General Dynamics Information Technology
Cloud Systems VDI Engineer
General Dynamics Information Technology, Fairfax, Virginia, United States, 22032
Req ID:
RQ190475
Type of Requisition:
Regular
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
Top Secret/SCI
Public Trust/Other Required:
None
Job Family:
Systems Engineering
Skills:
Agile Methodology,Cloud Computing,Cloud Infrastructure,Microsoft Azure,VMware
Experience:
2 + years of related experience
US Citizenship Required:
Yes
Job Description:
Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact as an IT Cloud Systems Engineer 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 IT Cloud Systems Engineer, you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on an IT Cloud Systems/VDI Engineer joining our highly skilled team to be a premier provider of high speed VDI solutions and cloud platform services to meet our customers computing needs.
HOW IT CLOUD SYSTEMS ENGINEER WILL MAKE AN IMPACT:
Deploy cloud based VDI across multiple cloud providers.
Enhance performance of all VDI to include Citrix, AVD, and AWS Workspaces.
Develop and manage image and software offerings for cloud hosted VDI.
Integrate VDI solutions with existing infrastructure.
Coordinating with technical teams responsible for 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.
Deployment of large-scale environments via infrastructure as code.
Rapid prototyping to refine system requirements and technical specifications of the system and its operating environments.
Review and Maintain environments at the latest security posture.
Environment layout and configuration maintenance to industry standards and best practices.
Remediate app/package installations.
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.
Build, migrate and test AWS & Azure 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.
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 (Computer engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Information systems, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or a closely related discipline)
Required Experience: 5+ yrs
Security Clearance Level: Secret
Required Technical Skills:
Experience with VDI solutions both on prem and cloud native i.e. Citrix/AVD/Workspaces
Linux/Unix systems administration
Windows Server Administration
Identity and Access Management
AWS CloudFormation
Large scale system integration
Experience in cloud application (Azure/AWS) architecture
Experience in developing enterprise and solution-level architectural designs
Confidence and experience with AWS CloudFormation, Terraform and Ansible
Strong communication and documentation skills
Technical experience with large scale system integration
Desired Skills:
Cloud certifications
Citrix certifications
Experience with ARM, BICEP, and Azure automation
Developing enterprise and solution-level architectural designs
Citrix VDI on premise/Cloud deployment
Azure virtual Desktop
AWS Workspaces
JIRA, Confluence and other project management tools
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.
The likely salary range for this position is $97,750 - $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.
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 30 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.
We connect people with the most impactful client missions, creating an unparalleled work experience that allows them to see their impact every day. We create opportunities for our people to lead and learn simultaneously. From securing our nation’s most sensitive systems, to enabling digital transformation and cloud adoption, our people are the ones who make change real.
GDIT is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other protected class.
RQ190475
Type of Requisition:
Regular
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
Top Secret/SCI
Public Trust/Other Required:
None
Job Family:
Systems Engineering
Skills:
Agile Methodology,Cloud Computing,Cloud Infrastructure,Microsoft Azure,VMware
Experience:
2 + years of related experience
US Citizenship Required:
Yes
Job Description:
Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact as an IT Cloud Systems Engineer 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 IT Cloud Systems Engineer, you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on an IT Cloud Systems/VDI Engineer joining our highly skilled team to be a premier provider of high speed VDI solutions and cloud platform services to meet our customers computing needs.
HOW IT CLOUD SYSTEMS ENGINEER WILL MAKE AN IMPACT:
Deploy cloud based VDI across multiple cloud providers.
Enhance performance of all VDI to include Citrix, AVD, and AWS Workspaces.
Develop and manage image and software offerings for cloud hosted VDI.
Integrate VDI solutions with existing infrastructure.
Coordinating with technical teams responsible for 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.
Deployment of large-scale environments via infrastructure as code.
Rapid prototyping to refine system requirements and technical specifications of the system and its operating environments.
Review and Maintain environments at the latest security posture.
Environment layout and configuration maintenance to industry standards and best practices.
Remediate app/package installations.
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.
Build, migrate and test AWS & Azure 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.
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 (Computer engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Information systems, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or a closely related discipline)
Required Experience: 5+ yrs
Security Clearance Level: Secret
Required Technical Skills:
Experience with VDI solutions both on prem and cloud native i.e. Citrix/AVD/Workspaces
Linux/Unix systems administration
Windows Server Administration
Identity and Access Management
AWS CloudFormation
Large scale system integration
Experience in cloud application (Azure/AWS) architecture
Experience in developing enterprise and solution-level architectural designs
Confidence and experience with AWS CloudFormation, Terraform and Ansible
Strong communication and documentation skills
Technical experience with large scale system integration
Desired Skills:
Cloud certifications
Citrix certifications
Experience with ARM, BICEP, and Azure automation
Developing enterprise and solution-level architectural designs
Citrix VDI on premise/Cloud deployment
Azure virtual Desktop
AWS Workspaces
JIRA, Confluence and other project management tools
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.
The likely salary range for this position is $97,750 - $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.
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 30 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.
We connect people with the most impactful client missions, creating an unparalleled work experience that allows them to see their impact every day. We create opportunities for our people to lead and learn simultaneously. From securing our nation’s most sensitive systems, to enabling digital transformation and cloud adoption, our people are the ones who make change real.
GDIT is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other protected class.