DMDC Lead Communications Engineer

Req ID: RQ147223Type of Requisition: RegularClearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Top SecretJob Family: TelecommunicationsSkills:Enterprise Network,Technical Services,TelecommunicationsCertifications:Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) Security - Cisco SystemsExperience:7 + years of related experienceUS Citizenship Required:YesJob Description:Transform technology into opportunity as a Lead Communications Engineer with GDIT. A career in enterprise IT means connecting and enhancing the systems that matter most. At GDIT you’ll be at the forefront of innovation and play a meaningful part in improving how agencies operate.At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a Lead Communications Engineer you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on Lead Communications Engineer joining our team to support a major Department of Defense (DoD) customer with global operations. As a Lead Communications Engineer, you are responsible for the day-to-day operations and maintenance of the customer’s enterprise network and telecommunications infrastructure. Your job duties include hardware and software maintenance, system upgrades, infrastructure design and layout, disaster recovery design and implementation, troubleshooting, training, and offering technical support for projects. You will be working in a rewarding, mission focused environment providing engineering services and technical solutions to users within the Continental United States (CONUS) and Outside CONUS (OCONUS). Your efforts will help transform the enterprise through automation and migration of mission-critical applications to the cloud. This position requires minimal travel.You will join a group within the Defense Division which is responsible for engineering and delivering enterprise IT and infrastructure solutions across the DoD. You, as a recognized industry expert, will have the opportunity to not only contribute technical and leadership expertise on this program, but to lead teams and engineering disciplines across the business as your career grows. You will apply industry best practices and make recommendations on automation tools and capabilities to create efficiencies and reduce overall labor costs. Superior communication, leadership skills, and knowledge of engineering functions and responsibilities are required along with the ability to interface with other teams in program execution.Leading the engineering team, you will specifically,

Plan, direct, and manage day-to-day activities of the engineering team

Develop telecommunications engineering processes for the planning, integration, test, configuration management, and deployment of enterprise networks and telecommunication infrastructure

Provide technical services to identify, test, and document hardware and software solutions

Perform COTS telecommunications hardware and software market analysis

Propose upgrades or new hardware and software items to current programs in Engineering Change Proposals

Create status reports and briefings

Assume responsibility for telecommunications engineering projects and provide input and status to the program Integrated Master Schedule (IMS)

Represent the GDIT team in providing solutions to complex technical problems

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

Minimum Secret security clearance with ability to obtain a Top Secret clearance. Candidates must maintain the clearance.

7-10 years of applicable work experience as a telecommunications engineer

BA/BS in engineering or related field

Self-starter with ability to work independently and with teammates and stakeholders

Experience providing telecommunications engineering to DoD organizations in the NIPRNET and SIPRNET environments.

IAT II Certification

Location: Hybrid

US Citizenship Required

Preferred Skills:

Master’s degree in engineering or related field

ITILv3/4 Foundation

Current Top Secret [SSBI/T5]

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:

Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home

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

The likely salary range for this position is $106,371 - $177,632, 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.COVID-19 Vaccination: GDIT does not have a vaccination mandate applicable to all employees. To protect the health and safety of its employees and to comply with customer requirements, however, GDIT may require employees in certain positions to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Vaccination requirements will depend on the customer site requirements.We are GDIT. The people supporting some of the most complex government, defense, and intelligence projects across the country. We deliver. Bringing the expertise needed to understand and advance critical missions. We transform. Shifting the ways clients invest in, integrate, and innovate technology solutions. We ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. We are there. On the ground, beside our clients, in the lab, and everywhere in between. Offering the technology transformations, strategy, and mission services needed to get the job done.GDIT is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other protected class.