Systems Engineer - TS/SCI w/Polygraph

US Citizenship Required

About the Role

Ensure the safety and security of our nation as a Full Motion Video (FMV) Systems Engineer at GDIT. You’ll apply the latest technology and provide operational support to deliver actionable intelligence for the Intelligence Community. Your work will have meaning and impact as you deliver your best every day. Our work depends on the Systems Engineer joining our team to support fellow team members, end users, and other engineer teams with a focus on communicating effectively across all stakeholders in a dynamic event support operational environment.

The Systems Engineer will work independently under pressure and effectively identify, recommend, and problem solve system issues to ensure systems, software, and applications are properly configured to meet customer needs in an operational environment. The selected candidate will provide day or evening shift support to operations alongside various teams and perform technical activities that impact the health, maintenance, and running of systems, software, and applications, including FMV exploitation capabilities such as the Multi-INT Analysis and Archiving System (MAAS). The candidate is also required to provide on-call support based on a system support recall roster.

The Systems Engineer is a systems administrator with a strong aptitude to troubleshoot Tier 1 and Tier 2 technical problems in real-time, both independently and within a team environment.

Responsibilities

• Support and maintain system operations and schedules consistently across shifts.
• Communicate issue resolution in an educational and informative manner with end users.
• Troubleshoot issues and coordinate resolutions among team members and stakeholders across various locations and shifts.
• Exercise judgment within defined policies, practices, and procedures to determine appropriate action.
• Establish work methodologies to gather, organize, and report metrics for review with appropriate engineers for system monitoring and maintenance (e.g., records, reports, graphs, charts).
• Review and identify internal technical issues that impact the quality and reliability of motion and still imagery data sets.
• Understand video terminology and network dissemination protocols.
• Manage large data volumes, including health sustainment and migration of data content to external system environments.
• Conduct data recovery activities for systems, retrieving data from other external system libraries.
• Demonstrate basic Windows script knowledge, including understanding, creating, and troubleshooting batch files.
• Support daily/weekly program meetings as required.
• Provide 24/7 on-call Tier 1 and Tier 2 system support.
• Apply knowledge of the imagery exploitation lifecycle and various imagery systems.

Requirements

• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance.
• Eight (8) years of related experience.
• Experience with MAAS (Multi-INT Analysis and Archive System).
• Knowledge of Haivision, encoder technology, and video routing.
• Well-informed of current and future technologies.
• Subject matter expert (SME) in one discipline/field and developing working knowledge in adjacent disciplines/fields.
• Strong background supporting intelligence and FMV operations.
• Ability to create and maintain documentation and SOPs.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Proven problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Flexible and versatile enough to work on a variety of tasks and technologies.
• Self-starter with no need for training in system administration/Tier 1 support fundamentals.
• Fast learner, able to grasp and apply new information quickly.
• Ability to multitask and sustain multiple operational systems simultaneously based on current operational needs.
• Shows initiative on assignments, exercises independent judgment, and professionally executes projects with little direction.

Skills

• MS Windows 10, Server 2016, Server 2019
• SQL Server 2014/2016/2019
• vSphere 6+
• HP DL360+, HP MSA
• Visual Studio, Eclipse
• PowerShell 6+, SQL Script, PHP
• JBoss EAP 7.3, Active Directory, IIS 7+
• MS Office Suite 2016
• Symantec Anti-Virus, Veritas Backup Exec, MediaWiki
• Jira (ticket system)
• Knowledge of multiple video and still imagery formats

Pay

The likely salary range for this position is $161,500 - $218,500. Salary will be set based on experience, geographic location, and possibly contractual requirements.

Schedule

• Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40
• Day or Evening Shift support
• On-call support based on system support recall roster

Benefits

• 401K with company match
• Comprehensive health and wellness packages, including medical, dental, and vision plans
• Paid time off plans: vacation, sick, personal time, holidays, parental, military, bereavement, and jury duty leave
• Short and long-term disability benefits
• Life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness, and business travel and accident insurance
• Internal mobility team dedicated to career growth
• Professional growth opportunities, including paid education and certifications
• Cutting-edge technology learning opportunities

Location

Onsite at customer site in Springfield, VA.