Remote- Systems Engineering -

Regular Clearance Level Must Currently Possess: Top Secret SCI + Polygraph Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None Public Trust/Other Required: None Job Family: IT Infrastructure and Operations Job Qualifications: Skills: Complex Systems, DevOps, Software Systems Engineering Certifications: None Experience: 10 + years of related experience US Citizenship Required: Yes Job Description: We are seeking a hands-on Systems Engineer with deep, practical experience across infrastructure, platforms, cloud, and application ecosystems. This role suits a technical leader who can analyze current-state environments, design future-state architectures, and execute complex system implementations end‑to‑end. What You’ll Do: Perform full-stack systems engineering across network, compute, storage, OS, middleware, databases, and applications Document “as-is” architectures and develop detailed “to-be” designs Lead cloud and on‑prem implementations, migrations, upgrades, and modernization initiatives Ensure system availability, scalability, performance, security, and compliance Integrate systems and platforms with DevOps/DevSecOps pipelines Troubleshoot complex, cross-domain issues Collaborate with infrastructure, platform, software, DevOps, and data teams Produce technical documentation, diagrams, standards, and runbooks Serve as an escalation point and technical authority Communicate effectively with executives and cross-organizational partners Required Technical Skills: Enterprise networking, firewalls, load balancers, DNS SAN/NAS/Object storage Kubernetes, Docker Linux (RHEL/CentOS) administration, hardening, automation PKI and identity management Cloud platforms: AWS, Azure, or GCP Hybrid and on‑prem integration, cloud networking/security/cost optimization Relational & NoSQL databases (Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, MongoDB, Cassandra, DynamoDB, Redis) APIs, web services, middleware, SDLC fundamentals Event messaging (SQS, SNS, RabbitMQ) IaC, automation, and scripting (Terraform, Ansible, Python, Bash, PowerShell, CloudFormation) CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD) Security best practices and system hardening Monitoring/observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, ELK, CloudWatch) Ability to produce “as-is” and “to-be” architectures plus implementation/migration plans Preferred Skills: Zero Trust architectures AI/ML or data platform exposure Big data platforms (Hadoop, Databricks, Snowflake, BigQuery) Experience supporting mission-critical systems ITIL or agile delivery experience Cloud, security, or architecture certifications (AWS SA/DevOps, Azure Admin, CKA/CKAD, ITIL) What You'll Need to Succeed: Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical certifications or training, or work experience. Location: Herndon, VA Hours: Contract core hours, 9am - 3pm Security Clearance: TS/SCI with Polygraph US Citizenship Required 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 #WeAreGDIT #JET #GDITEnhanced2026 #VA_2026Alumni The likely salary range for this position is $162,037 - $219,227. Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 Travel Required: None Telecommuting Options: Onsite Work Location: USA VA Herndon Additional Work Locations: Total Rewards at GDIT: Our benefits package for all US-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, military, 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. 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