Associate Cloud Engineer

Seize your opportunity as an Associate Cloud Engineer on the Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services (CMS) Hosting, Operations, and Maintenance Program (HOM). At GDIT, people are our differentiator.

At GDIT, we deliver clarity with our cloud solutions and provide meaningful work. Your work will be an important part of transforming our client’s infrastructure and business using cloud technology.

The Associate Cloud Engineer will be responsible for working with a highly functional development team automating service deployments; optimizing system performance; integrating with enterprise authentication services; establishing/improving system monitoring; maintaining established security protocols; and providing customer technical support. The Associate Cloud Engineer will be integrated within an Agile environment participating with scrums and other meetings.

HOW YOU WILL MAKE AN IMPACT:

• Study existing on-premises technology landscape and understand current application workloads.
• Understand and document technical requirements from our customer.
• Discover and inventory the on-premises computing environment in preparation for a cloud assessment.
• Assess the computing environment and applications in preparation for a cloud migration.
• Interview the infrastructure and application teams to document the enterprise.
• Create cloud assessment documents and artifacts.

Assist the Lead Cloud Architect with:

• Defining Cloud Migration strategy to move applications to the IaaS/PaaS.
• Developing architecture blueprints and detailed documentation. Create bill of materials, including required Cloud Services and tools.
• Designing the overall Virtual Private Cloud VPC environment including server instance, storage instances, subnets, availability zones, etc.
• Designing the Cloud network architecture including VPN connectivity between regions and subnets.
• Designing the High Availability (HA)/Disaster Recovery (DR) strategies.

Assist the Lead Cloud Engineer with:

• Setting up process, services, and tools around cloud.
• Overseeing the build of the cloud environment.
• Leveraging the appropriate Oracle Cloud services.
• Analyzing requirements and system architectures to refine system requirements, specifications, and design plans.
• Providing operational, management, and maintenance support for cloud-based solutions.
• Validating that the environment meets all security and compliance controls.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

• Bachelor’s degree in information systems, Business/Finance, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical certifications or training, or work experience.
• Minimum one year of relevant experience in any of the major cloud providers
• Associate-level cloud certification from any of the major cloud providers
• Obtain Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Associate Architect certification within 3 months of hire.
• Learn and be able to script using Ansible and Terraform within 9 months of hire.

IT WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU ALSO HAD:

• 2+ years of Cloud Infrastructure implementation and/or support experience (OCI preferably)
• System Integrator Consulting Experience
• Expert level using Ansible and Terraform
• Hold current Oracle Cloud Architect Professional Level Certification
• Exposure to automation and configuration management tools (e.g. Terraform/Ansible/Puppet/Chef)
• Experience of Continuous Integration and technology

LOCATION: Remote. Ability to work onsite in Windsor Mill, MD as required.

CLEARANCE: Ability to pass a CMS background check and meet the residency requirement of having lived in the US at least (3) three out of the last (5) five years.

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