Platform Engineer (DevOps / Full-Stack Hybrid) [Up to 2 days/week telework]
Type of Requisition:
RegularClearance Level Must Currently Possess:
Top Secret SCI + PolygraphClearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
Top Secret SCI + PolygraphPublic Trust/Other Required:
NoneJob Family:
IT Infrastructure and OperationsJob Qualifications:
Skills:
Collaboration, GitLab CI/CD, Web ApplicationsCertifications:
NoneExperience:
5 + years of related experienceUS Citizenship Required:
YesJob Description:
Platform Engineer (DevOps / Full-Stack Hybrid)
**Up to 2 days/week telework**
Advance how our customers operate while you advance your career. Join GDIT as a Platform Engineer Principal and build an impactful career in IT, collaborating with people who are driven and resourceful like you.
MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT
As a Platform Engineer Principal, the work you’ll do at GDIT will be impactful to the mission of a mission- critical customer. You will play a crucial role in leading the deployment of a production system across three network environments. This is a hybrid role for a versatile, jack-of-all-trades engineer who is equally comfortable deploying and operating containerized systems via Kubernetes and diving into application code to modify system components. The ideal candidate thrives on ownership, working across the full stack and the full deployment lifecycle to stand up new production environments.
WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED
Bring your technology expertise and drive for innovation to GDIT. The Platform Engineer Principal must have:
● Education: Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science
● Experience: 8+ years of related experience
● US citizenship required
● Security clearance level: TOP SECRET//SCI W/ Polygraph
● Responsibilities:
Multi-Network Deployment: Deploy the RAD system to three different network environments via Kubernetes, adapting configurations to the constraints of each network.
Deployment Process Engineering: Design, establish, and document a repeatable deployment process and pipeline for delivering the system and its updates across all target networks.
Application Modification: Modify and troubleshoot system components built with Java Spring (back-end) and Vue.js (front-end) as needed to support deployment, configuration, and environment-specific requirements.
Environment Troubleshooting: Diagnose and resolve issues spanning infrastructure, middleware, and application layers during environment standup and stabilization.
Collaboration: Work closely with the existing DevOps team, software developers, and system engineers to align deployment practices with the broader RAD architecture and operational standards.
● Required Technical Skills:
Hands-on experience deploying and managing containerized applications with Kubernetes
Experience developing or modifying applications built with Java / Spring (Spring Boot)
Experience developing or modifying front-end applications built with Vue.js (or strong experience with a comparable framework such as React or Angular)
Thorough understanding of Docker and container technology
Experience with CI/CD pipelines and deployments of distributed web applications (e.g., GitLab CI/CD)
Linux administration experience
Experience with Git
● Desired Technical skills:
Experience deploying applications across multiple isolated or classified network environments
AWS experience, including cloud-native architecture and deployment
Terraform scripting and VM provisioning
Ansible scripting and development
Python scripting and development
Familiarity with Elasticsearch, NiFi, or MongoDB
Familiarity with domain knowledge surrounding government agency reporting and dissemination policies
GDIT IS YOUR PLACE
At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.
● Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities
● Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals
● Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off
● Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace
OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY
Explore an enterprise IT career at GDIT and you’ll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your desire to drive operations forward.
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The likely salary range for this position is $153,000 - $207,000. 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:
40Travel Required:
NoneTelecommuting Options:
HybridWork Location:
USA MD Annapolis JunctionAdditional 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 offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.
Our Identity Verification Process:
As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.About Our Work:
We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers technology solutions and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 26,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50+ countries worldwide, offering leading mission-ready capabilities in AI, cloud, cyber and software development.Join our Talent Community to stay up to date on our career opportunities and events atgdit.com/tc.
Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected VeteransSkills Required
- Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree
- 5+ years of related experience
- 8+ years of related experience
- U.S. citizenship
- Current Top Secret SCI clearance with polygraph
- Ability to obtain Top Secret SCI clearance with polygraph
- Hands-on Kubernetes deployment and management experience
- Java and Spring Boot application development or modification experience
- Vue.js, React, or Angular front-end development or modification experience
- Docker and container technology expertise
- CI/CD pipeline and distributed web application deployment experience
- Linux administration experience
- Git experience
- Experience deploying across isolated or classified network environments
- AWS cloud-native architecture and deployment experience
- Terraform scripting and VM provisioning experience
- Ansible scripting and development experience
- Python scripting and development experience
- Familiarity with Elasticsearch, NiFi, or MongoDB
- Knowledge of government agency reporting and dissemination policies
General Dynamics Information Technology Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about General Dynamics Information Technology and has not been reviewed or approved by General Dynamics Information Technology.
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Affordable Benefits — Pay and benefits are described as good or okay in multiple places, and the overall package is often portrayed as acceptable even when base pay is not viewed as top-tier.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision plan options are presented as comprehensive, with additional protections like disability and life insurance contributing to a well-rounded health and protection offering.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) plan with company match is consistently highlighted as part of the total rewards package, supporting longer-term financial planning.
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What We Do
We are GDIT. The people supporting some of the most complex government, defense, and intelligence projects across the country. We deliver. Bringing the expertise needed to understand and advance critical missions. We transform. Shifting the ways clients invest in, integrate, and innovate technology solutions. We ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. We are there. On the ground, beside our clients, in the lab, and everywhere in between. Offering the technology transformations, strategy, and mission services needed to get the job done.









