Lead Platform Engineer
General Dynamics Information Technology21 hours ago
Remote, United StatesStaff+
Base Salary
$132k - $178k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead standards and guidelines for deployments to Azure cloud infrastructure and Kubernetes environments.
- Stand up, operate, and sustain Kubernetes clusters in Azure lab and classified production environments.
- Deploy and configure Jira, Confluence, GitLab, and other DevSecOps tools across virtual machine and Kubernetes environments.
- Direct automation for virtual machine infrastructure-as-code pipelines using Packer, Ansible, and shell scripts.
- Architect, maintain, and enhance IaC build, test, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Deploy and manage Linux-based Kubernetes clusters and integrate platform tools using Helm.
- Onboard user teams and support application and infrastructure integration through automated pipelines.
- Define security requirements and provide DevSecOps architecture, engineering, coaching, and technical leadership.
- Perform monitoring, patching, upgrades, vulnerability response, and remediation for Kubernetes nodes and platform applications.
- Educate teams on DevSecOps practices, tooling, and platform adoption.
Requirements
- U.S. citizenship and an active DoD Secret clearance with the ability to obtain Top Secret clearance.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
- 10+ years of DevOps or cloud experience.
- Experience managing Linux and Linux-based operating systems.
- Experience with software architecture, engineering, CI/CD, and DevOps practices.
- Familiarity with at least one programming or scripting language.
- Experience with Git version control, containerization, Kubernetes deployments, persistent volumes, volume claims, and Container Storage Interface plugins.
- Experience providing technical leadership for DevOps or cloud teams and coaching teams and customers.
- Proficiency with Agile lifecycle management processes and tools.
- DoDM 8140 certification and Security+ certification.
- Preferred experience includes Kubernetes, Helm, GitOps, GitLab CI/CD, Platform One Big Bang, Anchore, OpenSCAP, Prisma/Twistlock, secure development, and software supply-chain security practices.
Benefits
- Remote work from any location with a 40-hour scheduled work week.
- 10–25% travel required.
- Medical, dental, and vision plan options, including Health Savings Account options.
- 401(k) plan with pre-tax and post-tax contribution options and company match.
- Paid vacation, sick, personal, parental, military, bereavement, jury duty, and holiday leave.
- Typically 15 paid leave days and 10 paid holidays per calendar year, prorated by hire date.
- Up to 160 hours of paid family leave in a rolling 12-month period for eligible employees.
- Short- and long-term disability, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness, and business travel insurance benefits.
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About General Dynamics Information Technology
General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) delivers enterprise IT, systems integration, cybersecurity, cloud, and software engineering services to U.S. federal agencies, including defense and intelligence organizations. It provides contract-based professional and managed services ranging from network operations and unified communications to training and simulation. GDIT is a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) and is headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia.