GDIT is seeking a DevOps Engineer to support mission-critical systems for enterprise applications in cloud and on-premise environments, ensuring security, compliance, and system reliability for federal customers.
Requirements
- 3–5+ years of specific experience supporting cloud-hosted web applications and infrastructure
- Strong Linux/Unix administration experience with scripting (Shell, Python, Bash)
- Demonstrated expertise in AWS core services (EC2, RDS, Lambda, S3, KMS, CloudFormation)
- Experience troubleshooting Tomcat/Java-based web applications
- Familiarity with DevSecOps principles, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure as code
- Proven track record of handling compliance documentation (e.g., ATO, POA&Ms, contingency planning)
- Experience with monitoring, vulnerability scanning, and proactive incident response
Responsibilities
- Deploy, support, and troubleshoot enterprise web applications using AWS and Tomcat; perform in-depth log analysis for root cause identification
- Maintain and harden AWS-hosted environments (EC2, RDS, Lambda, KMS, etc.) with CI/CD support and automation tooling (GitLab, Terraform, Jenkins)
- Perform OS and software upgrades across Linux (RHEL, CentOS, Rocky, Ubuntu) and Windows platforms
- Monitor infrastructure health using tools like Cloudwatch, Icinga, SIEM, Kibana and custom logs to ensure high availability
- Support and maintain encryption technologies (KMS, Vormetric, PKI) and manage certificate lifecycles
- Provide incident response and after-hours support for outages and security events (on-call/pager duty)
- Draft and maintain technical documentation (SOPs, Architecture Diagrams, ATO artifacts, After Action Reports)
Other
- Education: BA/BS in Computer Science or IT related field
- Experience: 10+ years
- Security Clearance Level: TS/SCI with Polygraph
- Location: Herndon, VA (On Customer Site)
- US Citizenship Required
