Jr DevOps Engineer

General Dynamics Information Technology; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) seeks a Jr DevOps Engineer to support an intelligence customer in St. Louis, MO or Springfield, VA. You will join the CORE team, automating deployments, building cloud and on-prem infrastructure, and maintaining secure operational environments.

You will work on distributed services, improve CI/CD pipelines, and ensure reliability, with on-site collaboration and SAFe/Scrum participation. TS/SCI clearance is required for this role.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of DevOps experience in a professional setting.
• Experience with automating deployments and CI/CD pipelines.
• Familiarity with cloud and on-prem environments.

Responsibilities

• Automate and optimize service deployments.
• Integrate with enterprise authentication services.
• Establish and improve system monitoring within security protocols.

Skills

Kubernetes/Docker/OpenShift

DevOps processes

GitLab/CI tools

Microservice design

Python/Bash scripting

Networking concepts

Troubleshooting

Communication skills

Time management

On-prem deployment

2+ years experience

Tools

GitLab

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Deliver simple solutions to complex problems as a Jr. DevOps Engineer at GDIT. Here, you’ll tailor cutting‑edge solutions to the unique requirements of our clients. With a career in application development, you’ll make the end user’s experience your priority and we’ll make your career growth ours.

At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a Jr. DevOps Engineer you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on a TS/SCI cleared DevOps Engineer joining our team to support our intelligence customer in St. Louis, MO or Springfield, VA.

HOW A JR DEVOPS ENGINEER WILL MAKE AN IMPACT

In this role, you’ll join our Common Operations Release Environment (CORE) team, providing high‑quality, cost‑effective cloud solutions to our clients. Be part of a dynamic environment where your expertise in cloud operations will drive significant enhancements in the efficiency and effectiveness of our customers’ operations. As a Jr DevOps Engineer on our team, you will be responsible for distributed and managed services automating the installation, configuration, and maintenance of platform services.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• Automate and optimize service deployments
• Integrate with enterprise authentication services
• Establish and improve system monitoring while maintaining established security protocols within development, test, and production systems.
• Architect, build and maintain on‑prem and cloud infrastructure to support team and customer initiatives
• Maintain and improve existing infrastructure (build out autoscaling, support new services, optimize for cost efficiencies/authentication/search, etc.)
• Administer production, staging and development environments
• Manage and aggregate server logs and monitor for security and system‑related incidents
• Monitor and analyze system performance, such as server load and resource usage
• Maintain and improve existing build and deployment processes using CI/CD tools
• Apply configuration management disciplines to maintain software revisions, security patches, hardening, and documentation
• Enforce best practices for security and reliability, and drive security initiatives, like access control and vulnerability testing
• Work with A&A Teams to maintain security requirements for operation of systems
• Maintain documentation of designs/configurations, ensuring team members have continuity of recurring tasks
• Follow up on engineering tasks for operational solutions, and validate completion
• Manage operational readiness board – present at weekly meetings and determine if development services are ready for automation based on best practices and maintainability
• Track and ensure routine operations maintenance tasks are completed in a timely manner
• Participant in SAFe and Scrum development teams and meetings
• On‑call support will be required

Required Skills:

• Experience working with container images and platforms (Kubernetes/Docker/OpenShift)
• Strong understanding of DevOps and software/application development processes
• Understanding of GitLab or other DevOps/Continuous Integration tools
• Understanding of microservice design and architectural pattern best practices
• Understanding of Python, Bash, and Shell scripting
• Knowledge of network technologies, common infrastructure components, load balancers, firewalls, virtual and physical infrastructure design
• Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Must possess excellent time management skills and the drive to work unsupervised
• Experience with deploying on‑prem infrastructure
• 2+ years of relevant experience

Desired Skills:

• Experience in building processes for deploying to a Kubernetes based environment using Gitlab and Helm
• Understanding of access management and security groups (i.e. IAM, S3 bucket, SSH, VPN, etc.)
• Ability to write and use unit and functional testing
• Experience using Jira and Confluence

Location: On Customer Site

US Citizenship Required

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, 401 K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off
• Community: Award‑winning culture of innovation and a military‑friendly workplace