
Remediate app/package installations
Rapid prototyping to refine system requirements and technical specifications of the system and its operating environments
Experience in cloud application AWS architecture.
Experience in developing enterprise and solution-level architectural designs.
Knowledge of infrastructure as code design, management, and version control techniques.
Exposure to project management skills and/or project-based work structures, project lifecycle models, etc.
Knowledge of system and software quality assurance best practices and methodologies.
Confidence and experience with AWS Cloudformation
Strong communication and documentation skills
Technical experience with large scale system integration
Build, migrate and test AWS cloud environments and integrations
Develop templates or scripts to automate everyday developer or operations functions
Build new automation to expand and maintain Cloud hosting
Monitor and maintain multiple Cloud Infrastructure environments based on client requirements
Identify new tools and processes to improve the Cloud platforms
Collaborate with remote team members to build and maintain positive, productive team relationships
Developing, testing, and monitoring connections to interfacing systems such as data feeds from numerous organizations and user interactions from other Sponsor organizations
Working with other programs to coordinate the integration of enterprise services to be consumed/used by the Sponsor system
As this program matures, this role may require occasional on-call after-hours support
Development of technical documentation and briefing materials to support program status reviews, control gates, and other presentations as directed by program management
WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED:
Education: Bachelors Degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Information systems, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or a closely related discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical certifications or training, or work experience
Experience: 8+ years related
Required technical skills:
Cloud application architecture (AWS)
AWS Cloudformation
Large scale system integration
Security clearance: TS/SCI with Polygraph
Desired Skills:
Scripting to automate developer or operations functions
Developing enterprise and solution-level architectural designs
JIRA, Confluence and other project management tools
Location: Bethesda, MD - on customer site
GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:
401K with company match
Comprehensive health and wellness packages
Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career
Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications
Cutting-edge technology you can learn from
Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays
#WeAreGDIT
#JET
#GDITEnhanced2026
#VA_2026Alumni
The likely salary range for this position is $107,744 - $132,250. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40
Travel Required:
Less than 10%
T elecommuting Options:
Onsite
Work Location:
USA MD Bethesda
Additional Work Locations:
Compensation
Total Rewards at GDIT:
Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match.
To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available.
We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.
Our Identity Verification Process:
As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.
About Our Work:
We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers technology solutions and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 26,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50+ countries worldwide, offering leading mission-ready capabilities in AI, cloud, cyber and software development.
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