Chief Engineer

Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact as a Chief Engineer. GDIT is your place to make meaningful contributions to challenging projects and grow a rewarding career. Our customer’s success depends on an experienced Systems Engineer joining our team to support a defense program located in Hampton, VA.

The Chief Engineer is responsible for the technical execution and design of a program overseeing all technical aspects and is accountable to the Program Manager. The technical execution and design of a program includes the technical solution, performance of the technical team (cost and schedule), management of the program technical team, and producing customer reviews and deliverables. Technical aspects of the program include providing Engineering oversight for Infrastructure and Application development and integration in an Agile and DevOps Environment.

The Chief Engineer will lead the establishment of processes and infrastructure enhancements needed to support updates to the customer utilizing Agile and Dev/Ops techniques.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Oversees the entire systems engineering lifecycle, using authoritative data, systems architecture, and systems modeling to create more efficient and lower-risk processes that produce artifacts of higher quality
• Leads technical requirements development by codifying model-based practices, designed test-driven requirements architecture for verification
• Leads systems design process by decomposing systems into functional and logical architectures, identifying components for re-use while adhering to modular open systems architecture (MOSA)
• Oversees implementation by aligning to change management processes and providing current design artifacts substantiated from authoritative data
• Leads system integration process by developing a data-driven and model-based approach to interface control, implementing automation as necessary to verify subsystems and components adhere to interface design
• Leads verification process by architecting test activities (unit, subsystem, integration, and end-to-end) and ensuring that test environments maintain parity with operational environments
• Leads validation process by developing user acceptance plans and coordinating with customers and stakeholders
• Leads sustainment processes by designing maintenance activities that are highly repeatable and leverage resulting data to inform stakeholders to high-risk subsystems and/or components
• Oversees mission unique software integration and interface control management.
• Executes system integration across multiple initiatives to unify complex systems

• Performs systems architecting and engineering activities such as system requirements definition, interface definition, design, interface management, data architecture development, systems integration, performance analysis, lifecycle cost analysis & estimation, decision analysis, and development and refinement of communications concepts of operation.
• Provides input to program risk management activities by supplying technical risk data, including risk mitigation plans, likelihood of risk, and impact dates.
• Independently collaborates with Government program office representatives, FFRDC, SETA, and contractor personnel.

 REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline. MS is desired.
• Experience: 15+ years of experience with C2 engineering, integration and sustainment including knowledge of model-based system engineering, cloud implementation, RMF compliance, DevSecOps, AI/ML automation, data analytics, agile development practices, and Continuous Integration (CI)/Continuous Delivery (CD) pipelines
• Experience leading multiple development teams to design and build software systems following the Agile methodology
• Certification: CSEP or strong experience in systems engineering is required; Amazon Web Services (AWS) Solutions Architect (Professional) required.
• Active Secret clearance with the ability to obtain up to TS/SCI

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE

At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.

• 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

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Explore a career at GDIT and you’ll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your sense of ownership and pride in the meaningful work we do.