Unix and Linux Team Lead

General Dynamics Information Technology; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

401K matching

Paid time off

Flex work options

Job summary

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. is seeking a Unix and Linux Team Lead to guide a specialized team supporting NIH CIT Hosting and Storage Services.

The role focuses on reliable delivery of Unix/Linux services, staff development, and strategic technical direction within a federal contracting environment. You will lead day-to-day operations, drive modernization, and manage incidents with stakeholders while ensuring adherence to security and compliance requirements, including onsite

Qualifications

• BS/BA and 6+ years of IT-related experience.
• Experience overseeing a portfolio of technology services and leading a technical team's day-to-day execution.
• People management experience, including recruiting, hiring, performance management, training, and mentoring.
• Experience leading technical projects and initiatives from planning through successful delivery.
• Broad hands-on experience across Unix and Linux infrastructure and related services.
• Experience modernizing a team's services with automation and AI.
• Experience applying Agile and project management practices.
• Working knowledge of ITIL principles and practices for incident, problem, change, and service management.
• Ability to analyze complex technical issues and guide teams through resolution.
• Strong customer and stakeholder engagement skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day oversight for Unix/Linux services and prioritize tasks.
• Oversee team service catalog, identify customer demands, set strategy, and drive execution.
• Collaborate with Project Managers for timelines, resources, risk, and reporting.
• Drive continuous improvement and modernization of services and processes.
• Oversee recruitment, performance management, training, and mentoring of engineers.
• Coordinate incident handling and post-closure communications with stakeholders.

Skills

Continuous Improvement

Leadership

Linux

Unix System Administration

Education

BS/BA in IT or related field

Tools

Configuration Management

Job description

Type of Requisition: Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess: None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None

Public Trust/Other Required: NACI (T1)

Job Family: IT Infrastructure and Operations

Job Qualifications:Skills: Continuous Improvement, Leadership, Linux, Unix System Administration

Certifications: None

Experience: 5 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required: No

Job Description:

GDIT is looking for a Unix and Linux Team Lead to join our National Institutes of Health (NIH) CIT Hosting and Storage Services Program. We are seeking a forward-thinking technical leader who can inspire and develop teams while ensuring the reliable delivery of high-quality technology services. Our ideal candidate combines strong people leadership with technical insight and operational discipline, supported by experience and expertise aligned with the team's portfolio of supporting compliant Unix and Linux systems. This leader will provide clear direction and accountability for day-to-day operations and maintenance, service delivery, and project execution, while applying their technical understanding to guide decisions and address complex challenges. They will foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, continuous improvement, and innovation; empower team members to grow and succeed; and work closely with customers and stakeholders to deliver meaningful results. The successful candidate will balance operational excellence with modernization, ensuring the team delivers reliably today while continuously improving services and capabilities for the future. This role will require you to obtain and maintain a Public Trust and will require you to provide onsite fingerprinting at a designated facility. This investigation may review personal and criminal behavior, financial conduct, foreign influence, as well as other adjudications.

Responsibilities:

• Provide day-to-day oversight for your team by delegating and prioritizing task execution, resolving roadblocks, and ensuring execution is efficient and timely for the delivery of all Unix and Linux services.
• In partnership with federal and program leadership, be a subject matter expert and oversee your team's service catalog; to include identifying customer demands, owning and developing the technical strategy and vision, and rallying your team to turn the vision into reality.
• Work closely with Project Managers/Scrum Masters to ensure transparent communications on project timelines, project execution, resource requirements, risk management, and status reporting. Occasionally step into a project manager role for your team's strategic projects based on need.
• Drive innovation and incorporate continuous improvement activities into your team's execution to deliver new services and new ways of working to keep pace with future customer demands.
• Oversee personnel management including staff recruitment, hiring, performance management, training, and mentoring for all team members.
• Provide oversight for incidents, coordinating with resolution parties and establishing effective communication between stakeholders during and after closure of the incident to include after-action reporting.

Required Qualifications:

• BS/BA and 6+ years of experience, or equivalent experience, in an IT-related discipline.
• Experience overseeing a portfolio of technology services and leading a technical team's day-to-day execution, including operations and maintenance, service delivery, and project activities.
• People management experience, including recruiting, hiring, performance management, professional development, training, and mentoring a team of engineers.
• Experience leading technical projects and initiatives from planning through successful delivery.
• Broad hands-on experience and technical knowledge across infrastructure technologies, including Unix and Linux variants and associated supporting infrastructure services such as configuration management to include experience designing, operating, troubleshooting, and optimizing complex enterprise environments.
• Experience modernizing a team's technology services and delivery practices to improve efficiency, accelerate delivery, enhance customer experience, and reduce manual effort through standardization, automation, and emerging technologies such as AI.
• Experience applying Agile and project management practices to manage priorities and backlogs, facilitate Scrum or similar delivery processes, and drive technical initiatives through completion.
• Working knowledge of ITIL principles and practices, including incident, problem, service request, change, and service level management.
• Ability to analyze complex technical and operational issues, provide technical guidance, and lead teams through problem resolution.
• Strong customer and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to translate technical issues, risks, and recommendations for both technical and non-technical audiences.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Relevant industry certifications in RHEL, Solaris, Unix, cloud technologies, ITIL, Agile, or project management.
• Experience supporting technology services within a federal government, healthcare, or similarly regulated environment.

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:

• Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities
• Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals
• Rewards: Full benefits, wellness programs, 401K matching, competitive salary, and paid time off.
• Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace

Total Rewards at GDIT:

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. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee's date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. 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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