Software Engineer 3

Software Engineer Principal

Location: USA MD Annapolis Junction Full Part/Time: Full time Job Req: RQ221446 Type of Requisition: Regular Public Trust/Other Required: None Job Family: Software Engineering Job Qualifications: Skills: Bash (Scripting Language), Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Education: Bachelor of Science Experience: 8+ years of related experience US Citizenship Required: Yes

Job Description: SOFTWARE ENGINEER PRINCIPAL Transform technology into opportunity as a Software Engineer Principal at GDIT. Shape what's next for mission-critical government projects while shaping what's next for your engineering career. MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT The Software Engineer shall be responsible for the engineering, implementation, integration, and sustainment of the Delinea Tools Suite in a Linux environment. This role ensures secure credential management, privileged access controls, secrets management, and automation capabilities that align with mission security and compliance requirements. The Software Engineer shall serve as the SME for all Delinea technologies running on Linux systems and shall collaborate closely with security, infrastructure, and DevOps teams.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED Bring your engineering expertise along with a drive for innovation to GDIT. The Software Engineer Principal must have: Experience using the Linux CLI and Linux Suite of Tools Experience developing scripts using Bash/Python Recent software development experience using Python and Java Strong background in Linux administration such as RHEL, CentOS, Rocky, Ubuntu Hands-on experience implementing or supporting at least one Delinea product (e.g., Secret Server, Privilege Manager, DevOps Secrets Vault) Experience integrating Delinea with directory services (LDAP, Active Directory, FreeIPA). Understanding of identity and access management (IAM), privileged access management (PAM), certificate-based authentication, and security best practices Experience troubleshooting system-level issues in distributed environments, including logs, services, networking, and authentication Familiarity with API-based integrations, RESTful services, and secrets automation in CI/CD pipelines Experience with IaC (Infrastructure as Code) principles and automation tools such as Ansible and SaltStack Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker, Podman, and associated secret-handling patterns Experience with the sustainment and support of large Linux clusters including day-to-day operations, monitoring and problem resolution Position Desired Skills Experience with the Atlassian Suite of Tools such as Jira and Confluence Experience supporting enterprise security tools or working in a cybersecurity-focused software engineering role

The likely salary range for this position is $175,950 - $238,050. 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: None Telecommuting Options: Onsite Work Location: USA MD Annapolis Junction