Senior Infrastructure Engineer

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc.

$147K — $199K *
Aerospace & Defense
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of relevant experience in IT Infrastructure and Operations
  • Bachelor's degree in a relevant field
  • Expertise in Complex Systems and Modeling
  • Experience with National Security projects
  • Proficient in Systems Architecture and Infrastructure-as-Code principles
  • US Citizenship required
  • Ability to obtain Top Secret/SCI clearance

Responsibilities

  • Design and maintain Advana System environments for DoD missions
  • Build diverse environments (Development, Test, Integration, and Production) using Infrastructure-as-Code
  • Develop IaC and CaC modules for critical applications
  • Apply security baselines and controls for mission assurance
  • Construct and operate DevSecOps pipelines with embedded security practices
  • Coordinate resource scaling and disaster recovery efforts
  • Support incident response by analyzing telemetry and restoring stability

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans
  • 401(k) retirement plan with company match
  • Flexible work arrangements promoting work/life balance
  • Generous paid time-off including vacation and personal days
  • Short and long-term disability benefits and life insurance options
  • Regular reviews of Total Rewards package to maintain competitiveness
Full Job Description
Type of Requisition:
Pipeline

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:
Top Secret/SCI

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
Top Secret/SCI

Public Trust/Other Required:
None

Job Family:
IT Infrastructure and Operations

Job Qualifications:

Skills:
Complex Systems, Complex Systems Modeling, National Security, Systems Architecture
Certifications:
None
Experience:
10 + years of related experience
US Citizenship Required:
Yes

Job Description:

Advance your career while impacting our national security in cyber as Infrastructure Engineer at GDIT. Here, technologists have many paths to grow a meaningful career supporting cyber missions and operations across the federal government.

The Advana team is seeking a Infrastructure Engineer join their programAdvana is the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office's (CDAO) enterprise-wide, multi-domain data, analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI) platform that provides all DoD military and civilian decision makers, analysts, and builders with unprecedented access to enterprise data, tools, and capabilities.

Infrastructure Engineer

  • Designs, provisions, and maintains Advana System environments supporting Department of Defense missions, Joint Staff analysts, Combatant Command elements, and Senior Executive Service leadership.
  • Builds Development (IL2), Test (IL2), Integration (IL5/IL6/JWICS), Staging (IL5/IL6/JWICS), and Production (IL5/IL6/JWICS) environments using Infrastructure-as-Code and Configuration-as-Code tooling to deliver consistent, repeatable, and secure infrastructure states across all enclaves.
  • Develops IaC and CaC modules supporting pipelines, sandboxes, factories, and mission-critical application stacks.
  • Applies STIG baselines, classification-specific controls, and DevSecOps security requirements across all environments to maintain operational integrity and mission assurance.
  • Constructs and operates DevSecOps pipelines integrating static analysis, secret scanning, vulnerability assessments, artifact validation, and automated deployment workflows. Implements monitoring, observability, and alerting using Prometheus, Grafana, Elastic Stack, and SIEM platforms to maintain visibility into system health, performance, and security posture.
  • Coordinates capacity planning, resource scaling, backup operations, disaster-recovery procedures, and environment-hardening activities.
  • Supports incident-response operations by analyzing telemetry, validating remediation actions, and restoring environment stability.
  • Serves as a liaison between development, security, and operations teams to align infrastructure capabilities with mission objectives, sprint commitments, and release schedules.
  • Produces mission-critical deliverables including IaC/CaC modules, environment baselines, monitoring dashboards, incident-response artifacts, and environment-readiness reports supporting operational resilience and sustained program value across the Advana ecosystem.


WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED
• Education: Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science
• Experience: 10+ years of related experience
• Security clearance level: TS/SCI

The likely salary range for this position is $147,292 - $199,278. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40

Travel Required:
None

Telecommuting Options:
Onsite

Work Location:
USA VA Falls Church

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT:
Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 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. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

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