Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. GDIT is hiring a DevOps Engineer to design, build, automate, and maintain Azure Kubernetes Service deployment and container orchestration capabilities. The role expands GitLab CI/CD automation and supports secure, reliable deployments for application teams across the ICAM ecosystem.
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
Skills
- Azure Devops, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Docker Kubernetes Architecture
- 5 + years of related experience
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- Bachelor's Degree and a minimum of 5 years' experience. An additional 4 years of experience may be substituted in lieu of degree
- Minimum of an active Secret security clearance
- Current DoW 8140 certification (Security+ CE or higher)
- 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
- Experience with Azure DevOps, ArgoCD, Flux, or other GitOps tools
- Experience integrating AKS with identity and access controls (AAD workload identities, managed identities)
- Knowledge of service mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd, Consul Connect)
- Experience with container security scanning, SAST/DAST, and vulnerability management
- Familiarity with Zero Trust, enterprise cloud security, and compliance frameworks
Benefits
- Fully remote position.
- AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities.
- An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals.
- Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages.
- 401(k) with company match.
- Paid time off.
- Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace.
- For all US-based employees: 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.
- Full flex work weeks where possible.
- A variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave.
- Typically, 15 days of paid leave per calendar year for new employees, for vacations, personal business and illness; paid leave is prorated based on the employee’s date of hire.
- An additional 10 paid holidays per year; paid holidays are prorated based on the employee’s date of hire.
- For eligible employees, up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12-month period through the GDIT Paid Family Leave program.
- 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.
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