Jr. Applications Support Engineer at General Dynamics Information Technology – Aldie, Virginia

USA VA Home Office (VAHOME)
Full time
RQ214380
Type of Requisition:
Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:
None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
None

Public Trust/Other Required:
None

Job Family:
IT Infrastructure and Operations

Job Qualifications:

Skills:
Applications Support, Enterprise Software as a Service (SaaS), Production Support
Certifications:
None
Experience:
2 + years of related experience
US Citizenship Required:
No

Job Description:

GDIT is seeking a motivated Jr. Applications Support Engineer to provide operational and technical support for enterprise business applications used by functional departments across the organization. This role supports a portfolio of systems delivered through both SaaS and on-premises deployment models, ensuring reliable performance, availability, and user satisfaction.

The ideal candidate will troubleshoot application issues, manage service requests, monitor system health, and collaborate with business stakeholders, vendors, and internal IT teams to resolve incidents and implement enhancements. You will help maintain application stability, support upgrades and releases, document processes, and contribute to continuous service improvement.

This position is well suited for early-career professionals looking to build hands-on experience with enterprise systems, business workflows, and IT service management practices in a dynamic environment.

MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT

• Provide Tier 1 and Tier 2 support for enterprise business applications (SaaS and on-prem)
• Investigate and resolve incidents, defects, and performance issues
• Support integrations, user access, and configuration changes
• Coordinate with vendors and cross-functional teams
• Monitor system availability and respond to alerts
• Maintain operations documentation and knowledge base articles
• Assist with testing, deployments, and release activities
• Critical problem solving and troubleshooting for application, integration and access issues.
• Deliver excellent customer service to business users

WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

Bring your technology expertise and drive for innovation to GDIT. The Jr. Applications Support Engineer must have:

• Education: Bachelor's degree required
• 2+ years of experience in application support, production support, or systems support roles
• Hands-on experience supporting SaaS applications and on-premises enterprise business applications
• Strong troubleshooting skills across applications, infrastructure and cloud service layers
• Understanding of application architectures, including client/server and web-based systems
• Experience with Single Sign-On (SSO) technologies (e.g., Okta, Entra, etc.) and integrations
• Experience with application integrations including secure FTP and APIs
• Familiarity with SaaS platforms, cloud-hosted applications and native cloud services
• Strong understanding of incident, problem, and change management processes
• Ability to work with business users, vendors, and internal technical teams
• Strong documentation, communication, issue resolution and customer service skills
• Experience working in regulated or enterprise environments
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain technical issues to non-technical stakeholders
• Ability to participate in on-call rotations and provide after-hours support when required
• Preferred experience: ERP systems/integration platforms/scripting or automation; Understanding of DevOps or CI/CD processes; Familiarity with batch jobs, scheduled processes, and data feeds; Experience with ITSM ticketing systems (ServiceNow, Jira, etc.)

• Location: Remote

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE
At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.
• Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities
• Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals
• Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off
• Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace

OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY
Explore an enterprise IT career at GDIT and you'll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your desire to drive operations forward.

The likely salary range for this position is $73,965 - $85,100. 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:
Remote

Work Location:
Any Location / Remote

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. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee's date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. 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 30,000 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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