Platform Engineer Sr Principal

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

Top Secret/SCI

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

Top Secret/SCI

Public Trust/Other Required:

None

Job Family:

IT Infrastructure and Operations

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Application Development, Design, DevSecOps, Software Development, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

Certifications:

None

Experience:

10 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

Yes

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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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.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Travel Required:

Less than 10%

Telecommuting Options:

Onsite

Work Location:

USA VA Fort Belvoir

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 offeri