DevOps Engineer - Platform Enablement & Automation Services

General Dynamics IT; United States; Remote; USD 128,000 - 173,000; Full time

Job summary

General Dynamics IT is seeking a DevOps Engineer for remote, US-based work to design, build, automate, and maintain AKS deployments and CI/CD automation. The role focuses on secure, scalable platform modernization and collaboration with ICAM mission teams across a cloud-first environment.

The ideal candidate brings hands-on AKS, GitLab pipeline automation, and container orchestration experience, enabling reliable deployments, monitoring, and rapid iteration in a highly secure enterprise setting.

Qualifications

• Requires 5+ years of related DevOps experience.
• Active Secret clearance (must currently possess).
• DoW 8140 certification (Security+ CE or higher).

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and manage AKS clusters with secure configs.
• Develop GitLab CI/CD pipelines for build, tests, and release.
• Create Helm charts and YAML manifests for deployments.
• Implement IaC using Terraform or Bicep.
• Ensure observability via Azure Monitor, Prometheus, Grafana.
• Secure handling of secrets with Key Vault.

Skills

Azure DevOps

Azure Kubernetes Service

Docker

Kubernetes Architecture

Education

Bachelor's Degree + 5+ years experience

Tools

GitLab

Terraform

Azure Monitor

Prometheus

Job description

Job Details

Type of Requisition: Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess: Secret

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Secret

Public Trust/Other Required: None

Job Family: Software Engineering

Job Qualifications

Skills: Azure Devops, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Docker Kubernetes Architecture

Certifications: None

Experience: 5 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required: Yes

Job Description

GDIT has an opportunity for a DevOps Engineer to design, build, automate, and maintain cloud-native deployment and container orchestration capabilities on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). This role is responsible for expanding enterprise CI/CD automation using GitLab, enabling secure and scalable deployments, and supporting mission-focused application teams across the ICAM ecosystem.

This is a fully remote position.

Meaningful Work and Personal Impact: The ideal candidate is a hands-on DevOps engineer with deep experience in AKS, GitLab pipeline automation, container orchestration, and cloud-native operational patterns. You will support engineering teams by providing secure, repeatable build-and-release automation while ensuring services are deployed reliably and monitored effectively. Your work directly improves deployment velocity, operational resilience, and modernization efforts in support of enterprise ICAM mission requirements.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and manage Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters, including node pools, workload identities, ingress controllers, and security configurations.
• Develop, optimize, and maintain GitLab CI/CD pipelines for build automation, containerization, quality gates, security scanning, and production release workflows.
• Build and maintain Helm charts, YAML manifests, templates, and reusable AKS deployment patterns.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, or ARM) for provisioning and managing cluster and cloud resources.
• Collaborate with application teams to containerize applications, troubleshoot deployments, and optimize runtime performance.
• Implement and maintain observability tools (Azure Monitor, Prometheus/Grafana, ELK/EFK) for monitoring cluster health, logs, and metrics.
• Ensure secure handling of secrets, certificates, and configuration values using Key Vault or equivalent tools.
• Troubleshoot AKS workloads, GitLab CI/CD failures, pipeline performance, Kubernetes scaling issues, and service connectivity problems.
• Document operational procedures, IaC patterns, deployment workflows, troubleshooting guides, and DevOps standards.
• Support Zero Trust, compliance, and enterprise security requirements through hardened DevOps practices.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree and a minimum of 5 years' experience. An additional 4 years of experience may be substituted in lieu of degree.
• Minimum of an active Secret security clearance.
• Current DoW 8140 certification (Security+ CE or higher).

Technical Skills

• Strong understanding of Kubernetes operations, container lifecycle, networking, scaling, and security.
• Expertise with GitLab (runners, pipeline configuration, security scanning, artifact management).
• Proficient with Docker, Helm, YAML, and Kubernetes manifests.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or Bicep.
• Familiarity with monitoring and observability stacks (Azure Monitor, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/EFK).
• Ability to troubleshoot cluster issues, deployments, pods, services, and containerized workloads.
• Excellent documentation and cross-team collaboration skills

Desired Qualifications

• Experience with Azure DevOps, ArgoCD, Flux, or other GitOps tools.
• Experience integrating AKS with identity and access controls (AAD workload identities, managed identities).
• Knowledge of service mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd, Consul Connect).
• Experience with container security scanning, SAST/DAST, and vulnerability management.
• Familiarity with Zero Trust, enterprise cloud security, and compliance frameworks.

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE

At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do. Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities. Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals. Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off. Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace.

OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY

Explore a career in program management at GDIT and you'll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your passion for the mission and delivering results.

Salary

The likely salary range for this position is $127,500 - $172,500. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Working Hours

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

Travel Requirement

Travel Requir