Platform Engineer Sr Principal

Clearance Level
Top Secret/SCI
Category
IT Infrastructure and Operations
Location
Fort Belvoir, Virginia
(Onsite Workplace)
Key Skills For Success

Application Development

Design

DevSecOps

Software Development

Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

REQ#: RQ208909
Public Trust: None
Requisition Type: Regular
Your Impact

Own your opportunity to work with the largest government agency in the nation. Make an impact by advancing the Department of Defense’s mission to keep our country safe and secure.

Job Description

Deliver simple solutions to complex problems as a Platform Engineer Sr Principal at GDIT. Here, you’ll tailor cutting-edge solutions to the unique requirements of our clients. With a career in Platform Engineering, you’ll make the end user’s experience your priority and we’ll make your career growth ours.

At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a Platform Engineer Sr Principal you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter.

  • Maintains the DevSecOps environment

  • Engage in Production Support activities

  • Applies practical knowledge of job typically obtained through advanced education and work experience

  • May coach and provide guidance to less-experienced professionals

  • May serve as a team or task lead

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

  • Education: Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science or equivalent experience

  • Required Experience: 10 years of related experience

Required Technical Skills:

  • RHEL 7/8/9 Expertise

  • Experience building, modifying, and deploying custom RPMs

  • Experience troubleshooting GitLab CI/CD pipeline issues

  • Familiarity with YAML

  • Maintaining custom systems services

  • Experience deploying frontend applications behind NGINX

  • Software Factory Management to include GitLab, Nexus, Azure Container Registry, SonarQube, RKE2 on K3S.

  • Experience deploying and maintaining Software Factories

  • Experience deploying applications on RHEL

  • Experience containerizing applications

  • Experience writing GitLab CI/CD pipelines to deploy containerized applications to Kubernetes clusters

  • Experience troubleshooting GitLab CI/CD pipeline issues

  • Experience deploying resources in Azure IL2

  • Experience with Azure Virtual Machines, Azure Cost analysis, Azure Virtual machine scale sets, and Azure blob storage

Security Clearance Level: TS/SCI Clearance

Required Skills and Abilities:  Must meet 8570.01M certification requirements (i.e. Security+ CE), must be active/current

Preferred Skills: Experience establishing and maintaining a DevSecOps Platform Environment (PaaS)

Location: Onsite

US Citizenship Required

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:

  • Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home

  • 401K with company match

  • Comprehensive health and wellness packages

  • Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career

  • Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications

  • Cutting-edge technology you can learn from

  • Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays

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Work Requirements
Years of Experience

10 + 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 $161,500 - $218,500. 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.
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About Our Work

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across over 50 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, cloud, cyber and application development. Together with our customers, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.

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