Platform Engineer

General Dynamics Information Technology • Falls Church, VA

3d • $111,155 - $150,385 • Onsite

About The Position

Advance your career while impacting our national security in cyber as Platform Engineer at GDIT. Here, technologists have many paths to grow a meaningful career supporting cyber missions and operations across the federal government. The Advana team is seeking a Platform Engineer to join their program. Advana is the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office’s (CDAO) enterprise-wide, multi-domain data, analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI) platform that provides all DoD military and civilian decision makers, analysts, and builders with unprecedented access to enterprise data, tools, and capabilities.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science
• 3+ years of related experience
• TS/SCI clearance

Nice To Haves

• Complex Systems
• Complex Systems Design
• Complex Systems Modeling
• Systems Design

Responsibilities

• Supports the integration, configuration, and sustainment of Advana platform tools and services across Unclassified, Secret, and Top Secret enclaves in alignment with Advana architecture guidance and mission system objectives.
• Executes platform development activities by implementing modular components, infrastructure utilities, and service integrations under senior engineering direction.
• Contributes to continuous delivery operations by maintaining CI/CD pipeline configurations, updating deployment workflows, and supporting automated quality gates aligned with Advana DevSecOps Factory practices.
• Participates in platform monitoring using logging dashboards, audit utilities, performance metrics, and security telemetry to identify anomalies, troubleshoot incidents, and restore operational stability across cloud and on-premise mission spaces.
• Develops technical documentation, runbooks, and onboarding materials that support developer adoption, cross-team integration, and platform operational continuity.
• Supports evaluation and integration of commercial, government, and open-source tools by conducting compatibility assessments and implementing approved configurations that align with Advana interoperability standards.
• Contributes to testing cycles by validating platform updates, executing functional and non-functional test cases, and documenting results that inform release readiness decisions.
• Participates in stakeholder engagements with engineering teams, vendors, and mission partners to strengthen tool adoption and platform usability.
• Advances Advana program value by contributing to scalable platform workflows, increased development velocity, and improved system reliability across all security domains.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages
• 401K with company match
• Competitive pay and paid time off
• Full flex work weeks where possible
• 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior