[Hiring] Principal DevOps Engineer @General Dynamics Information Technology

Role Description

We are seeking a Principal DevOps Engineer to design, build, and optimize scalable cloud infrastructure and platform services that support modern application development and AI-driven solutions. This role centers on AWS, Kubernetes (Amazon EKS), Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD automation, and data platform engineering, with an emphasis on AI, MLOps/AIOps, FinOps, and cloud-native best practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and manage cloud-native infrastructure on AWS using GitLab CI/CD.
• Build and support Kubernetes platforms (Amazon EKS) with a focus on scalability, security, and high availability.
• Develop and automate ETL workflows and data pipelines for analytics and AI workloads.
• Implement and support MLOps/AIOps and FinOps capabilities, including AI infrastructure and model deployment pipelines.
• Troubleshoot Linux-based systems, optimize platform performance, and enforce operational best practices.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps, or Cloud Engineering.
• Hands-on expertise with AWS, Amazon EKS, Linux, and GitLab CI/CD.
• Strong experience with SQL, ETL automation, and building scalable data pipelines.
• Experience implementing or supporting AI, MLOps, or AIOps platforms.
• Strong scripting and automation skills, with a focus on cloud-native technologies.

Requirements

• Experience with Python, Bash, or Go for automation and platform development.
• Knowledge of container security, Kubernetes networking, and observability tools.
• Familiarity with monitoring platforms such as Datadog.
• Experience with AI/ML frameworks, vector databases, or enterprise LLM integrations.
• AWS certifications (e.g., Solutions Architect Associate, DevOps Engineer, or Kubernetes-focused certifications).

Benefits

• Variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts.
• Dental plan options.
• Vision plan.
• 401(k) plan with pre and post-tax contribution options and company match.
• 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.
• 15 days of paid leave per calendar year for vacations, personal business, and illness.
• 10 paid holidays per year.
• Paid Family Leave program providing 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, personal accident, critical illness, and business travel and accident insurance.