Job Description

GDIT is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer (AWS / Windows) to join our National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) team in Rockville, MD. You will use Terraform to create, modify, and automate the AWS infrastructure that hosts NIAID's Windows-based scientific and business applications.

Our ideal candidate is a senior engineer who manages infrastructure through code. You have built and maintained AWS environments in Terraform, delivered changes through Git-based pipelines, and automated the manual work that usually comes with hosting Windows applications. You are as comfortable writing a Terraform module as you are troubleshooting an application running on IIS.

How a Senior DevOps Engineer Will Make an Impact:

• Create, modify, and maintain AWS infrastructure and services in Terraform.
• Deliver infrastructure changes through GitHub Actions and AWS CodeBuild pipelines.
• Build and maintain the AWS environment that hosts Windows Server and IIS applications running .NET.
• Migrate on-prem Windows applications into AWS and improve them once they land.
• Automate routine operational work such as certificate renewal, service account credential rotation, patching, and service restarts.
• Troubleshoot problems across the application and infrastructure layers.
• Build and tune monitoring with Amazon CloudWatch and native AWS observability services.
• Work with the security team to remediate vulnerabilities.
• Review teammates' Terraform and pipeline changes.

Required Experience:

• BA/BS and 7+ years of related IT experience, or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of hands-on DevOps or cloud engineering in AWS.
• 3+ years using Terraform to create, modify, and automate AWS infrastructure.
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
• Hands-on experience with core AWS services.
• Experience implementing monitoring with Amazon CloudWatch.
• 3+ years supporting Windows Server and IIS environments.
• Strong PowerShell scripting skills.
• Ability to work independently on complex problems.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience migrating Windows and .NET applications from on-prem infrastructure to AWS.
• Experience containerizing applications and running them on Amazon ECS.
• Experience with Application and Network Load Balancers.
• Experience with AWS Secrets Manager or Parameter Store.
• Patch and configuration automation using SSM Patch Manager.
• Datadog experience.
• Familiarity with Amazon RDS for SQL Server.

Salary Information:

The likely salary range for this position is $123,250 - $166,750.

Additional Information:

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

Travel Required: None

Telecommuting Options: Remote

Work Location: Any Location / Remote