Operations Lead - TS/SCI w/ Poly

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc.; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 153,000 - 207,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K with company match

Health and wellness packages

Internal mobility team

Paid education and certifications

Cutting-edge technology

Paid vacation and holidays

Job summary

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. in Herndon, VA is seeking an Operations Lead to apply the latest technology and provide operational support for actionable intelligence in the Intelligence Community.

You will bring 8+ years in IT disciplines focused on operations, analysis, and virtual operations, and you will lead teams with a strong focus on mission readiness and strategic planning. The role requires TS/SCI with Polygraph and is onsite at the customer site in Herndon, VA.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in IT or engineering related field required or four years of demonstrated IT discipline experience in lieu of degree.
• 8+ years of related IT experience in operations, analysis, and virtual operations.
• TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance required.

Responsibilities

• Oversee all operations teams (storage, systems admins, monitoring) to ensure continuous service availability with after-hours and weekend support.
• Plan and mobilize resources to support mission operations, incidents, outages, or active operations.
• Lead knowledge discovery, transfer, staffing, and onboarding of Operations personnel and operational readiness.

Skills

Operational Leadership

Operations Support

Strategic Planning

Technical Projects

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT or engineering related field

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Type of Requisition: Regular Clearance Level Must Currently Possess: Top Secret SCI + Polygraph Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Top Secret SCI + Polygraph Public Trust/Other Required: None Job Family: IT Infrastructure and Operations Job Qualifications: Skills: Operational Leadership, Operations Support, Strategic Planning, Technical Projects Certifications: None Experience: 8 + years of related experience US Citizenship Required: Yes

Job Description

Ensure the safety and security of our nation as an Operations Lead at GDIT. You’ll apply the latest technology and provide operational support to deliver actionable intelligence for the Intelligence Community. Here, your work will have meaning and impact as you deliver your best every day. At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As an Operations Lead, you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on an Operations Lead joining our team who has at least 8+ experience in IT disciplines in the area of operations, analysis and virtual operations to support customer requirements. TS/SCI with Polygraph is required.

How an Operations Lead will make an impact

• Oversee all operations teams (storage, systems admins, monitoring) ensuring continuous service availability that includes after-hours and weekend support to operations
• Plan and mobilize resources to support mission operations, incidents, outages, or active operations
• Hosts Technical Exchange Meetings with Sponsor stakeholders and incumbents to review mission schedules to ensure that any planned releases do not interfere with mission activities
• Leads knowledge discovery, transfer, staffing and onboarding of Operations personnel, and operational readiness

What you’ll need to succeed

• Strong ability to work with leadership team to plan and execute tactical and strategic efforts
• Strong ability to lead, mentor, and motivate experienced technical staff
• Through proactive leadership, creates an environment where the impact of technology on the business is clearly recognized
• Demonstrated planning and organization skills
• Demonstrated ability to communicate issues, impacts, and corrective actions
• Demonstrated ability to clearly report relevant information
• Demonstrated expertise in strategic planning/roadmap development and execution for operations
• MS Office suite
• A bachelor’s degree in an IT or engineering related field.
• In lieu of a bachelor’s degree in an IT or engineering field, candidates may substitute with four (4) years of demonstrated experience in IT disciplines.
• Years of experience for substitution are in addition to other years of experience requirements outlined below
• Eight (8) years of demonstrated experience in IT disciplines, of which at least five (3) years are as a technical lead
• TS/SCI with SCI Poly clearance
• Location: At Customer Site – Herndon area

Desired qualifications

• A master’s degree in an IT or engineering related field
• Demonstrated expertise with mission support systems
• Demonstrated experience in IT process improvement through software automation process
• Demonstrated experience with on-premise data centers, cloud services, and edge computing
• Demonstrated experience with deploying systems accredited at an INT-C level

GDIT is your place

• 401K with company match
• Comprehensive health and wellness packages
• Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career
• Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications
• Cutting-edge technology you can learn from
• Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays

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The likely salary range for this position is $153,000 - $207,000. 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 VA Herndon 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 regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

About Our Work

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers technology solutions and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 26,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50+ countries worldwide, offering leading mission-ready capabilities in AI, cloud, cyber and software development.

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