Senior DevOps Engineer

General Dynamics Information Technology; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K with match

Paid time off

Comprehensive benefits

Internal mobility

Job summary

General Dynamics Information Technology is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to accelerate software delivery and strengthen automation across environments. You will bridge development and operations, enhance observability, and support a secure, scalable OpenShift/Kubernetes ecosystem for a government intel client.

The role requires 6+ years of hands‑on experience, Jenkins/GitLab/CircleCI pipelines, and Terraform/Ansible expertise.

Qualifications

• Minimum 6+ years of directly related experience.
• Bachelor's Degree in computer science, computer engineering, systems engineering or related field, or 2 additional years of IT experience.
• Proficiency with Linux operating systems.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (GitLab, Jenkins, CircleCI).
• Knowledge of OIDC/OAuth/Auth2 or similar zero‑trust identity implementations.
• Experience with ArgoCD and GitOps operations.
• Experience with web server management (DNS, TLS).
• Knowledge of HTTP API design and networking basics.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes and OpenShift, and AWS.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible, etc.).
• Monitoring, logging, and security for containers.

Responsibilities

• Configure CI/CD for multiple web applications.
• Manage builds from source code and dependencies.
• Perform automated testing and security scans.
• Deploy to Dev, Staging, and Operations environments.
• Handle Infrastructure as Code and configuration management.
• Author helm charts for OpenShift deployments.
• Maintain security updates and system documentation.
• Develop scalable, observable, and resilient cloud solutions.
• Contribute to architecture and technical documentation.

Skills

Linux

CI/CD pipelines

OIDC / OAuth

ArgoCD

GitOps

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Terraform

AWS

Python

Bash

Security

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's Degree in CS/Engineering/related field

Tools

GitLab

Jenkins

CircleCI

ArgoCD

OpenShift

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

Chef/Puppet

Job description

Deliver simple solutions to complex problems as a Senior DevOps Engineer at GDIT. Here, you'll tailor cutting‑edge solutions to the unique requirements of our clients while making the end user's experience your priority and we'll make your career growth ours.

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

HOW A SENIOR DEVOPS ENGINEER WILL MAKE AN IMPACT

A Senior DevOps Engineer will drive faster, more reliable software delivery by strengthening the practices, automation and operational discipline that helps teams ship with confidence. This role will bridge development and operations to remove friction, improve collaboration, and ensure releases reach users with less disruption and greater consistency. In addition, the position will enhance observability, monitoring, and incident response to accelerate issue detection and recovery, while also improving system configuration management and documentation to support scalability, resilience, and long‑term operational excellence.

Job Duties

• Configure CI/CD for multiple web applications
• Take source code, dependencies to perform application builds
• Perform automated testing and security scans
• Deploy to multiple environments (Dev, Staging, Operations)
• Responsible for Infrastructure as Code and Configuration Management
• Author helm charts to deploy resources to OpenShift
• Manage and document system security, by performing software updates in response to scan findings, document system, architecture to demonstrate security compliance
• In-depth knowledge, principles, and methods of enterprise solutions.
• Eight years of experience designing and implementing complex systems in a classified environment. Experience developing strategic system architecture plans.
• Experience in system and network creation and development.
• Solid understanding of information processing fundamentals and best practices.
• Researches, designs, develops, and/or modifies enterprise‑wide cloud solutions and/or applications software
• Designs, develops, codes, tests and debugs highly complex new software products or makes significant enhancements to existing software.
• Develops and applies advanced methods, theories, and research techniques in the investigation and solution of complex and advanced software applications and problems.
• Resolves highly complex hardware/software compatibility and interface design considerations.
• Conducts investigations and tests of considerable complexity.
• Factors emerging technologies and product supportability into design and implementation.
• Provides input to staff involved in writing and updating technical documentation such as user manuals, system documentation, and training materials.
• Advises hardware engineers on machine characteristics that affect software systems, such as storage capacity, processing speed, and input/output requirements.
• Prepares reports on analyses, findings, and project progress, and presents results to management and/or customer personnel.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED

Skills/Qualifications

Required:

• Minimum 6+ years of directly related experience
• Bachelor's Degree in computer science, computer engineering, systems engineering or any related field/major, or 2 additional years of experience in information technology
• Proficiency with Linux operating systems
• Working experience with CI/CD pipelines (Gitlab, Jenkins, CircleCI, or similar)
• Knowledge of OIDC/OAuth/Auth2 or similar zero‑trust identity implementations
• Experience with ArgoCD and GitOps style operations management
• Experience with web server management (e.g. DNS, certificate management)
• Knowledge of HTTP API design standards and best practices
• Ability to manage networking for web applications (TCP/IP, DNS, and load balancing)
• Familiarity with Kubernetes and OpenShift, with knowledge of AWS
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (one or more of Terraform, OpenShift Containerized Platform, Cloudformation, AWS CDK, Ansible, Chef, Puppet, etc.)
• Knowledge of including monitoring & logging and network & security for containers
• Experience deploying and managing databases, interacting with DBs via SQL and ORMs
• Comfortable writing Python and BASH to create systems tooling
• Ability to contribute code updates/tweaks to existing code repositories
• Experience with software system design with the ability to create application architecture diagrams for new applications
• Experience integrating security components with applications and databases
• One or more technical certification (Network +, Security +,CISSP, etc)
• TS/SCI Clearance with CI Polygraph

Desired

• Familiarity with Configuration Management and Request for Change process for review and assessment
• Experience implementing zero‑downtime re‑indexing strategies and managing complex Elasticsearch data models (e.g., routing, query‑time, de‑duplication) within an OpenShift/Kubernetes environment
• Experience with observability tools such as Prometheus, Thanos, Alloy, Loki, Mimir, Tempo, or Grafana
• An understanding of reverse proxies such as Nginx, Traefik or Apache HTTP Server (WebGate), HAProxy, or Envoy.
• Experience with delivery of an integrated solution using Agile software delivery techniques
• Experience in System Engineering and project/program management.
• Knowledge and/or experience with NCEenterprise products (NCECORE).
• Location: On CompanySite
  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, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off
Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace
OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY
Explore a career in software development at GDIT and you’ll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your dedication to advancing innovation.

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