Type of Requisition:
Regular
Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:
Top Secret
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
Top Secret/SCI
Public Trust/Other Required:
None
Job Family:
IT Infrastructure and Operations
Job Qualifications:
Skills:
Active Directory (AD), Continuous Monitoring, DISA STIG, VMware Certifications:
None Experience:
10 + years of related experience US Citizenship Required:
Yes
Job Description:
SYSTEMS ENGINEER SR PRINCIPAL
Advance how our customers operate while you advance your career. Join GDIT as a Systems Engineer Sr Principal and build an impactful career in enterprise IT, collaborating with people who are driven and resourceful like you.
MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT
As a Systems Engineer Sr Principal, the work you’ll do at GDIT will be impactful to the mission of our customer’s classified environment. You will play a crucial role in engineering, operating, and securing a classified Windows-based secure enclave, ensuring highly available, resilient, and compliant systems that support mission-critical workloads.
KEY DUTIES
Lead and support patching, maintenance, and O&M of enclave servers, storage, VMware, and Windows/Active Directory, ensuring stability and security.
Monitor and maintain system health, performance, availability, and capacity across all assigned systems.
Collaborate with engineering and cybersecurity teams to design, build, configure, and sustain enclave systems, and provide advanced systems engineering expertise from planning through sustainment.
Support Continuous Monitoring (ConMon), including STIG compliance, vulnerability remediation, security application administration, and annual assessment activities.
Install, configure, test, and maintain operating systems, applications, management tools, and security solutions, providing robust approaches for security, backup, restoration, redundancy, and continuity.
Utilize Windows/Active Directory, VMware, enterprise storage, backup/recovery, and security tools to operate and evolve enclave capabilities in alignment with DoW and IC requirements.
Prepare and maintain documentation for systems engineering processes, procedures, configurations, and projects, and help drive process and tooling improvements based on emerging technologies.
WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED
Bring your technology expertise and drive for innovation to GDIT. The Systems Engineer Sr Principal must have:
● Education: Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science
● Experience: 10+ years of related experience
● Technical skills:
Administering and maintaining Windows/Active Directory, VMware, and enterprise storage
Patching, hardening, STIG implementation, and vulnerability remediation
Installing, configuring, monitoring, and maintaining enterprise systems, including backup and recovery
Troubleshooting complex system issues and working with cross-functional engineering and cybersecurity teams
Contributing to ConMon artifacts, STIG checklists, and assessment documentation
Supporting secure enclave, hybrid, or virtualized environments
Familiarity with DoW or Intelligence Community systems engineering, cybersecurity, and compliance requirements
● Role requirements:
Security clearance level: Current and active Top Secret
Onsite - Mclean, VA
Must be DoW 8140 / 8570.01-M compliant (e.g., Security+ or equivalent)
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.
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