Senior DevOps Engineer - Top Secret

General Dynamics Information Technology • Springfield, MO

3d • Onsite

About The Position

GDIT is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to support an intelligence customer at its Springfield, Virginia, or St. Louis, Missouri, location. The role focuses on strengthening software delivery practices, automation, and operational discipline to help teams release software reliably and consistently. The engineer will bridge development and operations, improve collaboration, enhance observability and incident response, and support scalable, resilient systems through configuration management and documentation.

The position includes configuring CI/CD pipelines for multiple web applications; building applications from source code and dependencies; running automated tests and security scans; and deploying to development, staging, and operations environments. The engineer will also manage infrastructure as code and configuration management, create Helm charts for OpenShift deployments, and document system security and architecture to demonstrate compliance. The job involves designing and implementing enterprise solutions and complex systems in classified environments, contributing to cloud solutions and applications, resolving complex software and hardware compatibility challenges, incorporating emerging technologies, and preparing and presenting technical reports and documentation.

The role is onsite and supports an intelligence customer. A Top Secret/SCI clearance with polygraph is required; the posting states that polygraph sponsorship is available. The advertised likely salary range is $127,500–$172,500, with compensation depending on experience, location, and possibly contractual requirements.

Requirements

• Currently possess a TS/SCI clearance with polygraph; the posting says polygraph sponsorship is available.
• At least 6 years of directly related experience.
• A bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, systems engineering, or a related field, or two additional years of information technology experience.
• U.S. citizenship is required.
• Proficiency with Linux operating systems.
• Working experience with CI/CD pipelines such as GitLab, Jenkins, CircleCI, or similar.
• Knowledge of OIDC/OAuth/Auth2 or similar zero-trust identity implementations.
• Experience with ArgoCD and GitOps-style operations management.
• Experience managing web servers, including DNS and certificate management.
• Knowledge of HTTP API design standards and best practices.
• Ability to manage networking for web applications, including TCP/IP, DNS, and load balancing.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes and OpenShift, and knowledge of AWS.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools or platforms such as Terraform, OpenShift Containerized Platform, CloudFormation, AWS CDK, Ansible, Chef, or Puppet.
• Knowledge of monitoring, logging, and network and security considerations for containers.
• Experience deploying and managing databases and interacting with databases using SQL and ORMs.
• Ability to write Python and BASH for systems tooling.
• Ability to contribute code updates or tweaks to existing code repositories.
• Experience with software system design and creating application architecture diagrams for new applications.
• Experience integrating security components with applications and databases.
• At least one technical certification, such as Network+, Security+, or CISSP.
• The posting also describes eight years of experience designing and implementing complex systems in a classified environment, strategic system architecture planning, system and network creation and development, and knowledge of enterprise solutions and information-processing fundamentals.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with configuration management and Request for Change processes for review and assessment.
• Experience implementing zero-downtime re-indexing strategies and managing complex Elasticsearch data models, such as routing, query-time, and de-duplication, in an OpenShift/Kubernetes environment.
• Experience with observability tools such as Prometheus, Thanos, Alloy, Loki, Mimir, Tempo, or Grafana.
• Understanding of reverse proxies such as Nginx, Traefik, Apache HTTP Server (WebGate), HAProxy, or Envoy.
• Experience delivering integrated solutions using Agile software delivery techniques.
• Experience in systems engineering and project or program management.
• Knowledge of or experience with customer enterprise products (CORE).

Responsibilities

• Configure CI/CD for multiple web applications.
• Build applications from source code and dependencies.
• Perform automated testing and security scans.
• Deploy applications to development, staging, and operations environments.
• Manage infrastructure as code and configuration management.
• Author Helm charts to deploy resources to OpenShift.
• Manage and document system security, including applying software updates in response to scan findings and documenting system architecture for security compliance.
• Research, design, develop, and modify enterprise-wide cloud solutions and application software.
• Design, develop, code, test, and debug complex software products and enhancements.
• Apply advanced methods and research techniques to investigate and solve complex software problems.
• Resolve complex hardware/software compatibility and interface design considerations.
• Conduct complex investigations and tests, and account for emerging technologies and product supportability in design and implementation.
• Contribute to technical documentation, including user manuals, system documentation, and training materials.
• Advise hardware engineers on machine characteristics that affect software systems.
• Prepare reports on analyses, findings, and project progress, and present results to management or customer personnel.
• Improve observability, monitoring, issue detection, incident response, and recovery.
• Support system scalability, resilience, and operational excellence through configuration management and documentation.

Benefits

• 401(k) with company match.
• Medical plan options, including plans with Health Savings Accounts.
• Dental plan options.
• Vision plan.
• Paid education and certifications.
• Paid vacation and holidays.
• Paid time off plans that include vacation, sick and personal time.
• Paid parental leave.
• Military, bereavement, and jury duty leave.
• Short- and long-term disability benefits.
• Life insurance.
• Accidental death and dismemberment insurance.
• Personal accident, critical illness, and business travel and accident insurance.

What This Job Offers

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