Job Description
Responsibilities for this Position
Site Reliability Engineer ID: 2025-69526
USA-PA-Pittsburgh
USA-CO-Colorado Springs
Required Clearance: TS/SCI
Posted Date: 12/1/2025
Category: Engineering-Systems
Employment Type: Full Time
Hiring Company: General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc.
Basic Qualifications Bachelors degree in Computer Science, a related field or equivalent experience is required plus a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience; or Master's degree plus 3 years of relevant experience.
CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS: Department of Defense TS/SCI security clearance is required at time of hire. Applicants selected will be subject to a U.S. Government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Due to the nature of work performed within our facilities, U.S. citizenship is required.
Responsibilities for this Position General Dynamics Mission Systems has an immediate opening for a Site Reliability Engineer. This position provides an opportunity to further advance the cutting-edge technology that supports some of our nations core defense/intelligence services and systems. General Dynamics Mission Systems employees work closely with esteemed customers to develop solutions that allow them to carry out high-stakes national security missions.
REPRESENTATIVE DUTIES AND TASKS: Configures, and administers cloud computing technologies, infrastructure, and applications to meet the organizations requirements
Assists and supports the design, deployment, management, and operation of scalable, highly available, and fault-tolerant systems in the cloud by working directly with the stakeholders
Lead and perform the installation and configuration of cloud management applications by leading medium to large sized efforts
Develops, and designs software automation and scripts to orchestrate cloud and virtualization technologies with defined scope, schedule and expectations
Views and analyzes summary data on cloud resource deployment and takes appropriate action
Monitors requests and key metrics for cloud resources, as well as the performance of systems in the cloud and directs remediation
Troubleshoots issues and plans for future cloud capacity requirements. Develops roadmap and business case for capacity growth
Identifies, manages and resolves cloud computing security risks and implements best practices as applied within a cloud environment
Provides subject matter expert technical support to customers using Cloud Platform products, solutions and APIs
Identifies and documents product bugs and feature requests and works with internal support teams, external providers, as well as customers to implement effective solutions
Supports and leads the evaluation of new service offerings from Cloud Service Providers to determine potential usage by GDMS
May provide work direction to other employees as a technical lead
KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES: Proficient understanding of AWS, Google Cloud Platform, and/or Azure
Proficient understanding of AWS or Azure service offerings
Proficient understanding of virtualization technologies: Server, Storage, Networking
Proficient understanding of computer programming languages: C, C Sharp, C++, Perl, PHP, and Python
Proficient understanding of scripting languages, and software and infrastructure automation skills
Detailed and fully proficient knowledge of technology trends and champions new ideas and product and process improvements
Experience administering systems in a virtualized Cloud environment based on VMware vRealize, vCloud Director, and NSX technologies
Strong understanding of security, risk and compliance frameworks, disaster recovery, high availability architectures, hardware, operating systems and networking connectivity
Experience creating templates with CloudFormation, and similar technologies
Shows initiative on assignments, and professionally executes projects with very little direction, or can provide direction and leadership to technical teams
Proficient ability to handle significant responsibility, leadership and accountability while executing complex assignments
Effective communication skills (written and verbal)
Lean-Agile mindset Proficient in the understanding and becoming familiar with the Lean-Agile mindset
Lean-Agile principles and practices (includes DevSecOps, Scurm, SAFe, and Kanban) Proficient knowledge of the Lean-Agile principles and practices (includes DevSecOps, Scurm, SAFe, and Kanban.
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Salary Note This estimate represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors (geographic location, etc.). Actual pay may vary. This job posting will remain open until the position is filled.
Combined Salary Range USD $103,254.00 - USD $111,724.00 /Yr.
Company Overview General Dynamics Mission Systems (GDMS) engineers a diverse portfolio of high technology solutions, products and services that enable customers to successfully execute missions across all domains of operation. With a global team of 12,000+ top professionals, we partner with the best in industry to expand the bounds of innovation in the defense and scientific arenas. Given the nature of our work and who we are, we value trust, honesty, alignment and transparency. We offer highly competitive benefits and pride ourselves in being a great place to work with a shared sense of purpose. You will also enjoy a flexible work environment where contributions are recognized and rewarded. If who we are and what we do resonates with you, we invite you to join our high-performance team!
Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans
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Job Tags
Full time, Immediate start, Flexible hours,