System Engineer SME
Quick Summary
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: Data & Application Management (Imagery Transfer Agent) Data Flow & Availability: Act as the primary technical pipeline manager,
Skills:Active Directory (AD), Enterprise IT, Microsoft Windows Server, Systems Design,
Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:
Top Secret/SCIClearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
Top Secret/SCIJob Family:
IT Infrastructure and OperationsRequirements
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Job Description:
SYSTEMS ENGINEER SR PRINCIPAL
Advance how our customers operate while you advance your career. Join GDIT as a Systems Sr Engineer SR Principal and build an impactful career in enterprise IT, collaborating with people who are driven and resourceful like you.
MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT
- Data Flow & Availability: Act as the primary technical pipeline manager, making massive imagery datasets readily available and accessible to intelligence analysts.
- Database & Synchronization Management: Execute shell scripts (.sh) on Linux servers to audit, track, and verify the accurate synchronization of database entries to physical imagery files.
- Geocatalog Operations: Deploy, configure, and maintain the Geocatalog Enterprise application utilizing the Discover Apache web server.
- Middleware Integration: Oversee the installation, optimization, and messaging architecture for Erlang OTP, RabbitMQ Server, and Microsoft SQL Server
- Mass Storage Architecture: Manage the engineering, scaling, and daily operations of an 18-unit Nexsan Storage system totaling 20 Petabytes (PB) of data.
- Vendor & SLA Management: Serve as the technical point of contact to maintain and enforce vendor-contracted maintenance agreements for all enterprise storage units.
- SAN Switching: Configure, monitor, and troubleshoot Brocade switches to ensure maximum throughput, low latency, and high availability across the storage area network.
- Blade Server Management: Orchestrate, provision, and maintain six Dell MX7000 8-blade chassis systems, optimizing compute density and performance.
- Specialized Server Environments: Manage three JIANT servers alongside dedicated Nexsan storage to power and support the GEOINT ArcGIS Pro web server environment.
- Windows Systems Engineering (MSFT): Lead the deployment, OS installation, optimization, and security patching of enterprise servers and operational endpoints.
- Database Administration: Utilize Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) to handle foundational database management, queries, and regular patching.
- Custom Laptop Customization: Build, image, and maintain ruggedized GEOINT laptops pre-loaded with 10 specialized, highly confidential geospatial applications unique to this team.
- Hardware Provisioning: Manage a 16-slot laptop "hot-box"
provisioning station to ensure tactical machines are rapidly staged, updated, and ready for immediate deployment.
- 10 years of total experience
- 4+ years of experience with Microsoft Windows Server 2016 and 2019
- 2+ years of experience with Microsoft Exchange Server 2016
- BA/BS (Additional Education, Certifications, Training or Work experience can be substituted for the Degree or Work Experience.)
- 8570 / 8140 qualified
- ITIL Certification
- TS/SCI Required
Work Location:
USA NC Fort BraggAdditional Work Locations:
Location & Eligibility
About this job
- Pay per year
- $134,514–$161,000 a year
- 119% above the $67,450 median for Other jobs on Jobera (145,525 salaries).
- Posted
- 1 day ago
Listing Details
- Posted
- November 14, 2026
- First seen
- November 14, 2026
- Last seen
- November 14, 2026
Posting Health
- Days active
- 0
- Repost count
- 0
- Trust Level
- 68%
- Scored at
- November 14, 2026
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