DevOps Engineer - TS/SCI with Polygraph

General Dynamics Information Technology•Herndon, VA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking a hands-on DevOps Engineer (SME) with deep experience across infrastructure, platforms, and application ecosystems spanning cloud and on-premise environments. This role requires a proven practitioner who can analyze existing (as-is) systems and applications, document current state architectures, design future-state solutions, and implement system enhancements or technology transformations end-to-end. The ideal candidate is a technical leader and doer who can seamlessly collaborate across infrastructure, platform, application, DevSecOps, information systems security, and date teams while maintaining ownership of system reliability, performance, scalability, and security.

Requirements

Infrastructure & Platforms: Networking (e.g., routing, firewalls, DNS).
Infrastructure & Platforms: Storage (SAN, NAS, object storage).
Infrastructure & Platforms: Containers (Kubernetes, Docker).
Infrastructure & Platforms: Linux OS administration and IdAM with PKI expertise.
Cloud & On-Prem Technologies: Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and hybrid integration.
Cloud & On-Prem Technologies: Cloud networking, identity, security, and cost optimization.
Data & Application Platforms: Relational and NoSQL databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MongoDB).
Data & Application Platforms: Web services, APIs, middleware, and event-based messaging systems.
Engineering & Automation: Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation).
Engineering & Automation: Scripting (Python, Bash, PowerShell) and configuration management.
Engineering & Automation: CI/CD pipeline integration (Jenkins, GitLab).
Engineering & Automation: Monitoring tools (Prometheus, Splunk, ELK).
Architecture & Design: Develop detailed engineering designs and migration plans.
Education: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or IT related field, or the equivalent combination of or the equivalent combination of education, technical certifications or training, or work experience.
Experience: 15+ years
Security Clearance Level: TS/SCI with Polygraph
US Citizenship Required

Nice To Haves

Monitoring tools (e.g., logging, metrics, tracing).
Zero Trust security architectures.
AI/ML platforms and big data ecosystems (e.g., Hadoop, Databricks).
ITIL processes, agile methodologies, and production environment support.
Certifications: AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, ITIL.

Responsibilities

Perform systems engineering across network, compute, storage, OS, middleware, databases, and applications.
Document current architectures, design modernized solutions, and execute implementations/upgrades.
Ensure systems meet availability, scalability, security, and compliance requirements.
Integrate systems with DevOps/DevSecOps pipelines and troubleshoot cross-stack issues.
Collaborate with engineering and data teams for seamless operations.
Produce technical documentation and act as escalation authority for complex issues.
Communicate technical details to executives and translate them into business impact.

Benefits

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
a variety of 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
full flex work weeks where possible
a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave
short and long-term disability benefits
life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance