Remote DevOps Engineer: AKS, GitLab CI/CD & Platform Automation

General Dynamics IT; United States; Remote; USD 128,000 - 173,000; Full time

Job summary

General Dynamics IT is seeking a DevOps Engineer for remote, US-based work to design, build, automate, and maintain AKS deployments and CI/CD automation. The role focuses on secure, scalable platform modernization and collaboration with ICAM mission teams across a cloud-first environment.

The ideal candidate brings hands-on AKS, GitLab pipeline automation, and container orchestration experience, enabling reliable deployments, monitoring, and rapid iteration in a highly secure enterprise setting.

Qualifications

• Requires 5+ years of related DevOps experience.
• Active Secret clearance (must currently possess).
• DoW 8140 certification (Security+ CE or higher).

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and manage AKS clusters with secure configs.
• Develop GitLab CI/CD pipelines for build, tests, and release.
• Create Helm charts and YAML manifests for deployments.
• Implement IaC using Terraform or Bicep.
• Ensure observability via Azure Monitor, Prometheus, Grafana.
• Secure handling of secrets with Key Vault.

Skills

Azure DevOps

Azure Kubernetes Service

Docker

Kubernetes Architecture

Education

Bachelor's Degree + 5+ years experience

Tools

GitLab

Terraform

Azure Monitor

Prometheus

Job description

General Dynamics IT is seeking a DevOps Engineer for remote, US-based work to design, build, automate, and maintain AKS deployments and CI/CD automation. The role focuses on secure, scalable platform modernization and collaboration with ICAM mission teams across a cloud-first environment.

The ideal candidate brings hands-on AKS, GitLab pipeline automation, and container orchestration experience, enabling reliable deployments, monitoring, and rapid iteration in a highly secure enterprise setting.