DevOps Engineer - Platform Enablement & Automation Services

Clearance Level

Secret

REQ#: RQ230901

Public Trust: None

Requisition Type: Regular

Your Impact

Own your opportunity to support our nation's defense. Make an impact by connecting and securing critical operations across the globe, keeping our country safe and secure.

Job Description

GDIT has an opportunity for a DevOps Engineer to design, build, automate, and maintain cloud-native deployment and container orchestration capabilities on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). This role is responsible for expanding enterprise CI/CD automation using GitLab, enabling secure and scalable deployments, and supporting mission-focused application teams across the ICAM ecosystem. This is a fully remote position. Meaningful Work and Personal Impact:
The ideal candidate is a hands-on DevOps engineer with deep experience in AKS, GitLab pipeline automation, container orchestration, and cloud-native operational patterns. You will support engineering teams by providing secure, repeatable build-and-release automation while ensuring services are deployed reliably and monitored effectively. Your work directly improves deployment velocity, operational resilience, and modernization efforts in support of enterprise ICAM mission requirements.

Design, deploy, and manage Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters, including node pools, workload identities, ingress controllers, and security configurations.
Develop, optimize, and maintain GitLab CI/CD pipelines for build automation, containerization, quality gates, security scanning, and production release workflows.
Build and maintain Helm charts, YAML manifests, templates, and reusable AKS deployment patterns.
Implement Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, or ARM) for provisioning and managing cluster and cloud resources.
Collaborate with application teams to containerize applications, troubleshoot deployments, and optimize runtime performance.
Implement and maintain observability tools (Azure Monitor, Prometheus/Grafana, ELK/EFK) for monitoring cluster health, logs, and metrics.
Ensure secure handling of secrets, certificates, and configuration values using Key Vault or equivalent tools.
Troubleshoot AKS workloads, GitLab CI/CD failures, pipeline performance, Kubernetes scaling issues, and service connectivity problems.
Document operational procedures, IaC patterns, deployment workflows, troubleshooting guides, and DevOps standards.
Support Zero Trust, compliance, and enterprise security requirements through hardened DevOps practices.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED (Required):

Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 5 years’ experience. An additional 4 years of experience may be substituted in lieu of degree.
Minimum of an active Secret security clearance.
Current DoW 8140 certification (Security+ CE or higher).

Technical Skills:

Strong understanding of Kubernetes operations, container lifecycle, networking, scaling, and security.
Expertise with GitLab (runners, pipeline configuration, security scanning, artifact management).
Proficient with Docker, Helm, YAML, and Kubernetes manifests.
Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or Bicep.
Familiarity with monitoring and observability stacks (Azure Monitor, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/EFK).
Ability to troubleshoot cluster issues, deployments, pods, services, and containerized workloads.
Excellent documentation and cross-team collaboration skills

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED (Desired):

Experience with Azure DevOps, ArgoCD, Flux, or other GitOps tools.
Experience integrating AKS with identity and access controls (AAD workload identities, managed identities).
Knowledge of service mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd, Consul Connect).
Experience with container security scanning, SAST/DAST, and vulnerability management.
Familiarity with Zero Trust, enterprise cloud security, and compliance frameworks.

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 program management at GDIT and you’ll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your passion for the mission and delivering results.

Work Requirements

Years of Experience

5 + years of related experience

* may vary based on technical training, certification(s), or degree

Certification

CompTIA Security+ CE | CompTIA - CompTIA

Travel Required

Less than 10%

Citizenship

U.S. Citizenship Required

Salary and Benefit Information

The likely salary range for this position is $127,500 - $172,500. 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.
View information about benefits and our total rewards program.

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

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers technology solutions and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 26,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50+ countries worldwide, offering leading mission-ready capabilities in AI, cloud, cyber and software development.

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