Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. General Dynamics Information Technology is a global technology and professional services company delivering technology solutions and mission services to government, defense, and intelligence organizations. The Senior DevOps Engineer will support the HIGLAS program by designing, implementing, and maintaining deployment automation toolsets and release pipelines in an Oracle environment. The role also provides technical direction, mentoring, toolchain ownership, and support for advancing DevSecOps maturity.
Responsibilities
- Develop automation of environment cloning, synchronization, and refresh activities
- Establish and enforce standardized, auditable deployment processes; maintain supporting documentation and train team members as needed
- Provide technical support for emergency changes and off-hours deployment activities & toolset support
- Lead the automation of code migration from development through production, for both applications and infrastructure
- Contribute to a forward looking DevSecOps roadmap, aligned with enterprise architecture and security strategy
- Help drive continuous improvement of the DevSecOps mindset, toolchain, and process maturity across the program
- Provide technical expertise and coaching as teams migrate from legacy deployment processes to a modern, pipeline-based structure
- Partner with Security to embed controls, scanning, and compliance checks directly into pipelines without introducing friction
- Ensure traceability, auditability, and policy enforcement are built into every pipeline
- Administer and optimize FlexDeploy, including pipeline design, release orchestration, and automation enhancements
- Administer and enhance GitLab, including repository automation, standardization, and branching strategy (merge controls, conflict detection, and remediation)
- Continuously expand automation coverage to reduce manual touchpoints and shorten cycle time
- Govern the tool chain to ensure ongoing compliance with program and policy requirements
- Define 3–5 execution-level KPIs that provide developers visibility into pipeline health and enable early identification of anomalies within release automation processes
- Communicate progress with clear, data-backed reporting
Skills
- Application Release Automation, Continuous Deployment, Continuous Integrations, DevOps, Oracle E-Business Suite
- 5 + years of related experience
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or related field or equivalent hands-on experience in similar business critical, large-scale application environments
- 5+ years of deep, hands-on experience with DevOps, Release Engineering, or in DevSecOps roles, specifically with:
- Release automation: FlexDeploy (or comparable enterprise release orchestration tooling)
- Version control: GitLab, including branching/merging strategy design and automation trigger configuration
- CI/CD tooling: Jenkins, GitLab CI
- Configuration management/automation: Ansible (or comparable)
- Cloud integration: Oracle Cloud Integration (or comparable)
- Experience with environment cloning, configuration management and release governance at scale
- Strong, hands-on experience with CI/CD, pipeline design and automation
- Demonstrated programming ability with a strong grasp of infrastructure and application architecture
- Familiarity with Agile and ITIL practices, including tools such as ServiceNow
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting ability
- Participation in after-hours and weekend support as part of an on-call rotation, providing support for deployment activities and tool support
- Candidate must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance and must have lived in the United States at least three (3) of the last (5) years
- Experience integrating AI-driven capabilities into automation toolchains or release workflows
- Experience with, and/or knowledge of Oracle products, specifically Oracle EBS
- Background in regulated or highly controlled environments
- Experience with cloud environments, Oracle Cloud preferred
- Familiarity with compliance frameworks and audit support processes
- Strong understanding of continuous testing principles, including test automation, configuration, and orchestration of test activities, specifically UFT/QPT (MicroFocus Unified Functional Testing) or similar products
- ITIL Foundation certification v3 or higher
Benefits
- 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
- Paid vacation and holidays
- Medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts
- Dental plan options
- A vision plan
- Full flex work weeks where possible
- 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 vacations, personal business, and illness
- An additional 10 paid holidays per year
- Up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees through the GDIT Paid Family Leave program
- Short- and long-term disability benefits
- Life insurance
- Accidental death and dismemberment insurance
- Personal accident insurance
- Critical illness insurance
- Business travel and accident insurance
- Remote work
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