DevOps Engineer - TS/SCI with Polygraph

General Dynamics Information Technology; North Dakota; On-site; USD 183,000 - 247,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K with company match

Comprehensive health and wellness

Internal mobility team

Paid education and certifications

Cutting-edge technology

Generous vacation and holidays

Job summary

General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) is seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer to design and develop AWS-based solutions. You will work across multiple small project teams to shape a DevOps culture and improve cloud deployments.

Requirements include 10+ years of related experience, US citizenship, and TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance. Proficiency with Terraform/CloudFormation, Ansible, Docker, GitHub, and Jenkins is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a technical discipline.
• 10+ years of related experience.
• US Citizenship required.
• Top Secret/Sci + Polygraph clearance required.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy modular cloud-based systems in AWS.
• Collaborate with multiple project teams to shape DevOps culture.
• Identify and resolve infrastructure vulnerabilities and deployment issues.
• Support security personnel in achieving and maintaining ATO.

Skills

Cloud architecture

DevOps practices

Scripting languages

Software development

Agile Scrum

Client engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering or related

Tools

AWS (S3, RDS, EC2, ECS, Lambda, SQS, SNS, CloudFormation)

Terraform

Ansible

Docker

GitHub

Jenkins

Job description

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

Top Secret SCI + Polygraph

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

None

Public Trust/Other Required:

None

Job Family:

Software Engineering

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

AWS CloudFormation, DevOps, Scripting Languages, Software Development

Certifications:

None

Experience:

10 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

Yes

Job Description:

This is a unique opportunity for an experienced DevOps Engineer to design and develop AWS-based solutions. In this role you will work across several small project teams in helping to shape a DevOps culture.

REQUIRED SKILLS:

• Ability to design, develop, and deploy modular cloud-based systems.
• Experience with Splunk.
• Experience with provisioning infrastructure as code (IaC) using languages such as Python. Implementing comprehensive DevOps strategies and application requirements.
• Demonstrated experience utilizing DevOps tools, such as GitHub and Jenkins, to enable continuous integration and continuous delivery
• Experience with DevOps/Platforms: Amazon Web Services (S3, RDS, EC2, ECS, Lambda, SQS, SNS,CloudFormation, etc.), Docker,Ansible.
• Experience in design, developing IaC using Terraform/Cloud Formation/Ansible supporting a multi-cloud deployment
• Identify, analyze, and resolve infrastructure vulnerabilities and application deployment issues
• Regularly review existing systems and make recommendations for improvements and cost efficiencies.
• Develop and maintain cloud solutions in accordance with customer best practices and guidance.
• Demonstrated experience working with Agile Scrum based development team.
• Experience with interacting with clients, provide cloud support, and make recommendations based on customer needs
• Developing capabilities and updates for Linux-based applications in AWS cloud environments
• Ensuring recovery, supporting testing, and conducting O&M activities.
• Ensuring that performance, security, and other requirements are met.
• Supporting Security personnel in obtaining and maintaining ATO.
  

DESIRED SKILLS:

• Experience using multiple languages and frameworks (e.g. Python, Java, JavaScript, Vue, or others)
• Demonstrated experience with developing in Ruby/Ruby on Rails;

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED :

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical certifications or training, or work experience.
• Experience: 10+ years
• Location: McLean, VA, on customer site
• Security Clearance Level: TS/SCI with Polygraph

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:

• 401K with company match

• Comprehensive health and wellness packages

• Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career

• Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications

• Cutting-edge technology you can learn from

• Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays.

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The likely salary range for this position is $182,750 - $247,250. 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.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Travel Required:

None

Telecommuting Options:

Onsite

Work Location:

USA VA McLean

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT:

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 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. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as 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. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

Our Identity Verification Process:

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.

About Our Work:

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers technology solutions and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 26,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50+ countries worldwide, offering leading mission-ready capabilities in AI, cloud, cyber and software development.

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