Lead DS CEL

General Dynamics IT; Hawaii; On-site; USD 108,000 - 127,000; Full time

Job summary

General Dynamics IT is hiring a Distribution Systems Lead CEL Engineer on site at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, Hawaii. The role will require residence in the Honolulu area for daily on-site support and involves overseeing telecom room installations, racks, grounding, and cabling.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in telecom rooms or ISP infrastructure, a BA/BS, and a Secret clearance. Travel is minimal and the position runs 7+ months with potential future opportunities.

Qualifications

• BA/BS or equivalent with 5+ years of experience.
• Experience with telecommunications rooms, data center buildouts, or ISP infrastructure.
• Secret Security Clearance required.

Responsibilities

• Conduct surveys documenting power, cooling, bonding/grounding, pathways, and room readiness.
• Develop and follow layout designs including rack plans, cable management, grounding/bonding, electrical circuits, and equipment placement.
• Manage labor for room buildouts, rack installation, cable routing, and grounding.
• Ensure compliance with UFC, TIA/EIA, I3A, and DoW telecom standards.
• Coordinate with base civil engineering for facility upgrades or modifications.
• Support site installation of fiber, CAT6, WIFI, CEL closet solutions, including cabinets, switch node, UPS, and power.
• Work with Network, Fiber Optic, ISP, and OSP teams for integration; participate in design reviews.

Skills

Cable Management

Equipment Installations

Layout Designs

Site Installation

Site Surveying

Education

BA/BS or equivalent

Job description

Type of Requisition: Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess: Secret

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Secret

Public Trust/Other Required: None

Job Family: Program Delivery and Execution

Job Qualifications: Skills: Cable Management, Equipment Installations, Layout Designs, Site Installation, Site Surveying Certifications: None Experience: 5 + years of related experience US Citizenship Required: Yes

Job Description: GDIT is seeking Distribution Systems Lead CEL Engineer to support our ongoing BIM contract. This position is on site at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, Hawaii and will require candidate to reside in the Honolulu area for daily onsite project support. No travel pay is associated with this position.

The DS Lead CEL Engineer evaluates, designs, and oversees installation of equipment in telecommunications rooms (MDF/IDF/CELs), including racks, bonding/grounding, electrical, cooling, cable pathways, and compliance with AF/SF and UFC standards. This role manages GDIT, Agency, and Subcontractor teams performing site surveys, rack builds, grounding, cabling, electrical, and network equipment installations.

Primary Responsibilities

• Conduct surveys documenting power, cooling, bonding/grounding, pathways, and room readiness.
• Develop and or follow layout designs including rack plans, cable management, grounding/bonding, electrical circuits, and equipment placement.
• Manage GDIT, Agency, and Subcontractor labor performing room buildouts, rack installation, cable routing, and grounding.
• Ensure compliance with UFC, TIA/EIA, I3A, and DoW telecommunications room standards.
• Coordinate with base civil engineering for facility upgrades or modifications.
• Support site installation of new fiber, CAT6, WIFI, CEL closet solutions to include but not limited to cabinets, switch node solution, UPS and power solutions.
• Work closely with Network, Fiber Optic, ISP, and OSP teams for integration of infrastructure.
• Participate in design reviews and customer briefings as a SME.

Required Experience

• BA/BS or equivalent with 5+ years of experience.
• 4-7 years' experience with telecommunications rooms, data center buildouts, or ISP infrastructure.
• Experience managing cabling, rack installation, or structured cabling teams.
• Knowledge of grounding/bonding, power specs, equipment standards, and room environmental requirements.
• Experience with AFCENT, AFNET, or equivalent DoW telecom environments (preferred).
• Secret Security Clearance.
• Hiring/Working location will be on site supporting the daily implementation efforts at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, Hawaii.
• This work will be for 7+ months with potential opportunities for movement onto other initiatives upon completion.

Preferred Experience

• Experience designing or upgrading MDF/IDF spaces.
• Experience reading and producing telecom room drawings.
• BICSI Technician, Installer 2, or RCDD.
• Security+ CE (8570 requirement).
• FOA CFOT (beneficial for fiber termination work).

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The likely salary range for this position is $107,744 - $126,500. 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: Less than 10%

T elecommuting Options: Onsite

Work Location: USA HI Hickam AFB

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. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regul