DevOps Engineer

GDIT has an opportunity for a DevOps Engineer to design, build, automate, and maintain cloud-native deployment and container orchestration capabilities on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).

This is a fully remote position.

The ideal candidate is a hands-on DevOps engineer with deep experience in AKS, GitLab pipeline automation, container orchestration, and cloud-native operational patterns.

Responsibilities:

• Design, deploy, and manage Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters, including node pools, workload identities, ingress controllers, and security configurations.
• Develop, optimize, and maintain GitLab 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, GitLab CI/CD failures, pipeline performance, Kubernetes scaling issues, and service connectivity problems.
• Document operational procedures, IaC patterns, deployment workflows, troubleshooting guides, and DevOps standards.
• Support Zero Trust, compliance, and enterprise security requirements through hardened DevOps practices.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 5 years’ experience.
• Minimum of an active Secret security clearance.
• Current DoW 8140 certification (Security+ CE or higher).

Technical Skills:

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

Benefits:

• 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.