Sr Principal Cloud Architect

Clearance Level None Category IT Infrastructure and Operations Locations Falls Church, Virginia

Remote, Based in Virginia

Key Skills For Success AWS Cloud Computing

Cloud Engineering

Okta Identity Management

REQ#:RQ229020

Public Trust:None

Requisition Type:Regular

Your Impact

Own your opportunity to be at the center of GDIT’s business operations. Make an impact by collaborating across functions to make mission success achievable.

Job Description

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About the Role

GDIT’s Emerge Labs is seeking a senior‑level Cloud and Identity Engineer to architect, deploy, and support modern multi‑cloud environments with a primary focus on AWS. This Cloud SME role blends technical engineering expertise with a strong customer‑support mission—ensuring that every cloud service, automation, and infrastructure component is fully delivered, functioning correctly, and meeting customer expectations.

You will work onsite in Falls Church, VA, or remote with regular travel, and serve as a trusted technical partner to both internal teams and Emerge Labs internal customers.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect, build, and support multi‑cloud environments across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
• Acts as an Okta/Identity SME for the GDIT Emerge Labs
• Oversee Emerge Labs certificate infrastructure and DNS
• Deploy and manage AWS multi‑tenant account structures, including networking, identity, governance, and security controls.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines for IaC deployments to ensure consistent, reliable, and repeatable delivery.
• Serve as a Tier 3 escalation point, providing timely resolution and clear communication to Emerge Labs customers.
• Ensure that cloud services and deployments are fully delivered, validated, documented, and functioning as expected.
• Work directly with customers to understand requirements, track progress, resolve issues, and confirm successful delivery.
• Partner with internal engineering, cybersecurity, and operations teams to maintain secure and compliant cloud environments.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED

Bring your technology expertise and drive for innovation to GDIT. The Cloud Engineer Sr Principal must have:

• Education: Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science
• Experience: 10+ years of related experience
• Technical skills:
• Proven experience deploying and managing AWS multi‑tenant environments using IaC such as Terraform and/or Ansible/YAML.
• Proven experience with complex design and implementation of Okta/Identity federation solution (Okta workflow automation experience is a plus)
• Hand-on experience with deploying Certificate Authority and managing DNS
• Working knowledge with Microsoft AD server and Linux operating systems
• Strong cloud networking background (Zscaler, routing, VPCs, security groups, Route53).

Candidates must be able to obtain and maintain an active Top Secret (TS) clearance.

Due to the need for a Top Secret Clearance - US Citizenship is required.

Hybrid role based in Falls Church, VA, or remote with regular travel (10%-25%).

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE

At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.

• Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities
• Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals
• Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off

Collaborative, engineering-focused environment supporting high‑visibility cloud initiatives

• Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace

OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY

Explore an enterprise IT career at GDIT and you’ll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your desire to drive operations forward.

Work Requirements

Years of Experience

10 + years of related experience

• may vary based on technical training, certification(s), or degree

Certification

Travel Required

25-50%

Citizenship

U.S. Citizenship Required

Salary and Benefit Information

The likely salary range for this position is $164,382 - $189,750. 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 Identity Verification Process

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.

By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.

About Our

Work

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers technology solutions and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 26,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation.

We operate across 50+ countries worldwide, offering leading mission-ready capabilities in AI, cloud, cyber and software development.

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