Advanced DevOps Engineer
General Dynamics Mission Systems10 days ago
Boulder, CO, USASenior
Base Salary
$119k - $125k/yr
Responsibilities
- Automate the instantiation and maintenance of container orchestration platforms.
- Configure and deploy infrastructure services including identity and access management, networking, application security, logging, monitoring, and deployment capabilities.
- Plan major product updates and enhancements with the engineering team.
- Support cloud platform implementation through architecture guidance, best practices, data migration, implementation, troubleshooting, and monitoring.
- Create and use automation pipelines, Ansible Playbooks, and Terraform configurations for resource creation and service configuration.
- Identify opportunities to apply AI for continuous improvement and innovation.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering or a related science, engineering, technology, or mathematics field plus 5+ years of job-related experience, or a master’s degree plus 3 years of job-related experience.
- Department of Defense Secret security clearance required at time of hire.
- U.S. citizenship and eligibility for access to classified information are required.
- Experience with public, private, and mixed-cloud environments, including AWS, Azure, RHOSP, and VIO.
- Experience with container technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
- Experience with deployment and continuous integration technologies such as GitLab, Jenkins, Puppet, or Chef.
- Experience supporting production-grade applications in virtualized cloud environments using automation.
- Experience with Ansible, Terraform, Terragrunt, or Packer for cloud automation.
- Familiarity with RabbitMQ, Redis, Elasticsearch, scalable networking, load balancers, firewalls, and web security mechanisms.
- Knowledge of IT security practices including encryption, certificates, key management, patch management, STIG, RMF, security hardening, and auditing is beneficial.
- Experience with AI/ML models and applying AI for continuous improvement is preferred.
- Strong understanding of software development processes and software engineering concepts, principles, and theories.
- Effective communication, attention to detail, creative problem-solving, collaboration, and commitment to professional development are expected.
Benefits
- Flexible 9/80 schedule with every other Friday off if desired.
- Flex-hybrid work arrangement requiring 3–4 days per week onsite at the customer facility in Boulder, Colorado.
- Relocation benefits are available.
- Sign-on bonus is available.
- Benefits include 401(k) matching, flexible time off, paid parental leave, healthcare benefits, health and wellness programs, and employee resource and social groups.
- Opportunities for continuous learning, development, and research-oriented work with award-winning teams.
Tech Stack
AnsibleAWSAzureChefDockerElasticsearchJenkinsKubernetesOpenShiftOpenStackPuppetRabbitMQRancherRedisTerraform
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About General Dynamics Mission Systems
General Dynamics Mission Systems designs and manufactures secure communications, C4ISR, cyber defense, and maritime/underwater systems used across land, sea, air, space, and cyber domains. It sells integrated hardware and software to U.S. and allied defense and intelligence agencies under government contracts and long-term programs. The company is headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia, and operates as a business unit of General Dynamics.