OpenShift DevOps Team Lead – TS/SCI Clearance

General Dynamics - IT; Springfield (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

401K with company match

Comprehensive benefits

Paid time off

Job summary

General Dynamics - IT in Springfield, VA is seeking an experienced Operations Team Lead to guide a DevOps/Operations team responsible for the security, resilience, and reliability of OpenShift-hosted systems. You’ll lead people, solve complex operational challenges, and collaborate with mission partners and government customers.

This role requires TS/SCI with CI Polygraph, a STEM degree, 7+ years leading teams, 5+ years implementing DoD/IC cybersecurity requirements, and 3+ years of cloud

Qualifications

• TS/SCI clearance with CI polygraph
• Bachelor’s degree in IT or STEM
• 7+ years leading teams in operations, sustainment, administration, security, or integration
• 5+ years implementing DoD/IC cybersecurity requirements
• 3+ years working with cloud technologies
• Kubernetes/OpenShift experience
• Minimum of IAT Level II certification (Security+) with IAT Level III certification preferred
• Experience supporting Agile/SAFe environments
• Strong communication skills with the ability to engage users and government customers
• Knowledge of containerization, monitoring, logging, networking, and security

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

Skills

Leadership

DevOps

CI/CD

Kubernetes/OpenShift

Cloud technologies

Python/Bash scripting

Security

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT or STEM

Tools

GitLab

ArgoCD

ServiceNow

Jira

Terraform

CloudFormation

Ansible

Job description

General Dynamics - IT in Springfield, VA is seeking an experienced Operations Team Lead to guide a DevOps/Operations team responsible for the security, resilience, and reliability of OpenShift-hosted systems. You’ll lead people, solve complex operational challenges, and collaborate with mission partners and government customers.

This role requires TS/SCI with CI Polygraph, a STEM degree, 7+ years leading teams, 5+ years implementing DoD/IC cybersecurity requirements, and 3+ years of cloud