[Remote] Cloud Engineer Team Lead

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. GDIT is a global technology and professional services company delivering technology solutions and mission services to government, defense, and intelligence organizations. The Cloud DevOps Team Lead will lead cloud engineering and DevOps teams supporting NIH hosting and storage services, overseeing service delivery, Agile execution, technical strategy, personnel management, customer engagement, and incident resolution across AWS and Azure environments.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day oversight for your team by delegating and prioritizing task execution, resolving roadblocks, and ensuring execution is efficient and timely for the delivery of all cloud devops services
• In partnership with federal and program leadership, be a subject matter expert and oversee your team’s service catalog; to include identifying customer demands, owning and developing the technical strategy and vision, and rallying your team to turn the vision into reality
• Work closely with Project Managers/Scrum Masters to ensure transparent communications on project timelines, project execution, resource requirements, risk management, and status reporting. Occasionally step into project manager role you’re your team’s strategic projects based on need
• Drive innovation and incorporate continuous improvement activities into your team’s execution to deliver new services and new ways of working to keep pace with future customer demands
• Oversee personnel management including staff recruitment, hiring, performance management, training, and mentoring for all team members
• Provide oversight for incidents, coordinating with resolution parties and establishing effective communication between stakeholders during and after closure of the incident to include after-action reporting

Skills

• * BS/BA and 10+ years of experience, or equivalent experience, in an IT-related discipline
• * Experience overseeing a portfolio of cloud or technology services and leading a technical team's day-to-day execution, including engineering, service delivery, Agile development, and project activities
• * People management experience, including recruiting, hiring, performance management, professional development, training, and mentoring a team of engineers
• * Experience leading cloud engineering, DevOps, modernization, or other complex technical initiatives from planning through successful delivery
• * Broad hands-on experience and technical knowledge with AWS and/or Azure, including cloud compute, database, storage, networking, identity, security, and related platform services
• * Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC), configuration management, and automation using technologies such as Terraform and Ansible, with source code and configuration managed through Git-based development practices and platforms such as GitHub
• * Experience leading a team that develops standardized, reusable cloud services, patterns, and automation that enables consistent and efficient delivery while accommodating unique customer requirements when appropriate
• * Experience modernizing a team's technology services and delivery practices to improve efficiency, accelerate delivery, enhance customer experience, and reduce manual effort through standardization, automation, and emerging technologies such as AI
• * Experience applying Agile and project management practices to manage priorities and backlogs, facilitate Scrum or similar delivery processes, and drive technical initiatives through completion
• * Working knowledge of ITIL principles and practices, including incident, problem, service request, change, and service level management
• * Ability to analyze complex cloud architecture and engineering challenges, provide technical guidance, and lead engineers and customers through solution design and problem resolution
• * Strong customer and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to communicate cloud strategies, architectures, technical tradeoffs, risks, and recommendations to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Remote working candidates will be considered, however the preference is for candidates to go onsite to Bethesda, MD 3 days out of the week
• If you're within 60 miles of 'customer site', we would look for you to go onsite, as needed
• Travel Required: Less than 10%
• Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40
• * Relevant AWS, Microsoft Azure, Terraform, Agile, or project management certifications
• * Experience supporting cloud services within a federal government, healthcare, or similarly regulated environment

Benefits

• AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities
• An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals
• Full benefits
• Wellness programs
• 401K matching
• Paid time off
• Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace
• Remote work option
• Full flex work weeks where possible
• Medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts
• Dental plan options
• A vision plan
• 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
• Vacation, sick and personal time
• Paid holidays
• Paid parental leave
• Military leave
• Bereavement leave
• Jury duty leave
• 15 days of paid leave per calendar year for vacations, personal business, and illness
• An additional 10 paid holidays per year
• Up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees through the GDIT Paid Family Leave program
• Short- and long-term disability benefits
• Life insurance
• Accidental death and dismemberment insurance
• Personal accident insurance
• Critical illness insurance
• Business travel and accident insurance

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