[Hiring] Principal DevSecOps Engineer @General Dynamics Information Technology

Role Description

We are seeking a security-focused Principal DevSecOps Engineer to design, automate, and secure cloud-native platforms supporting enterprise applications and AI workloads. This role emphasizes DevSecOps practices, compliance with FedRAMP and security audit requirements, and deep expertise across AWS, Amazon EKS, GitLab CI/CD, and MLOps/AIOps. The ideal candidate will be able to support all deployment workflows and data pipeline operations across the platform.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain secure AWS cloud infrastructure using OpenTofu and GitLab CI/CD.
• Deploy, manage, and optimize Amazon EKS clusters supporting enterprise and Generative AI workloads.
• Integrate security controls into CI/CD pipelines using DevSecOps best practices, including automated vulnerability scans and compliance checks.
• Build and support MLOps/AIOps platforms for AI model deployment, monitoring, and lifecycle management.
• Ensure platform compliance with FedRAMP, NIST standards, internal security policies, vulnerability management processes, and audit-readiness requirements.
• Collaborate across engineering teams to support deployment operations, data pipelines, and platform automation.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps, or Cloud Engineering.
• Hands-on experience with AWS, Amazon EKS, Linux, GitLab CI/CD.
• Demonstrated experience implementing DevSecOps practices, including container security, secrets management, and vulnerability remediation.
• Knowledge of FedRAMP, NIST 800-53, security compliance frameworks, and experience supporting internal/external audits.
• Experience working with Generative AI, MLOps/AIOps platforms, with strong scripting and automation skills.

Requirements

• Required: CompTIA Security+ or equivalent.
• Preferred: AWS certifications such as DevOps Engineer or Security Specialty, CISSP, or an equivalent security certification.

Benefits

• Variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts.
• Dental plan options.
• Vision plan.
• 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a 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.