Devops Engineer IV

General Atomics; Charlottesville (VA); On-site; USD 98,100 - 171,398; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation Assistance

Job summary

General Atomics is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer in Charlottesville, Virginia. This role requires managing the configuration, deployment, and maintenance of production environments while ensuring system integrity in high uptime situations.

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or Engineering, with at least nine years of related experience. You will also need strong communication skills and experience with deployment technologies such as Kubernetes and continuous integration tools like Jenkins.

Qualifications

• Typically requires nine years of experience.
• Experience with container orchestration.
• Strong knowledge of configuration management tools.

Responsibilities

• Maintain development, testing, and production environments.
• Build and deploy automation solutions.
• Manage continuous integration and delivery pipeline.

Skills

Kubernetes

Metrics Monitoring and Dashboards

Configuration Management Tools

Communication Skills

System Administration

Education

Bachelor’s or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Git

Puppet

Jenkins

Job description

Job Summary

General Atomics Integrated Intelligence, Inc. (GA Intelligence), an affiliate of General Atomics, maintains and deploys production systems for users across the Intelligence Community, Department of Defense, and commercial industry. We build and develop best‑in‑class all‑domain and globally focused situational awareness capabilities that process petabytes of data from numerous streaming data sources in near real time. Our systems apply state‑of‑the‑art algorithms and machine learning techniques to extract features and fuse data from multiple phenomenologies to form a rich live view of objects in the sky, on the sea, and on the ground. These analytics are designed to determine not just where something is, but what it is, where it’s been and what it’s doing. All of this “data to knowledge” is made available to end users in our own browser‑based application for visualization, analysis, and understanding. We always want to do more, and that’s where you come in!

GA Intelligence is looking for an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer with Top Secret/SCI clearance to manage the configuration, deployment and maintenance of one or multiple environments. The ability to maintain a production system in a high uptime environment is a key success factor. Join our growing team in taking our systems to the next level, giving end‑users the power to see beyond the data and truly understand the world around them.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Maintain development, testing, and production environments under general direction.
• Build and deploy automation, monitoring, and analysis solutions.
• Manage continuous integration and delivery pipeline to maximize efficiency.
• Implement industry best practices for system hardening and configuration management.
• Develop and maintain solutions for operational administration, system/data backup, disaster recovery, and security/performance monitoring.
• Continuously evaluate existing systems with industry standards, and make recommendations for improvement.
• Build and maintain tools, solutions and microservices associated with deployment and our operations platform, ensuring that all meet customer service standards and reduce errors.
• Test system integrity, implemented designs, application developments and other processes related to infrastructure, making improvements as needed.
• Manage code deployments, fixes, updates and related processes.
• Work with open‑source technologies as needed.
• Work with CI/CD tools, and source control such as GIT and SVN.
• Offer technical support where needed, developing software for our back‑end systems.
• Stay current with industry trends and source new ways for our business to improve.

We recognize and appreciate the value and contributions of individuals with diverse backgrounds and experiences and welcome all qualified individuals to apply.

Job Details

Job ID: 55933BR

Category: Engineering

Travel Percentage: 0% - 25%

Full-Time/Part-Time: Full-Time Salary

State: Virginia

Clearance Level: Top Secret (current SCI access with CI Poly)

Pay Range: $98,100 - $171,398

City: Charlottesville

Clearance Required: Yes

Recruitment Posting Title: Cleared Senior DevOps Engineer

Job Qualifications

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field and nine years of related experience.
• Experience with deployment technologies, such as Kubernetes (K8s) for container orchestration.
• Experience with metrics monitoring and dashboards (Grafana).
• Understanding of user access practices and security controls within a system.
• Understanding of system administration in various OS environments.
• Strong knowledge of configuration management tools.
• Strong communication and documentation skills.
• Understanding of software development lifecycle best practices.
• Must be able to work both independently and in a team environment.
• Able to work extended hours as required.

Preferred Skills and Qualifications

• Understanding of AWS services and cloud management.
• Experience executing against database technologies.
• Experience with configuration management tools (Puppet).
• Continuous integration processes and tools such as Jenkins.
• Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git) and collaboration tools.
• System monitoring and analysis.
• Familiarity with Intelligence Community and DoD mission sets.
• CompTIA Security+ certification or willingness to get certified.

US Citizenship Required: Yes

Experience Level: Senior (8+ years)

Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes

Workstyle: Onsite

General Atomics is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, ancestry, gender, pregnancy, sex, sexual orientation, transitioning status, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, medical condition, mental disability, physical disability, or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal law. In accordance with applicable federal law, General Atomics takes affirmative action to employ and advance the employment of qualified protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. We also prohibit compensation discrimination under all applicable laws. U.S. Citizenship is required for certain positions. To learn more, please review the EEOC’s "Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal" poster.