Remote DevOps Engineer: AKS & GitLab CI/CD

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K with company match

Comprehensive benefits

Paid time off

Internal mobility

Job summary

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. is seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer to design, build, and automate cloud-native deployments on AKS within a remote US-based role.

You will expand enterprise CI/CD automation using GitLab pipelines and support mission-focused ICAM teams across the enterprise. The role emphasizes hands-on Kubernetes operations, infrastructure as code, and secure deployment practices, with strong collaboration across product teams to improve velocity, resilience,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree and 5+ years of experience; 4 additional years may substitute for degree.
• Active Secret clearance required.
• DoW 8140 certification (Security+ CE or higher) required.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and manage Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters, including node pools, identities, ingress, and security configurations.
• Develop, optimize, and maintain GitLab CI/CD pipelines for build automation, containerization, quality gates, security scanning, and release workflows.
• Build and maintain Helm charts, YAML manifests, templates, and reusable AKS deployment patterns.
• Implement IaC (Terraform, Bicep, or ARM) for provisioning cluster and resources.
• Collaborate with application teams to containerize apps and optimize runtime performance.
• Implement and maintain observability tools (Azure Monitor, Prometheus/Grafana, ELK/EFK) for monitoring.
• Ensure secure handling of secrets and certificates using Key Vault or equivalent.
• Troubleshoot AKS workloads, pipelines, scaling, and connectivity issues.
• Document operational procedures, IaC patterns, deployment workflows, and DevOps standards.
• Support Zero Trust and enterprise security requirements through hardened DevOps practices.

Skills

Kubernetes operations

GitLab pipelines

Docker

Terraform/Bicep

Monitoring/observability

Security and secrets

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

AKS

Helm

YAML

Job description

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. is seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer to design, build, and automate cloud-native deployments on AKS within a remote US-based role.

You will expand enterprise CI/CD automation using GitLab pipelines and support mission-focused ICAM teams across the enterprise. The role emphasizes hands-on Kubernetes operations, infrastructure as code, and secure deployment practices, with strong collaboration across product teams to improve velocity, resilience,