Senior Systems Engineer - TS/SCI with Polygraph

Job Details Req ID: RQ219384 Type of Requisition: Regular Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Top Secret SCI + Polygraph Public Trust/Other Required: None Job Family: IT Infrastructure and Operations Skills: Operating Systems (OS), System Administration, Systems Management Experience: 8+ years of related experience US Citizenship Required: Yes Job Overview Position is currently located in Elkridge, MD and will relocate to another site in the National Capital Region in Summer 2026. Transform technology into opportunity as a Systems Engineer with GDIT. A career in enterprise IT means connecting and enhancing the systems that matter most. As a Systems Engineer, you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Responsibilities Develop and apply advanced engineering and design methods, theories and research techniques in the investigation and solution of complex and advanced system requirements, hardware/software interfaces and applications and solutions. Operate and sustain the ongoing daily operational use of VMware infrastructure including updating, testing, and deploying the vSphere and vCenter product releases. Identify and report concerns or issues encountered during installation, testing, and deployment of new software releases. Manage and administer physical and virtual servers, primarily Windows and Linux servers. Support and manage server virtualization, server provisioning, physical server maintenance, security compliance, and daily operations. Manage VMware vSphere with emphasis on automation, and enterprise storage and backup system administration, installation and ongoing maintenance experience. Maintain server lifecycle – provisioning, maintenance, and decommissioning of hardware. Maintain the virtualized server environment via configuration, implementation, management, and support activities. Monitor the virtual server infrastructure environment’s health status, service performance, and utilization. Implement and maintain continuous compliance to information security policies and technical standards, reporting and remediation of non‑compliances. Maintain the security baseline compliance via configuration, implementation, and remediation activities. Troubleshoot, maintain integrity, and configure network components along with implementing operating systems enhancements to improve reliability and performance. Integrate new technologies into new and existing systems including the transition and migration of corporate systems. Perform systems administration of desktop and server systems connected to local and wide area networks. Desktop system management responsibilities involving account monitoring, security, OS installation, and other local area system administration related functions. Provide installation and operational support of voice and data communications hardware and software systems. Diagnose and troubleshoot storage systems and other related technologies. Oversee the installation of new storage hardware and software according to standard operating procedures. Perform configuration of operating system and security patches for host and distributed systems and implement incident response procedures during incidents of a network or host security breach. Review customer requirements and make recommendations for changes to existing technical architecture. Comply with prescribed customer, industry, and agency standards. Provide support to IT systems including day‑to‑day operations, monitoring, and problem resolution for all client/server/storage/network devices, mobile devices, and support, administer and maintenance of enterprise data center systems comprised of both physical and virtual servers, storage, backups, monitoring, and automation. Participate in special projects as required. Qualifications Required Education: BA/BS + 8 years of experience. Certifications: DoD Manual 8570.01‑M at the Information Assurance Technical (IAT) Level II role. Security Clearance: TS/SCI clearance and ability to obtain and maintain Polygraph. Working technical competency in one or more of the following supported platforms: Microsoft Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, MS Hyper‑V/VMWare/ESx/Xen Hypervisors, Scripting, BMC Footprints, WSUS, Lumension, Bitlocker, SQL Server 2012, Microsoft IIS, Windows Server 2012 R2/2016, Win10, Red Hat 6.5, Microsoft Office. Hands‑on engineering experience with NetApp and other storage technologies. Experience with SAN, NAS and iSCSI storage implementations. Experience with capacity planning and sizing storage and backup environments. Experience in performance tuning and optimizing storage and backup environments. Experience with data center migrations and storage replication technologies. Experience with design, development, implementation and maintenance of large‑scale systems, preferably across multiple hardware platforms and data centers. Location: On Customer Site. Compensation The likely salary range for this position is $142,792 – $143,750. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range. Benefits Our benefits package for all U.S.-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 leave, military leave, 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 value most. Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans #J-18808-Ljbffr