Sr. Platform Engineer (Mission Partner Environment)

General Dynamics Information Technology
Fairfax, VA, United States
19 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
5 years minimum
Compensation
$170,000.0 - $230,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Microsoft Windows Active Directory CompTIA Security+ Linux Information Technology Operations Interoperability Rapid Prototyping Process Zero Trust Network Access Security Content Automation Protocol Systems Integration HybridCloud Containerization
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Kubernetes Information Technology Devsecops

Job description

Apply your expertise to advance the mission and optimize our business strategy as a Sr. Platform Engineer (Mission Partner Environment) at GDIT. Here, you’ll support solving some of our clients’ biggest challenges and help us grow the business., As a Sr. Platform Engineer (Mission Partner Environment), you will support the business strategy that helps ensure that today is safe and tomorrow is smarter.

  • Lead technical contributions to delivery efforts, designing and implementing solutions that respond to customer pain points and enable the achievement of contract objectives through innovative technology deployments.

  • Collaborate with our Enterprise Solutions, Delivery Services, and Capability teams to bring the best of our solutions to the proposal and then support delivery of these to our customers

  • Drive key outcomes as a significant individual contributor within a delivery focused team that support various program and IR&D efforts across Defense.

  • Utilize common IT Operations tools, novel and new cyber capabilities, and proven assessment frameworks to tailor Zero Trust modernization for the end customer

Requirements

DevSecOps,Hybrid Cloud Solutions,Information Technology (IT) Infrastructure Engineering

Certifications:

CompTIA Security+ CE CompTIA - CompTIA

Experience:

10 + years of related experience, Bring your technology expertise and drive for innovation to GDIT. The Mission Partner Environment Sr. Platform Engineer must have:

  • Education: Bachelor’s degree or an additional 4+ years of experience in lieu of a degree

  • Experience: 10+ years of related experience

  • Technical skills:
  • Demonstrated experience in Infrastructure Storage Provisioning and Management, VDI Deployment, Active Directory and GPO, Linux and Windows System Admin, Endpoint Management, Continuous Monitoring (patching, scanning - SCAP and ACAS).
  • Demonstrated experience in Research & Development and Rapid Prototyping - capable of decomposing customer problems, identifying technology-based solutions, building proof-of-concept development plan, executing hands-on development, and identifying path to scale.
  • Must have 5 or more year of experience developing, managing and deploying data centric mission partner networks for US government customers.
  • Must possess knowledge of current policy regarding foreign mission partner sharing and interoperability and the specific technologies involved.
  • Must also possess experience applying zero trust principles and technologies in enhancing mission partner environment (MPE) capabilities and interoperability.
  • Experience developing and integrating emerging commercial technologies to meet Government security requirements (e.g., NIAP, NIST, CSfC).
  • DevSecOps experience deploying cloud and hybrid-cloud solutions with automation, containerization, and Kubernetes technologies.

  • Security clearance level: Top Secret clearance required to start

  • IAT level 2 Certification

  • Role requirements: Strong communication, analytical, and time management skills that enable innovative design and technical thought leadership in a rapidly evolving business environment.

  • Location: Remote with up to 50% travel

Benefits & conditions

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 $170,000 - $230,000. 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.

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.

Our Identity Verification Process:

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.

About the company

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers technology solutions 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 mission-ready capabilities in AI, cloud, cyber and software development.

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