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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior DevOps Engineer - **Company:** General Dynamics Information Technology - **Location:** Springfield, VA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $143,650.0 - $194,350.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Amazon Web Services, Apache HTTP Server, Applications Architecture, Software Applications, Systems Engineering, Automation of Tests, Bash Shell, Configuration Management, Software Documentation, CompTIA Security+, Databases, Computer Engineering, Continuous Integration, Linux, DevOps, Document Management Systems, Domain Name System (DNS), Elasticsearch, Design of User Interfaces, HAProxy, Web Servers, Python (Programming Language), Network Security, Routing, Nginx, OAuth, Octopus Deploy, OpenID, OpenShift, Cloud Services, Ansible, Prometheus, Zero Trust Network Access, Software Systems, SQL Databases, Systems Architecture, Systems Integration, TCP/IP, Web Applications, Circleci, SSL Certificate Management, AWS Cdk, Data Processing, Load Balancing, Grafana, Gitlab, Cloudformation, Gitlab-ci, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Api Design, Puppet, Terraform, Jenkins, Vulnerability Analysis - **Published:** August 8, 2026 - **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/D6A279C4D95145D68FB646BFF9839729/job/ ## About the Role Argo CD,GitLab CI/CD,Web Server Management Certifications: CompTIA Security+ CE | CompTIA - CompTIA Experience: 6 + years of related experience, Required: * Minimum 6+ years of directly related experience * Bachelor's Degree in computer science, computer engineering, systems engineering or any related field/major, or 2 additional years of experience in information technology * Proficiency with Linux operating systems * Working experience with CI/CD pipelines (Gitlab, Jenkins, CircleCI, or similar) * Knowledge of OIDC/OAuth/Auth2 or similar zero-trust identity implementations * Experience with ArgoCD and GitOps style operations management * Experience with web server management (e.g. DNS, certificate management) * Knowledge of HTTP API design standards and best practices * Ability to manage networking for web applications (TCP/IP, DNS, and load balancing) * Familiarity with Kubernetes and OpenShift, with knowledge of AWS * Experience with Infrastructure as Code (one or more of Terraform, OpenShift Containerized Platform, Cloudformation, AWS CDK, Ansible, Chef, Puppet, etc.) * Knowledge of including monitoring & logging and network & security for containers * Experience deploying and managing databases, interacting with DBs via SQL and ORMs * Comfortable writing Python and BASH to create systems tooling * Ability to contribute code updates/tweaks to existing code repositories * Experience with software system design with the ability to create application architecture diagrams for new applications * Experience integrating security components with applications and databases * Technical certification Network +, Security +, CISSP, etc. * TS/SCI Clearance with CI PolygraphDesired: * Familiarity with Configuration Management and Request for Change process for review and assessment * Experience implementing zero-downtime re-indexing strategies and managing complex Elasticsearch data models (e.g., routing, query-time, de-duplication) within an OpenShift/Kubernetes environment * Experience with observability tools such as Prometheus, Thanos, Alloy, Loki, Mimir, Tempo, or Grafana * An understanding of reverse proxies such as Nginx, Traefik or Apache HTTP Server (WebGate), HAProxy, or Envoy. * Experience with delivery of an integrated solution using Agile software delivery techniques * Experience in System Engineering and project/program management. * Knowledge and/or experience with NGA enterprise products (NGA CORE).Location: On Contractor SiteUS Citizenship Required ## Description * Configure CI/CD for multiple web applications * Take source code, dependencies to perform application builds * Perform automated testing and security scans * Deploy to multiple environments (Dev, Staging, Operations) * Responsible for Infrastructure as Code and Configuration Management * Author helm charts to deploy resources to OpenShift * Manage and document system security, by performing software updates in response to scan findings, document system, architecture to demonstrate security compliance * In-depth knowledge, principles, and methods of enterprise solutions. * Eight years of experience designing and implementing complex systems in a classified environment. 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