Systems Engineer -TS/SCI with Polygraph

Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact as a Systems Engineer supporting an Agile software development team in building, maintaining, and supporting enterprise, cloud, web applications. While you help us advance the mission, we'll help you build your skills and advance your career.

At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a Systems Engineer supporting our customer in Herndon, 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.

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: 8+ 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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