Job Description
About GDLS:
We Serve Those Who Protect What Matters.
At General Dynamics Land Systems, we build combat vehicles and integrated technologies that give soldiers a decisive advantage. We design, engineer and sustain advanced tracked and wheeled systems paired with modern electronic architecture, AI-enabled capabilities and autonomy-ready technology. From Abrams to LAV, Stryker to AJAX, robotic platforms to software solutions and beyond, our portfolio delivers proven performance for customers around the world. That’s why Soldiers and Marines have trusted General Dynamics Land Systems products in the toughest conditions for decades. We deliver the power to win. Every day, our global team looks beyond the horizon, solving problems before they become challenges. Bring your talent. Bring your purpose. Let’s shape the future of General Dynamics Land Systems together.
About the Position:
The IT Platform Engineer modernizes how we build, deploy and operate our hybrid platform. Turn manual processes into repeatable, version-controlled automation across on-prem and cloud environments in a compliance-driven environment (CMMC Level 2, with Level 3 underway) where security and consistency are built in from the start.
What We Offer:
Starting your career or you are an experience professional, we offer a Total Rewards package that is Impactful and built for you.
- Healthcare including medical, dental, vision, HSA and Flex Spending
- Competitive base pay and incentive pay that rewards individual and team performance, and comprehensive benefits.
- 401k Match (6%)
- Educational Assistance
- 9-80 Work Schedule (This position’s standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off)
- Onsite cafeteria, fitness center, and outdoor fitness track
Responsibilities to Anticipate/Expect:
- Design, build and maintain infrastructure as code for on-prem private cloud (VMware Cloud Foundation) and cloud environments (Azure Government/GCC High, AWS)
- Automate server builds, configuration and patching for Linux and Windows using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, MECM, GPOs, PowerShell and Python
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure changes, including code review, testing and automated deployment
- Create hardened, repeatable golden images and baseline configurations aligned to CIS benchmarks
- Automate compliance evidence collection, configuration drift detection and remediation to support audits
- Integrate automation with identity (Active Directory, Entra ID), storage, backup and monitoring platforms
- Build and maintain automated utilization reports for forecasting
- Make recommendations for improvements
- Write clear documentation and runbooks, and help teammates adopt automation practices
- Take part in troubleshooting, incident response and on-call rotation
Minimum Qualifications:
- 7+ years in infrastructure or systems engineering, with at least 2 years focused on automation and infrastructure as code
- Hands-on experience with Terraform and at least one configuration management tool (Ansible preferred)
- Strong scripting skills in PowerShell and/or Python
- Solid Git skills, including branching, pull requests and code review
- Experience administering Linux and Windows Server in well regulated enterprise environments
- Experience with at least one major cloud platform (Azure, GCP, or AWS)
- Understanding of networking, DNS, certificates and identity fundamentals
- Must be a U.S. Person (i.e. a lawful permanent resident of the U.S.)
GDLS considers factors such as, scope/responsibilities of the position, candidate experience and education/training background, in addition to local market comparable and business considerations when extending an offer.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Sterling Heights, MI |
| Job Type | Full-time |
| Industry | Aerospace and Defense |
| Company Size | 10,000 employees or more |
| Year Founded | 1982 |
| Website | http://www.gdls.com/ |
About Company
General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS), headquartered in Sterling Heights, Michigan is a wholly-owned business unit of General Dynamics Corporation’s (NYSE:GD) Combat Systems group and is a global leader in the design, development, production, support and enhancement of tracked and wheeled military vehicles. GDLS has a 70-year defense heritage of providing a full spectrum of high quality, technically superior, high value products and services to the United States and its Allies and demonstrates the leadership, financial resources, technology and strength of more than 7500 employees who are dedicated to making the Company the World’s preferred supplier of land vehicles and weapons systems. This dedication assures every shareholder, customer, and the nation, that the name General Dynamics will always mean Strength on Your Side.
At the heart of Land Systems’ military-vehicle platforms is the Abrams main battle tank and the family of Stryker and LAV wheeled combat vehicles. These key ground-force assets remain critical to the military’s structure and offer continuing opportunities for modernization and enhancements that meet the Warfighter’s evolving requirements while increasing troop safety and effectiveness.
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