AI/ML DevOps Engineer Principal

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) is hiring a Principal DevOps Engineer to design, build, and optimize cloud infrastructure and platform services for application development and AI-driven solutions. The role focuses on AWS, Kubernetes, infrastructure as code, CI/CD automation, data engineering, and AI/MLOps/AIOps and FinOps capabilities.

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

Skills

• Data Pipelines
• DevOps
• GitLab CI/CD
• Infrastructure As Code (IaC)
• Kubernetes
• 5 + years of related experience
• US Citizenship Required: Yes
• 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
• 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

• For all US-based employees: a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts; dental plan options; a vision plan; and a 401(k) plan with the ability to contribute both pre- and post-tax dollars up to IRS annual limits and receive a company match.
• Full flex work weeks where possible.
• A variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave.
• Typically, 15 days of paid leave per calendar year for vacations, personal business and illness, plus 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee’s date of hire.
• Eligible employees can receive up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12-month period through the GDIT Paid Family Leave program.
• 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.
• 100% remote work.

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