Systems Engineer (Active Polygraph Required)

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

Top Secret SCI + Polygraph

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

None

Suitability:

Polygraph

Public Trust/Other Required:

None

Job Family:

Systems Engineering

Job Description:

We are GDIT. We support and secure some of the most complex government, defense, and intelligence projects across the country. At GDIT, cyber security is not just a singular part of our mission—it connects every one of us because it’s embedded into every aspect of what we do.

GDIT is your place. You make it your own by bringing your ideas and unique perspective to our culture. By owning your opportunity at GDIT, you are helping us ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on a Systems Administrator joining our team to support Customer activities at Herndon, VA.

At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a Systems Administrator supporting the Customer, you will be trusted to work on innovative solutions that will transform and enhance the Enterprise IT environment to meet the growing global mission. In this role, a typical day will include:

• Guides the successful completion of major engineering programs and may function in a project leadership role.
• Develops advanced solutions to highly complex engineering problems which require the regular use of ingenuity and creativity.
• Performs advanced systems design, development, and integration from the start of a systems life cycle to the end.
• Provides and applies advanced engineering to highly complex infrastructures including installing, configuring, testing and maintaining operating systems, application software, and system management tools.
• Provides and applies advanced engineering skills to highly complex systems modeling, simulation, and analysis.
• Performs continual maintenance and provides advanced solutions for continual and highly complex security, backup and redundancy problems.
• Prepares and maintains all documentation for processes and procedures related to engineering projects.
• Provides guidance to less-experienced Systems Engineers.
• Maintains current knowledge of rapidly changing technology, always on the lookout for new technologies, and works with management to evolve current processes.
• Performs complex systems development and design work that may include logic design, I/O design, model formulation, computer architecture analysis and design, and digital systems engineering.
• Invents innovative ways to drive production operational efficiency.
• Drives scalability and operability of supported systems/infrastructure.
• Implements, manages and enhances Continuous Integration and Delivery (CI/CD) pipeline tools.
• Creates, maintains, and reviews Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Desired State Configuration (DSC) and/or Puppet configuration management tools to support the provisioning infrastructure.
• Provides system/equipment/specialized training and technical guidance.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

• Bachelor's Degree (in an IT-related field)
• 6+ years or relevant experience
• Technical skills
• Current TS/SCI clearance with an active Polygraph

WHAT GDIT CAN OFFER YOU:

• Full-flex work week
• 401K with company match
• Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career
• Collaborative teams of highly motivated critical thinkers and innovators
• Ability to make a real impact on the world around you

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Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Travel Required:

Less than 10%

Telecommuting Options:

Onsite

Work Location:

USA VA Herndon

Additional Work Locations:

COVID-19 Vaccination: GDIT does not have a vaccination mandate applicable to all employees. To protect the health and safety of its employees and to comply with customer requirements, however, GDIT may require employees in certain positions to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Vaccination requirements will depend on the status of the federal contractor mandate and customer site requirements.We are GDIT. The people supporting some of the most complex government, defense, and intelligence projects across the country. We deliver. Bringing the expertise needed to understand and advance critical missions. We transform. Shifting the ways clients invest in, integrate, and innovate technology solutions. We ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. We are there. On the ground, beside our clients, in the lab, and everywhere in between. Offering the technology transformations, strategy, and mission services needed to get the job done.GDIT is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other protected class.