Systems Engineer - TS/SCI with Polygraph in Chantilly, Virginia at General Dynamics Information Technology

USA VA Chantilly - Customer Proprietary (VAC034)
Full time
RQ221196
Type of Requisition:
Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:
Top Secret SCI + Polygraph

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
Top Secret SCI + Polygraph

Public Trust/Other Required:
None

Job Family:
IT Infrastructure and Operations

Job Qualifications:

Skills:
Atlassian Confluence, Atlassian JIRA, Windows Platforms
Certifications:
None
Experience:
10 + years of related experience
US Citizenship Required:
Yes

Job Description:

Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact as a Systems Engineer at GDIT. At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a Systems Engineer supporting our customer in Chantilly, VA, you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on a highly motivated System Engineer to support an Agile software development team in building, maintaining, and supporting enterprise, cloud, web applications. Responsibilities will include tasks to support project management, software development, and system integration. While you help us advance the mission, we'll help you build your skills and advance your career.

HOW BEING A SYSTEMS ENGINEERWILL MAKE AN IMPACT

• Serve as the Technical Liaison between the Customers and the Development Team.
• Support for System Requirements, including meetings with business stakeholders, Business Process Analysis, and requirement translation (e.g. mockups for GUI changes).
• Creation of requirements in Confluence and user stories in Jira.
• Decomposition of a process or large requirement in to smaller, logical chunks.
• Engineering support for the development team, including requirements clarification, system architecture documentation, and work flow diagrams.
• Engineering support for the Division Staff, to include system road maps, investigating issues, and responding to inquiries, emails, and technical tasks.
• Support in responding to System Incidents and Alerts from monitoring tools.
• Testing support, including requirements verification and user acceptance testing.
• Support for escalated help tickets (tier 2), including triage, coordination, and resolutions.
• Backup Scrum Master.
• Support system certification requirements (e.g. Auditable Financial System certification, Security's ICD 503 certification), including documentation and annual contingency/disaster recovery actions.
• Performance monitoring of Production applications using integrated monitoring tools.
• Preparation and materials for presentations (e.g. PowerPoint).
• Configuration Management / Version Control of documentation (e.g. SharePoint).
• Written input for PMO Briefings (accomplishments, plans, issues, risks).
• Conduct project briefings & technical demonstrations.
• Management and coordination for new IT initiatives.

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.
• Experience: 10+ years
• Technical skills:
• System engineering experience in support of web application development
• Requirement definition and tracking.
• Experience creating and maintaining technical documentation.
• Effective communication and collaboration skills
• Experience with Firefox, Chrome, and/or Edge on a Windows platform
• Experience with MS Office software products (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
• Security Clearance Level: Top Secret/SCI with Polygraph
• Preferred Skills:
• Experience with Jira and Confluence
• Experience supporting an Agile/Scrum software development team
• Scrum Master experience
• Experience with Visio or software used for system workflow, interface, and architecture diagrams
• Experience with system monitoring tools
• Software testing experience
• Experience with AWS cloud services
• Location: Chantilly, VA 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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The likely salary range for this position is $162,037 - $219,227. 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:
Less than 10%

Telecommuting Options:
Onsite

Work Location:
USA VA Chantilly

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. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology 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 capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.

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