IT Platform Engineer in Sterling Heights, Michigan at Land Systems

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. Thats 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. Lets shape the future of General Dynamics Land Systems together.

• 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 positions 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

• 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

• 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.)