Cloud Software Engineer

Job Description

GDIT is seeking a Cloud Software Engineer to join our team to ensure program delivery is on schedule with the technical delivery of a large Cloud Services government contract in Reston, VA. As a Cloud Software Engineer, you will help our customer with their cloud software development projects.

• Develop Frontends and Backends for Customer Cloud Fleet Management greenfield projects
• Work extensively with customer engineering and cloud engineering teams to survey existing pain points on customer products and propose solutions & improvements
• Participate in and lead architecture and engineering designs with peers and stakeholders, and exercise technical judgment (e.g., deciding between available technologies)
• Review code and provide feedback to ensure best practices (e.g., style guidelines, accuracy, testability, and efficiency)

• Citizenship: US Citizen
• Certifications:
  • Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) Certification or demonstrate equivalent practical Kubernetes experience
  • Certified Ansible Enterprise Automation (EX467) or demonstrate equivalent practical Ansible experience
• Education:
  
  Bachelors Degree in Computer Science/Engineering or related discipline or equivalent practical work experience
• Experience:
  • 10+ years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages (e.g. C++, Go, Python)
  • 5 years of experience with software design, architecture, and software product lifecycle management (testing/launching software)
  • Experience with both Kubernetes and Ansible tools
  • Experience deploying/debugging Kubernetes microservices using Docker, Docker‑compose, or Kubernetes
  • Experience writing Docker/Bazel files to build a custom, lightweight open container image (OCI)
  • Experience developing backend for Python web applications that interact with databases via API
  • Familiarity with Kubernetes customer resource objects (CRs)
• Skills & Abilities:
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively in a fast‑paced, collaborative environment
  • Strong analytical and critical‑thinking skills to assess complex technical challenges and develop scalable, efficient solutions
  • Ability to present technical designs/updates to leadership, customers, and cross‑functional teams
  • Ability to consult with customers to understand their business objectives, technical challenges, and development needs
• Location:
  
  Reston, VA - onsite at customer location

• Hands‑on experience in developing software for large scale systems
• Experience in Google Cloud, AWS, or Azure
• Proficiency in Google Workspace and related tools

• 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 $131,750 - $178,250. 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.

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…