Azure Cloud Developer Principal

Job description

**Req ID:** RQ208841
**Type of Requisition:** Regular
**Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:** None
**Public Trust/Other Required:** BI Full 6C (T4)
**Job Family:** Software Engineering
**Skills:**
Cloud Computing,Cloud Development,Cloud Solutions
**Experience:**
5 + years of related experience
**US Citizenship Required:**
Yes

**Job Description:**

Own the opportunity as an **Azure Cloud Developer Principal** and help ensure the mission is never interrupted.

At GDIT, we deliver clarity with our cloud solutions and provide meaningful work.

Your work will be an important part of transforming our clients for the modern age and help them face any obstacle.

At GDIT, people are our differentiator.

As an **Azure Cloud Developer Principal,** you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter.

Our work depends on an **Azure Cloud Developer Principal** joining our dynamic team to work in a fast-paced environment with engineering, migration, and operations.

We’re looking for a self-starter to work both as part of the team and on individual assignments in an environment of customer mission delivery, integrity, and communications.

We’re looking to fill this role with someone who currently has the cloud experience, certifications, and skills to execute in large environments, is flexible and enjoys tackling challenges, and desires to join a large team that is building and sustaining a large multi-tenant cloud platform/enterprise and migrating/expanding/automating the enterprise.

If this sounds like you and you love to learn and grow with a team while delivering program milestones, then we’d love to hear from you!

**HOW AN AZURE CLOUD DEVELOPER PRINCIPAL WILL MAKE AN IMPACT:**

+ Ensure operational **stability, availability, performance, and scalability** of cloud-hosted systems across production and development environments supporting multiple agile teams
+ Provide **real-time monitoring** , alerting, incident response, and health checks for infrastructure and applications across all cloud layers (OS, app, DB)
+ Implement and maintain **dashboards, visualizations, and reports** for system health, event management, and cost optimization using native Azure tools
+ Manage cloud resource thresholds and automate **capacity planning** , forecasting, and resource optimization strategies
+ Perform **incident and event management** (SIEM) operations, and support issue diagnosis, resolution, and reporting including RCA documentation
+ Track, document, and report **monthly issues** , including system performance, stability, ticket volumes, and time-to-resolution metrics
+ Monitor **resource utilization** (CPU, memory, disk space) across all deployed VMs, containers, and PaaS components
+ Contribute to the implementation of the **ServiceNow Management, Instrumentation and Discovery (MID)** servers
+ Support **deployment automation** and ensure systems are resilient, repeatable, and scalable via Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
+ Execute daily or agreed frequency **system health checks** and maintain operational Runbooks and SOPs

**WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED:**

**Education:** Technical Training, Certification(s) or Degree

**Experience:** 5+ years of related experience

**Required Skills:**

+ Deep expertise with **Azure** services, including monitoring, logging, compute, storage, and networking
+ Proficiency in **Infrastructure as Code (IaC)** tools like **Terraform,** or Azure Bicep
+ Hands-on experience with **monitoring and APM tools** such as Azure Monitor, etc.
+ Solid understanding of **incident response, change management** , and ITIL-based operational support
+ Familiarity with **CI/CD toolchains** and automation platforms (GitHub Actions, GitLab,)
+ Strong scripting skills (Python, PowerShell, Bash) for automation and orchestration
+ Experienced in developing, testing, and maintaining containerized applications
+ Expert knowledge of source version control, build/release tools and methodologies, CI/CD pipelines and the Software Build process for large enterprises that consists of a large number of complex applications
+ Experience with cost modeling, forecasting, and optimization tools within cloud platforms
+ Understanding of **federal compliance and security frameworks** (e.g., FedRAMP, NIST Rev 5)
+ ITIL, Azure Fundamentals, Azure Developer Associate certifications are a _plus_
+ Excellent communication skills with demonstrated experience delivering presentations to diverse audiences at various levels of an organization

**Preferred Skills:**

+ ITIL, Azure Fundamentals, Azure Developer Associate certifications are a **_plus_**

**Security Clearance Level:** Must be able to obtain a position of Public Trust with federal client; associated background check will require a clean financial background

**US Citizenship Required**

**Location:** Hybrid at GDIT's Integrated Technology Center in Bossier City, Louisiana

**​GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:**

+ 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 $119,000 - $161,000.

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 our employees have told us they value most.
We are GDIT.

A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community.

Our 30,000 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 capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development.

Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.
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