Req ID: RQ219828
Type of Requisition: Regular
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Top Secret SCI + Polygraph
Public Trust/Other Required: None
Job Family: Professional Engineering
Skills:
Engineering Leadership,Enterprise IT Infrastructure,Large Scale IT Projects
Experience:
10 + years of related experience
US Citizenship Required:
Yes
Job Description:
ENGINEERING MANAGER
OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY. MAKE YOUR IMPACT
As an Engineering Manager supporting the CIO Infrastructure Services (CIS) program, you will lead enterprise-wide engineering design, modernization, and integration efforts across one of the Intelligence Community's most complex IT infrastructures. You will oversee engineering teams responsible for developing, testing, accrediting, and deploying advanced enterprise capabilities spanning compute, storage, networking, virtualization, load balancing, identity services, monitoring, and multi-domain environments.
You will partner closely with the Program Manager, Deputy Program Manager, Operations Manager, and Government stakeholders to deliver secure, resilient, and future ready engineered solutions. Your work directly enables the modernization, reliability, and mission readiness required across the global Defense Intelligence Enterprise.
HOW AN ENGINEERING MANAGER WILL MAKE AN IMPACT
Lead enterprise engineering teams responsible for system design, architecture, prototyping, testing, integration, accreditation, and deployment of complex enterprise IT services
Oversee the full engineering lifecycle-requirements analysis, design, lab testing, documentation, implementation guidance, engineering to operations transition, and sustainment
Manage engineering baselines, system roadmaps, and modernization strategies to meet CIO's two-to-five-year technology evolution objectives
Ensure engineering solutions comply with the client DoW, and IC security requirements-including RMF, STIGs, zero trust principles, auditability, and high availability standards
Coordinate with Operations to validate system readiness, integrate monitoring/observability, and support seamless transition of new solutions into production environments
Oversee and mature developmental lab environments to test new capabilities, validate configurations, conduct performance assessments, and simulate operational conditions
Support enterprise modernization initiatives including virtualization enhancements, cloud enabled architectures, automation, storage optimization, VDI modernization, PKI improvements, and next generation endpoint engineering
Provide engineering oversight for upgrades, technology refresh initiatives, infrastructure replacements, and mission driven enhancements
Develop engineering documentation-including design packages, SOPs, cutover plans, transition artifacts, security artifacts, and implementation guidance
Collaborate with cyber, network, data center, and operations teams to ensure engineering plans align with mission needs and enterprise standards
Provide Tier 3/SME engineering support during complex incidents, outages, or integration issues
Recommend emerging technologies, industry best practices, and architectural improvements to enhance resiliency, scalability, performance, and security
Lead engineering change management activities, ensuring proper testing, validation, and risk mitigation prior to deployment
Support program performance reporting, technical assessments, and engineering related CDRL deliverables
WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED
Required:
CLEARANCE: Active TS/SCI with CI Polygraph
EDUCATION: Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, information systems, or related field (Additional experience may substitute for degree)
10+ years of engineering experience in large-scale enterprise IT environments
5+ years of engineering leadership experience managing multidisciplinary technical teams
Expertise in enterprise infrastructure domains such as virtualization, storage, compute, networking, identity services, load balancing, VDI, endpoint engineering, and monitoring
Experience leading lab validation, prototyping, configuration development, and engineering integration activities
Understanding of RMF, NIST 800-53, STIGs, SCRM, cybersecurity controls, and ATO processes
Strong technical communication, leadership, and cross team coordination skills
Ability to lead teams across geographically dispersed locations
US citizenship required
LOCATION: Onsite
Preferred:
ITIL v4 Foundations certification
Experience supporting the client, DoDIIS, or Intelligence Community engineering programs
Experience with IaC, configuration automation, and DevOps tooling (e.g., Ansible, Terraform, GitLab)
Experience supporting cloud integrated or hybrid enterprise environments
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.
CIS
The likely salary range for this position is $169,604 - $229,464. 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 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 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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