Site Reliability Engineer- TS/SCI w/poly

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc.; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 141,000 - 191,000; Full time

Job summary

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer in Chantilly, VA to advance our enterprise IT capabilities.

You will help shorten delivery lead times, improve deploy frequency, and maintain high availability with IaC, CI/CD pipelines, and advanced observability tools. You will collaborate with Tableau SMEs, manage SLO/SLI, support DevOps metrics, and ensure secure, compliant operations for government-grade systems, while implementing blue-green and canary

Qualifications

• BA/BS or equivalent required.
• 8+ years of related experience.
• TS/SCI w/poly clearance.
• US citizenship required.

Responsibilities

• Shorten delivery lead time and deployment frequency while preventing defects from reaching production.
• Publish and enforce SLO/SLI and conduct blameless post-mortems with corrective actions.
• Track DORA metrics monthly and run stabilization sprints when budgets deplete.
• Collaborate with Tableau SMEs to deploy Tableau Server in a multi-node cluster using IaC.
• Develop CI/CD pipelines with Terraform and IaC for secure, scalable infrastructure.

Skills

Complex Systems

Systems Development

Systems Management

SLO/SLI

DORA metrics

IaC

CI/CD

Tableau

Splunk

Terraform

Education

BA/BS or equivalent

Tools

Tableau Server

Terraform

IaC/Configuration as Code

CMDB

SOP

Job description

Requisition Details

Type of Requisition: Regular Clearance Level Must Currently Possess: Top Secret SCI + Polygraph Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Top Secret SCI + Polygraph Public Trust/Other Required: None Job Family: IT Infrastructure and Operations Job Qualifications: Skills: Complex Systems, Systems Development, Systems Management Certifications: None Experience: 8 + years of related experience US Citizenship Required: Yes

Job Description

Site Reliability Engineer Advance how our customers operate while you advance your career. Join GDIT as a Site Reliability Engineer tor and build an impactful career in enterprise IT, collaborating with people who are driven and resourceful like you.

MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT

As a Site Reliability Engineer you will play a crucial role in performing the following tasks:

• Shorten delivery lead time, raises deployment frequency, and keeps error budgets intact by preventing defective, insecure, or non-complaint code from reaching production.
• Publish Service Level Objectives (SLO) / Service Level Indicators (SLI), enforces error-budget policies, and conducts blameless post-mortems with corrective actions and verification of effectiveness.
• Track DevOps Research and Assessment (DORA) metrics monthly and run stabilization sprints when error budgets deplete.
• Develop appropriate mechanisms to facilitate technology transfer and sustainment from professional services or othe platform contributors at the direction of the Government.
• Monitor Configuration Management Database (CMDB) discovery schedules and performance analytics data collector jobs to preserve configuration accuracy and timely insights, documenting validation and performing remediation through Infrastructure as Code (IaC) or Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) where IaC is not applicable to ensure consistent operational response.
• Collaborate with Tableau SMEs to deploy and optimize Tableau Server across a multi-node, highly available cluster architecture using IaC.
• Apply modern infrastructure practices such as IaC and automation to maintain a highly available, resilient infrastructure supporting customer's mission essential communications, including Splunk and Tableau for integrated observability displays.
• Provide technical support, performance monitoring, and engineering analysis for operational software and infrastructure.
• Implement Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines using IaC and Configuration as Code (CaC) with Terraform to support consistent, abstract provisioning, configuration, and securing of compute, storage, and networking services across all C2E providers.
• Apply automated right sized provisioning, lifecycle based storage tiering, and scanning of unused object storage for decommissioning to maintain an efficient operating environment.
• Integrate centralized monitoring, logging, and distributed tracing into the pipelines, creating a unified observability framework tied directly to HelpNow system health indicators and performance objectives.
• Apply blue-green and canary deployment patterns to control and limit the blast radius of released changes.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED

• Education: BA/BS or equivalent
• Experience: 8+ years of related experience
• TS/SCI w/poly clearance
• 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 an enterprise IT career at GDIT and you’ll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your desire to drive operations forward.

The likely salary range for this position is $140,821 - $190,523. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

Travel Required: Less than 10%

Telecommuting Options: Onsite

Work Location: USA VA Chantilly

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

Our Identity Verification Process

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.

About Our Work

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