Systems Engineer - Active Top Secret Required

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc.; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 128,000 - 173,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K with company match

Health and wellness package

Internal mobility support

Education and certifications paid by G

Cutting-edge technology access

Paid vacation and holidays

Job summary

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. seeks a Systems Engineer to design, develop, and integrate complex work systems across lifecycle stages, advocating a long-term technical vision.

You will build and evaluate infrastructure to support evolving customer needs with a focus on security, reliability, and efficiency. The role emphasizes deployment and configuration of enterprise systems, scripting for automation, and collaboration with upper management to report progress and outcomes.

Qualifications

• Develop deployment environments mirroring production to mitigate risk in test/evaluation.
• Troubleshooting complex system hardware and software issues.
• Experience with DevOps/DevSecOps and GitOps.
• Knowledge of DNS, HTTP, LDAP, ICMP, SSH, and SNMP.
• Networking: VLANs, Firewalls, Load Balancers, and addressing schemes.
• System administration: file systems, networks, accounts.
• Repository management, patching, vulnerability remediation.
• Technical documentation including diagrams.
• Zero-trust implementation across the stack.

Responsibilities

• Manage and monitor infrastructure and systems installations, including configuration, testing, and maintenance.
• Implement and maintain backup, security, and redundancy strategies.
• Identify issues and implement proactive solutions.
• Craft scripts to reduce manual tasks.
• Enable smarter business processes and develop analytics.
• Provide project status reports to upper management.
• Create and maintain system configuration and process documentation.
• Ensure compatibility and interoperability of in-house systems.
• Coordinate and perform in-depth tests for modified and new systems.
• Monitor system performance and deliver performance reports.
• Train end users on new systems.
• Translate high-level requirements into tasks for System Engineers.
• Ensure mission-critical apps are highly available under adverse conditions.
• Promote modern methodologies for efficiency and consistency.
• Contribute to long-term technical vision.
• Evaluate new tools based on existing tools.

Skills

Complex Systems

Hardware Systems

Operations

Education

BS in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related technology field

Job description

Job Qualifications

Type of Requisition: Regular 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: Complex Systems, Hardware Systems, Operations Certifications: None Experience: 8 + years of related experience US Citizenship Required: Yes

Job Description

Systems Engineer Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact as a Systems Engineer with GDIT. A career in systems engineering means designing and implementing the systems that matter most. We’re seeking a highly skilled systems engineer who has the business knowledge and technical expertise to implement strategies, evaluate products, and build upon an infrastructure that supports the changing needs of our customers. In this role, the systems engineer will design, develop, and integrate complex work systems for every stage of a lifecycle while advocating long term technical vision. At GDIT you’ll be at the forefront of innovation and play a meaningful part in improving how agencies operate. At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a Systems Engineer, you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on a Systems Engineer joining our team to bring professionalism and initiative to a fast-paced environment that offers extensive options for training, certification, and career advancement. When we succeed, you succeed and together our best becomes better.

How a Systems Engineer Will Make an Impact

• Manage and monitor all infrastructure and systems installations, including configuration, testing, and maintenance
• Implement and maintain strategies for backup, security, and redundancy
• Identify potential issues and implement solutions proactively
• Craft custom scripts that reduce the need for human interaction
• Enable faster and smarter business processes and develop meaningful analytics
• Engage regularly with upper management, providing reports on project status, activities, and achievements
• Create and maintain documentation as it relates to system configuration, mapping, processes, and service records.
• Ensure compatibility and interoperability of in-house computing systems.
• Coordinate and perform in-depth tests, including end-user reviews, for modified and new systems.
• Monitor and test system performance; prepare and deliver system performance statistics and reports.
• Provide orientation and training to end users for all modified and new systems.
• Gather high level requirements and translate them into consumable tasks for System Engineers
• Ensure mission critical applications are highly available under adverse conditions
• Promote modern methodologies to increase efficiency and consistency
• Contribute and be an advocate for long-term technical vision
• Apply awareness of existing tools and capabilities during the evaluation of new tools

What You’ll Need to Succeed

Education: BS in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related technology field. Experience may be substituted for education.

Required Experience:

• Developing methods for deploying development environments that mirror production environments for risk mitigation in test and evaluation of software and hardware solutions.
• Troubleshooting complex system hardware and software issues
• Practical use of DevOps and/or DevSecOps, and/or GitOps methodologies
• Solid knowledge of protocols such as DNS, HTTP, LDAP, ICMP, SSH and SNMP.
• Solid knowledge of Networking, VLANs, Firewalls, Load Balancers, and addressing schemes.
• Skilled in system administration tasks such as file system, network, and account troubleshooting.
• Knowledge of repository management practices, patch administration, and vulnerability remediation.
• Thorough technical documentation including diagrams.
• Successful implementation of new technology in complex environments.
• Utilization of centralized log management and analysis tools.
• Implementation of zero-trust practices across the whole stack.

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

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: Less than 10%

Telecommuting Options: Onsite

Work Location: USA DC Washington

Additional Work Locations:

Benefits and 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.

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