DevOps Engineer - Platform Enablement & Automation Services

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

Skills:

Azure Devops, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Docker Kubernetes Architecture

Certifications:

None

Experience:

5 + years of related experience

US Citizenship

Required:

Yes

GDIT has an opportunity for a Dev Ops 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 Git Lab, 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 Dev Ops engineer with deep experience in AKS, Git Lab 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 Git Lab 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, Git Lab CI/CD failures, pipeline performance, Kubernetes scaling issues, and service connectivity problems.
• Document operational procedures, IaC patterns, deployment workflows, troubleshooting guides, and Dev Ops standards.
• Support Zero Trust, compliance, and enterprise security requirements through hardened Dev Ops practices.

• 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).

• Strong understanding of Kubernetes operations, container lifecycle, networking, scaling, and security.
• Expertise with Git Lab (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

• Experience with Azure Dev Ops, ArgoCD, Flux, or other Git Ops 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.

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