CDAO Advana - Site Reliability Engineering Lead - Model Serving

Type of Requisition: Pipeline Clearance Level Must Currently Possess: Top Secret Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Top Secret/SCI Public Trust/Other Required: None Job Family: IT Infrastructure and Operations Job Qualifications: Skills: Artificial Intelligence (AI), DevSecOps, Kubernetes, Reliability Analysis Certifications: None Experience: 8 + years of related experience US Citizenship Required: Yes Job Description: Join GDIT and be a part of the team of men and women that solve some of the world's most complex technical challenges. The CDAO Advana team is seeking an Site Reliability Engineering Lead - Model Serving, to join their efforts in the DC area. Advana is the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office’s (CDAO) enterprise-wide, multi-domain data, analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI) platform that provides all DoW military and civilian decision makers, analysts, and builders with unprecedented access to enterprise data, tools, and capabilities. This is a proposal with award expected June 2026. If interested, please apply as we are interviewing and making contingent offers now. Duties include: Owns production reliability strategy for artificial intelligence and machine learning model serving across Advana enclaves supporting Department of Defense missions, Joint Staff analysts, Combatant Command elements, and Senior Executive Service leadership. Defines service‑level objectives, alerting philosophy, operational runbooks, and release safety patterns governing production deployment of model artifacts across multiple security domains. Establishes reliability governance across serving surfaces by developing operational standards, on‑call expectations, escalation pathways, and incident response patterns aligned with enterprise DevSecOps practices. Implements reliability engineering methodologies using Kubernetes, Prometheus, Grafana, Elastic Stack, GitLab Continuous Integration, VMware environments, and hardened deployment pipelines to maintain operational stability, mission assurance posture, and cross‑domain readiness. Develops automated reliability checks integrated into deployment workflows to validate performance, latency, availability, and operational suitability of production‑ready models. Leads coordination with Platform One, Cloud One, multi‑national engineering teams, and cross‑service mission partners to align reliability strategy with evolving architectures, security requirements, and mission priorities. Produces mission‑critical deliverables including service‑level objective documentation, alerting configurations, operational runbooks, reliability scorecards, incident post‑action reports, and release safety assessments. Strengthens program value by advancing operational readiness, reducing mission risk, and reinforcing deployment consistency across all enclaves. Supports Tier‑4 incident response actions by maintaining authoritative reliability artifacts required for rapid triage, operational continuity, and sustained mission performance. Basic Qualifications: BS degree; additional years of experience may be considered in lieu of degree 8+ years of experience developing reliability strategy AI and machine learning experience IAT III - CISSP TS with SCI eligibility WHAT CAN GDIT OFFER YOU? Excellent customizable health benefits (Medical, Dental and Vision) 401K with company match Educational Assistance and eLearning Flexible work week Internal mobility team dedicated to employee advancement Rewards and Recognition programs Innovative and collaborative environment encouraging of highly motivated critical thinking The likely salary range for this position is $128,039 - $173,229. 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 DC Washington 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. 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