OpenShift DevOps Lead – Mission-Critical Ops

General Dynamics Information Technology

Springfield (VA)

On-site

USD 145,000 - 196,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

401K with company match

Paid time off

Medical plan options

Job summary

General Dynamics Information Technology seeks an experienced Operations Team Lead to guide a DevOps/Operations group responsible for security, resilience, and reliability of OpenShift-hosted systems. You will lead multi-environment maintenance, automation, and collaboration with mission partners and government customers.

You will drive system administration, security operations, and deployment automation while mentoring staff and improving documentation and workflows.

Qualifications

TS/SCI clearance with CI Polygraph.

Responsibilities

Lead and mentor an Operations/DevOps team supporting multi‑environment system sustainment, administration, maintenance, and user support
Prioritize and distribute work across the team, ensuring timely issue resolution and operational excellence
Collaborate directly with users and government customers to understand requirements, communicate system status, and ensure mission outcomes
Perform system administration, troubleshooting, testing, and security operations
Maintain and update operational documentation including SOPs, SLAs, and system guides
Receive code from development teams and complete system builds, hardening, configuration, and deployment automation
Support and enhance CI/CD deployment workflows and security scans
Manage PKI certificates, system configurations, and operational compliance
Develop Helm charts for OpenShift deployments and support Infrastructure as Code practices
Design and monitor user and system metrics to ensure performance, reliability, and readiness across all environments