Windows Systems Engineer

General Dynamics Information Technology; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 157,000 - 213,000; Full time

Job summary

General Dynamics Information Technology in McLean, VA is seeking a Systems Engineer Sr Principal to advance enterprise IT for a classified environment. You will engineer, operate, and secure Windows-based enclave systems, ensuring high availability, resilience, and DoD-aligned compliance.

The role requires TS/SCI readiness, hands-on work with Active Directory, VMware, and enterprise storage, and collaboration with cybersecurity teams to maintain STIGs, patching, and continuous monitoring.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Arts or Science degree required
• 10+ years of related experience
• Current Top Secret clearance with ability to obtain Top Secret/SCI
• DoW 8140 / 8570.01-M compliant (e.g., Security+ or equivalent)

Responsibilities

• Lead and support patching, maintenance, and O&M of enclave servers, storage, VMware, and Windows/Active Directory, ensuring stability and security.
• Monitor and maintain system health, performance, availability, and capacity across all assigned systems.
• Collaborate with engineering and cybersecurity teams to design, build, configure, and sustain enclave systems, providing advanced systems engineering expertise from planning through sustainment.
• Support Continuous Monitoring (ConMon), including STIG compliance, vulnerability remediation, security application administration, and annual assessment activities.
• Install, configure, test, and maintain operating systems, applications, management tools, and security solutions, providing robust approaches for security, backup, restoration, redundancy, and continuity.
• Utilize Windows/Active Directory, VMware, enterprise storage, backup/recovery, and security tools to operate and evolve enclave capabilities in alignment with DoW and IC requirements.
• Prepare and maintain documentation for systems engineering processes, procedures, configurations, and projects, and help drive process and tooling improvements based on emerging technologies.

Skills

Active Directory (AD)

Continuous Monitoring

DISA STIG

VMware

Education

Bachelor of Arts / Bachelor of Science

Job description

Active Directory (AD), Continuous Monitoring, DISA STIG, VMware

Job Description

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

SKILLS: Active Directory (AD), Continuous Monitoring, DISA STIG, VMware

CERTIFICATIONS: None

EXPERIENCE: 10 + years of related experience

US CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED: Yes

SYSTEMS ENGINEER SR PRINCIPAL

Advance how our customers operate while you advance your career. Join GDIT as a Systems Engineer Sr Principal and build an impactful career in enterprise IT, collaborating with people who are driven and resourceful like you.

MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT

As a Systems Engineer Sr Principal, the work you’ll do at GDIT will be impactful to the mission of our customer’s classified environment. You will play a crucial role in engineering, operating, and securing a classified Windows-based secure enclave, ensuring highly available, resilient, and compliant systems that support mission-critical workloads.

KEY DUTIES

• Lead and support patching, maintenance, and O&M of enclave servers, storage, VMware, and Windows/Active Directory, ensuring stability and security.
• Monitor and maintain system health, performance, availability, and capacity across all assigned systems.
• Collaborate with engineering and cybersecurity teams to design, build, configure, and sustain enclave systems, and provide advanced systems engineering expertise from planning through sustainment.
• Support Continuous Monitoring (ConMon), including STIG compliance, vulnerability remediation, security application administration, and annual assessment activities.
• Install, configure, test, and maintain operating systems, applications, management tools, and security solutions, providing robust approaches for security, backup, restoration, redundancy, and continuity.
• Utilize Windows/Active Directory, VMware, enterprise storage, backup/recovery, and security tools to operate and evolve enclave capabilities in alignment with DoW and IC requirements.
• Prepare and maintain documentation for systems engineering processes, procedures, configurations, and projects, and help drive process and tooling improvements based on emerging technologies.

What You’ll Need To Succeed

• Education: Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science
• Experience: 10+ years of related experience
• Technical skills:
• Administering and maintaining Windows/Active Directory, VMware, and enterprise storage
• Patching, hardening, STIG implementation, and vulnerability remediation
• Installing, configuring, monitoring, and maintaining enterprise systems, including backup and recovery
• Troubleshooting complex system issues and working with cross-functional engineering and cybersecurity teams
• Contributing to ConMon artifacts, STIG checklists, and assessment documentation
• Supporting secure enclave, hybrid, or virtualized environments
• Familiarity with DoW or Intelligence Community systems engineering, cybersecurity, and compliance requirements
• Role requirements:
• Security clearance level: Current and active Top Secret
• Onsite - Mclean, VA
• Must be DoW 8140 / 8570.01-M compliant (e.g., Security+ or equivalent)

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: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off
• Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace

OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY

Explore an enterprise IT career at GDIT and you’ll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your desire to drive operations forward.

The likely salary range for this position is $157,250 - $212,750. 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 VA McLean

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.

Our Identity Verification Process

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.

About Our Work

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