DevOps Engineer - Platform Enablement & Automation Services

Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain cloud-native deployment and container orchestration capabilities using Azure Kubernetes Service. Develop and optimize GitLab CI/CD pipelines to enable secure, scalable, and automated application deployments.

Requirements

Requires a Bachelor's degree with at least 5 years of relevant experience and an active Secret security clearance. Candidates must possess strong technical expertise in Kubernetes, containerization, and infrastructure automation tools.

Skills

• Azure DevOps
• Azure Kubernetes Service
• Docker
• Kubernetes
• GitLab
• CI/CD
• Helm
• Terraform
• Bicep
• Infrastructure as Code
• Azure Monitor
• Prometheus
• Grafana
• ELK Stack
• Containerization
• Zero Trust

Benefits

• Medical plan options
• Health Savings Accounts
• Dental plan
• Vision plan
• 401(k) plan with company match
• Paid vacation
• Paid sick time
• Paid personal time
• Paid holidays
• Paid parental leave
• Paid military leave
• Paid bereavement leave
• Paid jury duty leave
• Paid family leave
• Short-term disability
• Long-term disability
• Life insurance
• Accidental death and dismemberment insurance
• Critical illness insurance

About this role

Type of Requisition:
Regular
Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:
Secret
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
Secret
Public Trust/Other Required:
None
Job Family:
Software Engineering
Job Qualifications:
Skills:
Azure Devops, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Docker Kubernetes Architecture
Certifications:
None
Experience:
5 + years of related experience
US Citizenship Required:
Yes
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.
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.
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40
Travel Required:
Less than 10%
Telecommuting Options:
Remote
Work Location:
Any Location / Remote
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. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee’s date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 ...

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