Technical Engineering Lead - TS/SCI w/Polygraph

Clearance Level
Top Secret SCI + Polygraph
Category
IT Infrastructure and Operations
Location
Chantilly, Virginia
(Onsite Workplace)
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Key Skills For Success

Complex Systems

DevOps

Systems Engineering

REQ#: RQ223428
Public Trust: None
Requisition Type: Regular
Your Impact

Own your opportunity to serve as a critical component of our nation’s safety and security. Make an impact by using your expertise to protect our country from threats.

Job Description

At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a Technical Engineering Lead, you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on a strong Technical Engineering Lead joining our team to make a positive impact on the client’s mission. We are seeking a hands-on Systems Engineer with deep expertise across infrastructure, platforms, and application ecosystems spanning cloud and customer environments, and to serve as a technical authority for complex system issues.

 

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

  • Education: Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Engineering, or other IT-related discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical certifications or training, or work experience.
  • Experience: 15+ years
  • Required technical skills:
  • Demonstrated experience developing and using data processing technologies such as Python, SPARK, Java, , SQL, ECL, , Jenkins, PyPi, Terraform, Cloudera, Apache NiFi, Apache Hop, and ElasticSearch to perform data processing.
  • Demonstrated experience with data analytics tools SPLUNK and ELK.
  • Demonstrated experience developing, validating, and using methodologies to support analytic requirements in Clustered Computing environments.

  • Demonstrated experience with Information Technology architectures (i.e., servers, storage, and virtualization).

  • Demonstrated experience planning and coordinating the system testing, integration, deployment, installation, validation, troubleshooting and analysis across networks and systems of collection or processing systems equipment.
  • Demonstrated experience performing hands-on systems engineering across network, compute, storage, operating systems, middleware, databases, and applications
  • Demonstrated experience analyzing and documenting as-is infrastructure, platform, and application architecture
  • Demonstrated experience creating detail engineering design for modernization, optimization, and transformation initiatives working with System and Cloud Architect
  • Demonstrated experience leading and executing cloud and system implementations, migrations, and upgrades
  • Ensure systems meet availability, scalability, performance, security, and compliance requirements
  • Demonstrated experience integrating infrastructure and platforms with
  • DevOps and DevSecOps pipelines
  • Demonstrated experience troubleshooting complex, cross-stack issues within the infrastructure, platforms, and applications.
  • Demonstrated experience collaborating across multiple teams and stakeholders to address and escalate complete system issues
  • Demonstrated experience developing technical documentation, diagrams, standards and associated documents
  • Ability to brief leadership, translate technical issues into business impact
  • Security clearance level:  TS/SCI with Polygraph
  • Location: Tyson's, VA (On Customer Site)

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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Work Requirements

Years of Experience

15 + years of related experience

* may vary based on technical training, certification(s), or degree

Certification

Travel Required

Less than 10%

Citizenship

U.S. Citizenship Required

Salary and Benefit Information

The likely salary range for this position is $186,542 - $252,379. 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.
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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

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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