Senior DevOps Engineer

General Dynamics Information Technology•Springfield, MO

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Deliver simple solutions to complex problems as a Senior DevOps Engineer at GDIT. Here, you'll tailor cutting-edge solutions to the unique requirements of our clients while making the end user's experience your priority and we'll make your career growth ours. At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a Senior DevOps Engineer you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on a Senior DevOps Engineer joining our team to support our intel customer in Springfield, VA or St Louis, MO. A Senior DevOps Engineer will drive faster, more reliable software delivery by strengthening the practices, automation and operational discipline that helps teams ship with confidence. This role will bridge development and operations to remove friction, improve collaboration, and ensure releases reach users with less disruption and greater consistency. In addition, the position will enhance observability, monitoring, and incident response to accelerate issue detection and recovery, while also improving system configuration management and documentation to support scalability, resilience, and long-term operational excellence.

Requirements

Minimum 6+ years of directly related experience
Bachelor's Degree in computer science, computer engineering, systems engineering or any related field/major, or 2 additional years of experience in information technology
Proficiency with Linux operating systems
Working experience with CI/CD pipelines (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 with web server management (e.g. DNS, certificate management)
Knowledge of HTTP API design standards and best practices
Ability to manage networking for web applications (TCP/IP, DNS, and load balancing)
Familiarity with Kubernetes and OpenShift, with knowledge of AWS
Experience with Infrastructure as Code (one or more of Terraform, OpenShift Containerized Platform, Cloudformation, AWS CDK, Ansible, Chef, Puppet, etc.)
Knowledge of including monitoring & logging and network & security for containers
Experience deploying and managing databases, interacting with DBs via SQL and ORMs
Comfortable writing Python and BASH to create systems tooling
Ability to contribute code updates/tweaks to existing code repositories
Experience with software system design with the ability to create application architecture diagrams for new applications
Experience integrating security components with applications and databases
Technical certification Network +, Security +, CISSP, etc.
TS/SCI Clearance with CI Polygraph
US Citizenship Required

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with Configuration Management and Request for Change process for review and assessment
Experience implementing zero-downtime re-indexing strategies and managing complex Elasticsearch data models (e.g., routing, query-time, de-duplication) within an OpenShift/Kubernetes environment
Experience with observability tools such as Prometheus, Thanos, Alloy, Loki, Mimir, Tempo, or Grafana
An understanding of reverse proxies such as Nginx, Traefik or Apache HTTP Server (WebGate), HAProxy, or Envoy.
Experience with delivery of an integrated solution using Agile software delivery techniques
Experience in System Engineering and project/program management.
Knowledge and/or experience with NGA enterprise products (NGA CORE).

Responsibilities

Configure CI/CD for multiple web applications
Take source code, dependencies to perform application builds
Perform automated testing and security scans
Deploy to multiple environments (Dev, Staging, Operations)
Responsible for Infrastructure as Code and Configuration Management
Author helm charts to deploy resources to OpenShift
Manage and document system security, by performing software updates in response to scan findings, document system, architecture to demonstrate security compliance
In-depth knowledge, principles, and methods of enterprise solutions.
Eight years of experience designing and implementing complex systems in a classified environment.
Experience developing strategic system architecture plans.
Experience in system and network creation and development.
Solid understanding of information processing fundamentals and best practices.
Researches, designs, develops, and/or modifies enterprise-wide cloud solutions and/or applications software
Designs, develops, codes, tests and debugs highly complex new software products or makes significant enhancements to existing software.
Develops and applies advanced methods, theories, and research techniques in the investigation and solution of complex and advanced software applications and problems.
Resolves highly complex hardware/software compatibility and interface design considerations.
Conducts investigations and tests of considerable complexity.
Factors emerging technologies and product supportability into design and implementation.
Provides input to staff involved in writing and updating technical documentation such as user manuals, system documentation, and training materials.
Advises hardware engineers on machine characteristics that affect software systems, such as storage capacity, processing speed, and input/output requirements.
Prepares reports on analyses, findings, and project progress, and presents results to management and/or customer personnel.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages
401K with company match
Competitive pay
Paid time off
Medical plan options
Health Savings Accounts
Dental plan options
Vision plan
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
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 are provided or available.