Lead Platform/DevOps Engineer - Remote

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

Interim Secret

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

Secret

Public Trust/Other Required:

NACI (T1)

Job Family:

Software Engineering

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

DevSecOps, GitLab CI/CD, Infrastructure As Code (IaC), Kubernetes

Certifications:

None

Experience:

8 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

Yes

Job Description:

GDIT is seeking a Lead Platform Engineer to support an exciting new position in our Defense division to lead the build, configuration, and sustainment of a Software Factory capability for the US Army.    The Lead Platform Engineer will support several technical activities for this effort and should demonstrate capabilities and experience in these key focus areas below:  

• Lead the determination of guidelines and standards for deploying to an on-prem VMWare infrastructure using Kubernetes container orchestration platform

• Lead and execute the standup and operation of multiple Kubernetes cluster environments in the on-prem Dev, Staging and Production environments

• Lead and execute the deployment and configuration of GitLab and other DevSecOps tools to both virtual machine and Kubernetes cluster environments

• Support developing automation for building Virtual Machine Infrastructure as Code (IaC) pipelines using Packer, Ansible, and shell scripts

• Lead and direct DevSecOps support to application support teams, and customers including developing automation, architectures and wikis that advance DevSecOps approaches and execution

• Ensure operational availability of end-user, Kubernetes deployed applications and infrastructure

• Servant leadership as a DevSecOps architect, engineer, and coach for the DevSecOps team to evolve its abilities to become a higher performing team

• Facilitate and provide expertise to teams to support both DevSecOps platform development and development teams in gaining maturity in maximizing delivering value to customers

• Responsible for directing or performing sustainment activities such as monitoring, patching, upgrading, and vulnerability response & remediation for Kubernetes cluster nodes and platform applications

  

MAJOR RESPONSIBLITIES AND DUTIES

• Architecting and hands-on ability in maintaining and enhancing software / infrastructure as code (IaC) build, test, and deployment CI/CD pipelines – including Dockerfiles, and GitLab CI pipeline yaml

• Manage deployments of multiple applications to Azure Kubernetes Service

• Using Helm, deploy, manage, and integrate multiple Big Bang DevSecOps tools (Harbor, SonarQube, Keycloak, Nexus, ArgoCD) and others titles to Kubernetes clusters to form the technical platform for a Software Factory delivery

• Onboard user teams onto the Software Factory technical platform and assist with the development and integration of user application and infrastructure component software via automated pipelines

• Lead and coordinate determining application and system security requirements on Azure Kubernetes Services

• Educate teams on adoption and support of DevSecOps practices and tooling

• Utilize in-depth knowledge of the DevSecOps competencies to recommend innovations that enhance and/or provide a competitive advantage

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE/SKILLS

• Successful candidate must be a US Citizen

• Must possess an active Secret security clearance or T1 background check

• BA/BS Degree (or equivalent experience)

• 2+ years of DevOps/Cloud/Kubernetes experience

• Experience with managing, and using Linux and Linux-based operating systems

• Experience with Software Architecture, Engineering and Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) and/or DevOps related practices

• Experience deploying applications in Azure-hosted environments

• Experience configuring Azure native services for application monitoring and logging

• Familiar/foundational in at least one programming or scripting language

• Experience with