Req ID: RQ210715
Type of Requisition: Regular
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Top Secret SCI + Polygraph
Public Trust/Other Required: None
Job Family: IT Infrastructure and Operations
Skills:
Critical Systems,Integration,Process Improvements
Experience:
10 + years of related experience
US Citizenship Required:
Yes
Job Description:
Shape the Mission. Engineer the Future.
GDIT is your place to lead, innovate, and drive strategic change. We are seeking a Senior System Administrator / Integrator with proven experience delivering mission-critical integration for complex, multi-domain DoD environments. In this role, you'll be at the forefront of geospatial and intelligence system evolution - leading integration efforts, shaping architectural solutions, and mentoring technical teams.
As a Senior System Administrator / Integrator, you will lead the design and integration of advanced geospatial and intelligence platforms. Your work will translate operational and technical requirements into secure, scalable, and forward-looking architectures that align with Army modernization and convergence efforts.
What You'll Do:
Guide integration strategies across multi-vendor software stacks and hardware baselines.
Engage directly with Army stakeholders to refine system requirements, track dependencies, and drive alignment across multiple Army government organizations.
Provide technical leadership across full system lifecycles - from concept to operational deployment - ensuring rigorous engineering discipline and mission continuity.
Develop integration test strategies, manage system validation efforts, and oversee performance tuning and issue resolution for both imagery and geospatial software baselines.
Lead integration efforts and manage complex issues in real-time and driving improvements for interoperability and readiness.
Key Responsibilities:
Serve as technical lead for Army systems integration initiatives and geospatial software baselines.
Develop system-level architecture views, data flow diagrams, and interface designs.
Lead the generation of integration artifacts including test plans, conformance matrices, and cross-domain interface documentation.
Interface with senior DoD stakeholders to provide updates, recommendations, and roadmap alignment.
Provide expertise in Army's Gold Master baselines and guide transition planning for new software versions.
Apply advanced scripting and automation (especially PowerShell) to streamline integration, testing, and configuration management.
Contribute to high-level technical decision-making with the mindset of "trust but verify," driving standards across engineering teams and integration workstreams.
Deliver consistently under time-sensitive conditions and provide executive-ready briefings, updates, and status reports.
Required Skills & Qualifications:
DoD Cyber Workforce Framework (DCWF) 8140
IAT Level II: CompTIA Security+, CySA+, or GSEC
Hands-on expertise with ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGIS Desktop, and supporting geospatial toolkits.
Experience integrating with Army tactical systems and understanding of Geospatial Engineer (12Y) workflows across Army echelons.
Familiarity with Army organizational constructs, GPC operations, and MIB-T system support environments.
Knowledge of secure DevSecOps principles and CI/CD pipelines supporting rapid capability deployment.
Certification in Kubernetes, K3S, or Red Hat OpenShift.
Familiarity with Palantir Mission Manager and Apollo software is desired.
Advanced PowerShell Skills:
Proficient in developing robust, production-level scripts featuring:
Data @types and keywords.
Logic constructs.
Functions and modules.
Data pipeline and parameter binding.
Text processing and regular expressions.
Cmdlets and modules.
External process invocation with output redirection and error checking.
Data file reading/write/manipulation (xml, json).
Concurrent processing using powershell jobs or runspace pools.
Code debugging.
Advanced data handling (XML/JSON).
REST API interaction.
Parallel processing via runspaces.
Secure credential handling and error management.
Modular, reusable architecture.
Custom logging and diagnostic utilities.
Experience integrating PowerShell with system and application layers for real-time diagnostics, patch automation, and configuration baselining.
Education: Bachelor's degree or higher in Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field.
Years of Experience: 10+ years of experience in systems administrator, engineering, and integration supporting large-scale system sustainability. 5+ years of related DoD, Military, or US Government related experience.
Clearance Required: Active TS/SCI
Citizenship: U.S. Citizenship Required.
Why GDIT?
At GDIT, your leadership accelerates mission outcomes. You'll join a community of experts committed to innovation, mentorship, and technical excellence. Here, you'll define what's next - not just for the system, but for the warfighter.
Be part of something greater. Own your career. Make an impact with GDIT.
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 $140,250 - $189,750. 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.
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 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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