Hybrid Cloud Container Platform Lead — DevSecOps & OpenShift

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc.; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 113,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. is seeking a Container Platform Lead in Austin, TX to oversee enterprise container hosting across Kubernetes environments in Azure, AWS, and on-prem OpenShift.

You will drive 99.9% uptime, security, and automated deployment reliability while coordinating with VA stakeholders and engineering teams. You will guide governance, SLAs, dashboards, and GitOps pipelines, embedding DevSecOps across the lifecycle and contributing to modernization roadmaps for

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent and 5 years of experience
• Experience leading container platform operations, Kubernetes/OpenShift management, DevSecOps workflows, or cloud-native hosting environments
• Demonstrated expertise in hybrid cloud container platforms (Azure, AWS, on-prem), cluster lifecycle management, and automation tooling
• Strong understanding of ITSM, service delivery, platform governance, and enterprise-class configuration management
• Ability to evaluate container documentation, cluster configurations, workflows, and automation pipelines for completeness, accuracy, and compliance
• Experience developing performance plans, audit artifacts, dashboards, and corrective-action processes
• Excellent written, analytical, and stakeholder communication skills
• Ability to collaborate across container engineering, cloud architecture, cybersecurity, hosting operations, and federal organizations

Responsibilities

• Oversee enterprise container hosting operations across Kubernetes environments in Azure, AWS, and on-prem OpenShift.
• Ensure 99.9% uptime, secure configurations, automated deployment reliability, and DevSecOps practices.
• Provide governance and performance oversight for control planes, worker nodes, GitOps pipelines, and policy enforcement.
• Coordinate testing cycles, validate SLAs, maintain dashboards and reporting packages.
• Embed DevSecOps requirements into all container lifecycle processes and SOPs.
• Partner with VA leadership and service line managers for reviews and roadmaps.
• Drive modernization, improvement recommendations, and security enhancements across the container ecosystem

Skills

KPI

Operational Reporting

Planning

Taking Initiative

ITSM

Governance

Stakeholder comms

Hybrid cloud

DevSecOps

GitOps

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Azure

AWS

CI/CD tooling

Automation frameworks

Job description

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. is seeking a Container Platform Lead in Austin, TX to oversee enterprise container hosting across Kubernetes environments in Azure, AWS, and on-prem OpenShift.

You will drive 99.9% uptime, security, and automated deployment reliability while coordinating with VA stakeholders and engineering teams. You will guide governance, SLAs, dashboards, and GitOps pipelines, embedding DevSecOps across the lifecycle and contributing to modernization roadmaps for