Deliver simple solutions to complex problems as an Operations Engineer at GDIT. Here, you’ll tailor cutting-edge solutions to the unique requirements of our clients. With a career in application development, 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 an Operations Engineer you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on an Operations Engineer joining our team to support our intelligence customer.

Responsibilities:

Automate and optimize service deploymentsIntegrate with enterprise authentication servicesEstablish and improve system monitoring while maintaining established security protocols within development, test, and production systemsArchitect, build and maintain on premise and/or cloud infrastructure to support team and customer initiativesMaintain and improve existing infrastructure (build out autoscaling, support new services, optimize for cost efficiencies/authentication/search, etc)Administer production, staging and development environmentsManage and aggregate server logs and monitor for security and system related incidentsMonitor and analyze system performance, such as server load and resource usageMaintain and improve existing build and deployment processes using CI/CD toolsApply configuration management disciplines to maintain software revisions, security patches, hardening, and documentationEnforce best practices for security and reliability, and drive security initiatives, like access control and vulnerability testingWork with A&A Teams to maintain security requirements for operation of systemsMaintain up to date documentation of designs/configurations, ensuring team members have continuity of recurring tasksMaintain status of operations at all times: perform after actions reporting on all outages and work with engineering teams to determine solution and root cause analysis. Present findings to management for prioritization and taskingCreate and determine required metrics for dashboards and service healthFollow up on engineering tasks for operational solutions, and validate completionManage operational readiness board – present at weekly meetings and determine if development services are ready for automation based on best practices and maintainabilityTrack and ensure routine operations maintenance tasks are completed in a timely mannerAligns to the customer's strategiesUtilizes the customer's enterprise DevSecOps pipelineWork with other service providers to support areas of common interestOn-call support may be required

Required Skills:

Experience maintaining an operational environment and use of monitoring tools and dashboard interfaces (ie. Kibana, Grafana, Nagios)Experience working with container images and platforms (Kubernetes/Docker/OpenShift)Strong understanding of DevOps and software/application development processesUnderstanding of GitLab, Jenkins, ArgoCD, and other DevOps/Continuous Integration tools for KubernetesUnderstanding of microservice design and architectural pattern best practicesUnderstanding of Python, Bash, and Shell scriptingKnowledge of network technologies, common infrastructure components, load balancers, firewalls, virtual and physical infrastructure designStrong problem solving and troubleshooting skillsStrong communication and interpersonal skillsMust possess excellent time management skills and the drive to work unsupervisedExperience with deploying to on prem/data center infrastructureExperience using Jira and Confluence on a daily basisSecurity Clearance: Willingness and the ability to obtain a high level government security clearance

Desired Qualifications

Experience in building processes for deploying to a Kubernetes based environment using Gitlab and HelmUnderstanding of access management and security groups (i.e. IAM, S3 bucket, SSH, VPN, etc.)Ability to write and use unit and functional testing

Qualifications:

5+ years and Bachelor's Degree in Computer Programming, Science, Engineering or a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical training, or work/military experience3+ years of related systems programming experienceActive Top Secret clearance required

Location: Customer Site
US Citizenship Required

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:
● 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