DevOps Engineer Senior, Team Lead - TS/SCI - Sign-on Bonus! - Relocation assistance

General Dynamics Information Technology; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 140,250 - 189,750; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision options

401(k) with company match

Paid time off: vacation, sick, personal, holidays

Disability and life insurance

Job summary

General Dynamics Information Technology is seeking a DevOps Team Lead in St. Louis, MO. You will lead a team responsible for building, deploying, and maintaining OpenShift-based cloud solutions for a critical intelligence customer.

Ideal candidates have TS/SCI clearance, 7+ years of experience in system administration, strong leadership skills, and expertise in cloud services and security compliance. The role offers competitive salary and comprehensive benefits including health, dental, and flexible work weeks.

Qualifications

• TS/SCI clearance with CI Polygraph is required.
• 7+ years of experience leading system sustainment, administration, security.
• Security+ certification required; CISSP or CISM preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead implementation of resilient cloud architecture for customer systems.
• Supervise staff in maintaining and supporting customer systems.
• Document operations, sustainment, and support activities.

Skills

Leadership

Cloud Architecture

Python

Bash scripting

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Agile (SAFe)

Infrastructure as Code

Monitoring & logging

Cyber Security Requirements

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or STEM field

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

AWS CDK

GitLab

Jira

Job description

DevOps Team Lead – Lead a team that builds, deploys, and maintains highly available, secure, and compliant OpenShift-based cloud solutions for a critical intelligence customer in St. Louis, MO.

Responsibilities

• Lead the implementation of resilient cloud architecture, lifecycle management, automation strategies, and proactive monitoring to meet stringent performance, compliance, and security requirements.
• Supervise DevOps staff in sustaining, maintaining, and supporting customer systems across multiple security enclaves.
• Investigate and resolve system discrepancies, customer issues, and other maintenance activities.
• Coordinate software problem analysis, modification testing, system and security administration.
• Document operations, sustainment, and support activities (SLAs, SOPs, manuals).
• Build and harden system images from code delivered by development teams.
• Perform automated testing, security scans, and ensure all systems are security compliant.
• Author Helm charts and deploy systems to multiple OpenShift environments (Dev & Ops).
• Manage Infrastructure as Code, configuration management, and PKI certifications, including NPEs.
• Design, implement, and monitor user and system metrics across all environments.
• Provide incident resolution and contribute code updates to existing repositories.
• Prepare reports, findings, and project progress for management and customers.

Qualifications

• TS/SCI clearance with CI Polygraph and Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or STEM field.
• 7+ years of experience leading system sustainment, administration, security, integration, and testing; 5+ years with DoD and ICD Cyber Security Requirements; 3+ years with cloud services.
• Security+ certification required; CISSP or CISM additional.
• Experience with Agile (SAFe), CI/CD pipelines (GitLab, ArgoCD, etc.), Jira, and Service+.
• Proficiency in Kubernetes, OpenShift, containerization, monitoring & logging, network & security.
• Infrastructure as Code knowledge (Terraform, CloudFormation, AWS CDK, Ansible, Chef, Puppet).
• Comfortable with Python and Bash scripting.
• Understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, load balancing, and PKI management.
• Experience in geospatial information systems or application software sustainment preferred.
• Ability to research, design, develop, and modify enterprise‑wide cloud solutions.

Benefits

• Competitive salary ($140,250 – $189,750) based on experience and location.
• Health, dental, vision, and HSA options.
• 401(k) with company match, pre‑ and post‑tax contributions.
• Paid time off: vacation, sick, personal, holidays, parental, military, bereavement, jury duty.
• Disability, life, accidental death, critical illness, and business travel insurance.
• Flexible work weeks and onsite work in St. Louis, MO.

EEO Statement: GDIT is an Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination.