Principal AWS AI Cloud Engineer

GDIT
Falls Church, VA

Responsibilities for this Position

Location: Any Location / Remote
Full Part/Time: Full time
Job Req: RQ208049

Type of Requisition:
Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:
None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
None

Public Trust/Other Required:
None

Job Family:
IT Infrastructure and Operations

Job Qualifications:

Skills:
Amazon Web Services (AWS), AWS CloudFormation, Linux
Certifications:
None
Experience:
8 + years of related experience
US Citizenship Required:
Yes

Job Description:

Advance how our customers operate while you advance your career. Join GDIT as a Cloud Engineer Principal and build an impactful career in enterprise IT, collaborating with people who are driven and resourceful like you.

MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT
As a Cloud Engineer Principal, the work you'll do at GDIT will be impactful to the mission of supporting data scientists in developing Artificial Intelligence (AI) proof-of-concepts. You will play a crucial role in growing GDIT's AI capabilities and business opportunities.

  • Lead the architecture, implementation, and optimization of AWS infrastructure to support innovative AI workloads, ensuring high availability and compliance.
  • Collaborate with data scientists, security teams, and stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable cloud environments using best-practice DevSecOps methodologies.
  • Drive cost optimization, security compliance, and operational excellence through automation, mentoring junior engineers, and fostering innovation in a small, agile team.
  • Utilize AWS services (e.g., EC2, S3, ECS, EKS, Lambda, Bedrock, SageMaker, OpenSearch, ECR, DynamoDB, RDS, VPC), CloudFormation, Linux, Bash/Python scripting, Docker, Kubernetes, and Git.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED
Bring your technology expertise and drive for innovation to GDIT. The Cloud Engineer Principal must have:

  • Education: Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science
  • Experience: 8+ years of related experience
  • Technical skills: Must have advanced proficiency in Linux OS, Bash/Python scripting, CloudFormation, networking, automation, Git, Docker, and Kubernetes; extensive experience with AWS services including IAM, S3, Route53, EC2, ECS, EKS, ECR, Lambda, Bedrock, SageMaker, CloudWatch, DynamoDB, RDS, and VPC.
  • Role requirements: Proven leadership in small, agile teams using Kanban and Agile methodologies; expertise in designing IAM policies, and security groups; experience with cost optimization (e.g., rightsizing resources, automating shutdowns); ability to create and standardize Confluence documentation, including architecture diagrams using Draw.io or Visio; strong communication skills for mentoring and collaborating with data scientists and security teams; AWS certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional or DevOps Engineer Professional) highly desired.
  • US Citizenship required
  • Remote position, US based

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE
At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.

  • Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities
  • Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals
  • Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off
  • Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace

OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY
Explore an enterprise IT career at GDIT and you'll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your desire to drive operations forward.

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The likely salary range for this position is $144,410 - $195,378. 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%

Telecommuting Options:
Remote

Work Location:
Any Location / Remote

Additional Work Locations:

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. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee's date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. 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.

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 30,000 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 capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.

Join our Talent Community to stay up to date on our career opportunities and events at
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Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans



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Advance how our customers operate while you advance your career. Join GDIT as a Cloud Engineer Principal and build an impactful career in enterprise IT, collaborating with people who are driven and resourceful like you.

MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT
As a Cloud Engineer Principal, the work you'll do at GDIT will be impactful to the mission of supporting data scientists in developing Artificial Intelligence (AI) proof-of-concepts. You will play a crucial role in growing GDIT's AI capabilities and business opportunities.




  • Lead the architecture, implementation, and optimization of AWS infrastructure to support innovative AI workloads, ensuring high availability and compliance.
  • Collaborate with data scientists, security teams, and stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable cloud environments using best-practice DevSecOps methodologies.
  • Drive cost optimization, security compliance, and operational excellence through automation, mentoring junior engineers, and fostering innovation in a small, agile team.
  • Utilize AWS services (e.g., EC2, S3, ECS, EKS, Lambda, Bedrock, SageMaker, OpenSearch, ECR, DynamoDB, RDS, VPC), CloudFormation, Linux, Bash/Python scripting, Docker, Kubernetes, and Git.



WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED
Bring your technology expertise and drive for innovation to GDIT. The Cloud Engineer Principal must have:




  • Education: Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science
  • Experience: 8+ years of related experience
  • Technical skills: Must have advanced proficiency in Linux OS, Bash/Python scripting, CloudFormation, networking, automation, Git, Docker, and Kubernetes; extensive experience with AWS services including IAM, S3, Route53, EC2, ECS, EKS, ECR, Lambda, Bedrock, SageMaker, CloudWatch, DynamoDB, RDS, and VPC.
  • Role requirements: Proven leadership in small, agile teams using Kanban and Agile methodologies; expertise in designing IAM policies, and security groups; experience with cost optimization (e.g., rightsizing resources, automating shutdowns); ability to create and standardize Confluence documentation, including architecture diagrams using Draw.io or Visio; strong communication skills for mentoring and collaborating with data scientists and security teams; AWS certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional or DevOps Engineer Professional) highly desired.
  • US Citizenship required
  • Remote position, US based



GDIT IS YOUR PLACE
At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.




  • Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities
  • Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals
  • Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off
  • Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace



OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY
Explore an enterprise IT career at GDIT and you'll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your desire to drive operations forward.



Posted 2025-09-27

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