Advanced Information Systems Specialist

General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc•Groton, CT

1d•$116,717 - $126,292

About The Position

General Dynamics Mission Systems has an immediate opening for a Progeny AI DevOps Lead. This position provides an opportunity to further advance the cutting-edge technology that supports some of our nation’s core defense/intelligence services and systems. General Dynamics Mission Systems employees work closely with esteemed customers to develop solutions that allow them to carry out high-stakes national security missions.

Requirements

Master's degree, plus 3 years of relevant experience. Bachelor's degree in a specialized area or equivalent relevant experience is required; plus, a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience
Department of Defense Secret security clearance is required at time of hire.
Applicants selected will be subject to a U.S. Government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
U.S. citizenship is required.

Responsibilities

Identifies opportunities to apply AI for continuous improvement and innovation.
Automatic backlog grooming to identify old/stale Jira tasks that align with current development efforts, paired with recurring issue analysis to surface patterns in bug reports and recommend solutions
Using AI to create Jira tickets from meeting notes and feedback, estimate sprint capacity against the backlog, and identify how many items can meaningfully be worked in a given sprint once estimated
Adopting a "Technical Debt Eliminator" (aka Backlog Annihilator) pipeline to automate resolution of scoped, low-complexity tickets
AI-powered code reviews pre-merge, heavy adoption of AI-generated unit/integration tests for merge request validation, and agentic development workflows
Using AI to analyze source code for bugs and improvements against user stories, aid code reviews and "ready testing" ahead of final merge, and expanding into more automated DevSecOps pipeline management