Technical Engineering Lead - TS/SCI w/Polygraph

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