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General Dynamics Information Technology · 19 hours ago

Cloud Hosting Subject Matter Expert (SME)

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$166K/yr - $224K/yr

10+ years exp

General Dynamics Information Technology is a global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government. They are seeking a Cloud Hosting Subject Matter Expert (SME) to lead the design and operation of secure hybrid/multi-cloud platforms, ensuring compliance with federal standards and enhancing delivery efficiency.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud ComputingConsultingCyber SecurityInformation Technology

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Designing, building, and operating secure, reliable, and cost-effective hybrid/multi-cloud platforms for mission systems

Own the enterprise design patterns, landing zones, identity and network baselines, observability, automation, and disaster recovery that let teams deploy quickly and safely across AWS, Azure, and on-prem environments

Partner with the engineering and delivery teams on a clear service catalog, and with finance on unit economics and optimization

Lead the product life cycle for hosting platforms that meet federal standards (NIST, RMF, TIC 3.0, Zero Trust) and ATO sustainment

Turn current hosting platforms from a collection of projects into a standardized, auditable platform that accelerates delivery and reduces risk

Codifying landing zones and guardrails as reusable templates

Cut environment build times from weeks to minutes and prevent configuration drift

Raise security without slowing teams down, while SRE practices and progressive delivery will reduce incidents and shorten time to restore

Right-size capacity, apply commitments effectively, and tier storage so cost per unit trends down even as usage grows

Qualification

Cloud ArchitecturesCloud Based ServicesCloud HostingSecurity ComplianceCloud PlatformOutcome FocusCustomer OrientationDiscipline & ExecutionClear CommunicationCollaboration & LeadershipAdaptability

Required

10 + years of related experience

Bachelor's Degree. In lieu of a degree, an additional four years of related experience required

10+ years in cloud/platform engineering or cloud architecture with hands-on delivery at enterprise scale; at least 3 years leading hybrid/multi-cloud (AWS/Azure) in regulated or federal environments

Demonstrated ownership of secure landing zones, network/identity patterns, and CI/CD/IaC pipelines; track record reducing MTTR, change failure rate, and cost per unit

Experience aligning to NIST SP 800-53/RMF, Zero Trust/TIC 3.0, FedRAMP services, and ATO sustainment, evidence of successful audits or compliance assessments

Proven delivery of container platforms (Kubernetes/OpenShift) and platform services (databases, messaging, caches) with DR/RTO/RPO objectives

Leadership in multi-vendor/SIAM settings with shared KPIs, cross-domain change coordination, and incident 'swarming'

Deep expertise in AWS and Azure (GCP, OCI a plus): Organizations/Entra ID/IAM, Control Tower/Landing Zone, Transit Gateway/vWAN, PrivateLink/Private Endpoints, Key Management, security and monitoring services

VPC/VNet design, hub-and-spoke, SD-WAN integration, DNS, NAT, firewalling, service mesh, SSO (SAML/OIDC), PIV/FIDO2, JIT/PIM/PAM

Terraform, CloudFormation/Bicep, Ansible, Packer, Helm; GitOps (Argo CD/Flux); policy-as-code (OPA/Conftest/Cloud Custodian); progressive delivery (blue/green, canary)

Kubernetes/OpenShift operations, cluster lifecycle, admission control, image signing/provenance, supply-chain security (SBOM, attestations)

OpenTelemetry (traces/metrics/logs), Prometheus/Grafana, log analytics/SIEM; SLOs/error budgets; synthetic and RUM monitoring

Managed databases (e.g., RDS/Aurora, SQL MI, Cosmos/Spanner), backup/restore with immutability/object lock, cross-region replication, tiering and lifecycle management

Baseline hardening (CIS/STIGs), vulnerability/patch orchestration, encryption in transit/at rest, secrets management (Vault/KMS), least-privilege patterns; evidence generation for RMF ConMon

FinOps fundamentals - commitment management (RIs/SPs/CCAs/Committed Use), autoscaling/scale-to-zero, right-sizing, storage tiering; performance tuning at app/network/data layers

Clear Communication: Converts complex architecture into simple narratives and diagrams for executives, engineers, and non-technical stakeholders; writes crisp runbooks and design docs

Outcome Focus: Designs to measurable targets (availability, MTTR, time-to-provision, control pass rate, cost per unit) and publishes trends transparently

Collaboration & Leadership: Guides cross-functional teams (security, networking, databases, app teams, vendors); mentors engineers; facilitate decisions and resolves blockers quickly

Customer Orientation: Partners with stakeholders to make cloud services easy to request and adopt; builds self-service with safe defaults to reduce tickets and cycle time

Discipline & Execution: Coordinates release trains and maintenance windows; enforces change control with automation first; drives continuous improvement backlogs to closure

Adaptability: Stays current on emerging tech and pilots what measurably improves reliability, security, or cost

Preferred

AWS Solutions Architect – Professional

Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert

VMware Certified Professional / Advanced Professional

CKA/CKAD or OpenShift Administrator

HashiCorp Terraform Associate / Authoring and Operations Professional

Benefits

Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home

401K with company match

Comprehensive health and wellness packages

Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you build your skills and 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 10 company-paid holidays

Paid parental leave

Paid military leave

Paid bereavement leave

Paid jury duty leave

Short and long-term disability benefits

Life insurance

Accidental death and dismemberment insurance

Personal accident insurance

Critical illness insurance

Business travel and accident insurance

Company

General Dynamics Information Technology

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General Dynamics Information Technology is an IT consulting company that specializes in cyber security, AI, and quantum computing. It is a sub-organization of General Dynamics.

Founded in 1999

Falls Church, Virginia, USA

10001+ employees

https://www.gdit.com/

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