DevOps Engineer

General Dynamics

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Work type: On-site
Location: Herndon, VA
Salary: $157,250–$212,750 / yr
Posted: 104 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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About General Dynamics

General Dynamics is a global aerospace and defense company offering a broad portfolio of products and services in business aviation, ship construction, land combat vehicles, and information technology. It serves customers in the U.S. government, allied governments, and a diverse array of commercial markets.

General Dynamics currently has 1377 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · DevOps Engineer

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JOB TITLE: DevOps Engineer with TS/SCI w/Polygraph As a DevOps Engineer Principal at GDIT, you will serve as the primary engineer for a portfolio of customer-directed applications for a secure customer base. You will collaborate with a high-performing development team to drive infrastructure development and maintain critical production applications. Your daily responsibilities include architecting, building, and maintaining cloud infrastructure, establishing job orchestration strategies, and managing production, staging, and development environments. You will utilize AWS services, including EC2, ECS, Lambda, and RDS, alongside tools like Terraform, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Docker, and Grafana. You must possess proficiency in Python or Java, Git, and CloudFormation. The role involves solving complex technical problems within mission-critical government projects, ensuring system reliability through continuous integration, monitoring performance via CloudWatch and Loki, and managing database systems like Aurora and MySQL.

What does a DevOps Engineer earn in Virginia?

Median $126800 from 41 postings across 5 companies.

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Skills

AWS Kubernetes Terraform Python Java Docker CloudFormation Amazon CloudWatch ECS ECR Lambda RDS Aurora MySQL Maria db Jenkins Serverless Framework Grafana Loki Splunk Git IAM VPC ELB Secrets Manager API Gateway Elasticache Containerization

What you'll do

Architect, build, and maintain cloud infrastructure using AWS services to support team and customer initiatives.
Administer production, staging, test, and development environments while managing access controls and security groups.
Establish job orchestration strategies and improve infrastructure for autoscaling, cost efficiency, and authentication.
Manage and aggregate server logs to monitor for security incidents and analyze system performance metrics.
Perform root cause analysis on outages and present findings to management for prioritization and tasking.
Create and determine required metrics for dashboards and service health monitoring using tools like CloudWatch and Grafana.
Drive security initiatives including access control, vulnerability testing, and integration with enterprise authentication services.
Maintain up-to-date documentation of designs and configurations to ensure continuity of recurring tasks.

What we're looking for

Must possess a Top Secret SCI with Polygraph clearance.
Must be a US citizen.
Must have a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree.
Must have 8+ years of related experience.
Must be an AWS Certified DevOps Engineer.
Must have proficiency in GIT, CloudFormation, CloudWatch, EC2, ECS/ECR, Autoscaling, Elasticache, IAM, ELB, RDS, VPC, Secrets Manager, Lambda, Parameter Store, API Gateway, CodeBuild/CodeDeploy, Terraform, Jenkins, Serverless Framework, Kubernetes, Containerization, Docker, Grafana, and Loki.
Must have direct experience and demonstrated proficiency with multiple programming and scripting languages.
Security clearance level: TS/SCI w/Polygraph.

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