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# IT Platform Engineer

- **Company:** General Dynamics Land Systems
- **Location:** Sterling Heights, MI, United States
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Windows, Active Directory, Amazon Web Services, Systems Engineering, Microsoft Azure, Configuration Management, Code Review, Linux, Domain Name System (DNS), Python (Programming Language), System Center Configuration Manager, Windows Servers, Windows PowerShell, Ansible, VCloud, Scripting, Cloud Platform System, Git, Deployment Automation, CIS Benchmarks, Terraform
- **Published:** October 9, 2026
- **Apply:** https://jobs.localjobnetwork.com/apply/add/63831579/1

## About the Role

* 7+ years in infrastructure or systems engineering, with at least 2 years focused on automation and infrastructure as code
 * Hands-on experience with Terraform and at least one configuration management tool (Ansible preferred)
 * Strong scripting skills in PowerShell and/or Python
 * Solid Git skills, including branching, pull requests and code review
 * Experience administering Linux and Windows Server in well regulated enterprise environments
 * Experience with at least one major cloud platform (Azure, GCP, or AWS)
 * Understanding of networking, DNS, certificates and identity fundamentals
 * Must be a U.S. Person (i.e. a lawful permanent resident of the U.S.)

## Description

* Design, build and maintain infrastructure as code for on-prem private cloud (VMware Cloud Foundation) and cloud environments (Azure Government/GCC High, AWS)
 * Automate server builds, configuration and patching for Linux and Windows using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, MECM, GPOs, PowerShell and Python
 * Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure changes, including code review, testing and automated deployment
 * Create hardened, repeatable golden images and baseline configurations aligned to CIS benchmarks
 * Automate compliance evidence collection, configuration drift detection and remediation to support audits
 * Integrate automation with identity (Active Directory, Entra ID), storage, backup and monitoring platforms
 * Build and maintain automated utilization reports for forecasting
 * Make recommendations for improvements
 * Write clear documentation and runbooks, and help teammates adopt automation practices
 * Take part in troubleshooting, incident response and on-call rotation