Principal DevSecOps – Platform Engineer

General Dynamics Information Technology

DevSecOps Engineer developing and operating security automation platforms for Department of Defense and Federal customers. Focus on hands-on software development within a DevSecOps context.

Posted 6/19/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $113,900 - $154,100 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AnsibleDockerKubernetesLinuxTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Utilize AI-assisted Development tools and frameworks to design, develop, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for build, test, security scanning, and release across unclassified and classified environments
Integrate and operate security scanning toolchains as automated pipeline stages
Use AI-assisted development workflows daily and champion their adoption across teams
Contribute to the development of agentic AI capabilities including tool orchestration, prompt engineering, and workflow automation
Build tooling and automation to support continuous Authority to Operate processes
Develop and maintain hardening pipeline templates for secure-by-default software delivery
Support platform's security pipeline layer
Deploy and operate Kubernetes clusters in classified environments
Deploy, configure, and support AI-powered development tools for platform consumers and internal team use
Support AI/ML platform infrastructure as part of the broader platform offering
Implement Infrastructure-as-Code for environment provisioning, cluster lifecycle, and configuration management
Support multi-cluster management and hub/spoke deployment models
Configure and troubleshoot network connectivity, Zscaler integration, and Okta/SAML identity federation for platform consumers
Contribute to platform evolution including self-service namespaces, developer onboarding, and golden-path templates
Maintain and improve multiple production software factory environments serving diverse federal customers
Contribute to runbooks, operational documentation, and incident response procedures

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree and 8+ years experience. In lieu of degree 12+ years of hands-on experience
5+ years of related experience in Software Engineering, DevOps / DevSecOps technologies; 3+ years of hands-on experience with Kubernetes
Experience using AI-powered development tools in daily engineering work
Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipeline development — GitLab CI strongly preferred
Experience integrating security scanning tools into automated pipelines
Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform and/or Ansible)
Experience with containerization (Docker, Helm, OCI artifacts) and container registry management
Strong Linux systems skills
Solid understanding of Git-based workflows
Experience working in or deploying to classified or air-gapped environments
Ability to work across multiple concurrent projects with shifting priorities
Strong written and verbal communication skills

Benefits

Comp & perks

Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages
401K with company match
Competitive pay and paid time off
Full flex work weeks where possible
Variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement, and jury duty leave
GDIT Paid Family Leave program offers up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees
Short and long-term disability benefits
Life, accidental death, and dismemberment insurance
Personal accident insurance
Critical illness insurance
Business travel and accident insurance

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Hard Skills & Tools

CI/CD pipelinesKubernetesAI-powered development toolsInfrastructure as CodeTerraformAnsibleDockerHelmGitLab CILinux systems

Soft Skills

communication skillsability to work across multiple projectsadaptability to shifting priorities