Principal Systems Engineer - TS/SCI with Polygraph
General Dynamics Information Technology2 months ago
Chantilly, VA, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$128k - $173k/yr
Responsibilities
- Assess systems and capabilities across six task orders to identify redundancies, gaps, consolidation opportunities, decommissioning needs, and modernization paths.
- Define AI insertion strategies, use cases, integration patterns, implementation roadmaps, and responsible deployment guidance.
- Establish continuous-improvement frameworks, metrics, technical patterns, and best practices across task-order teams.
- Lead modernization and transition of legacy statements of work to a new target platform, including decomposition, migration planning, dependency analysis, and risk mitigation.
- Collaborate with PMO leadership, task-order leads, architects, sponsors, and other stakeholders on technical strategy and transition execution.
- Track and synthesize cost, schedule, and technical performance metrics and provide technical input on scope, risk, modernization, and AI priorities.
- Prepare technical briefings, options analyses, status updates, and required technical CDRLs.
- Drive adoption of DevSecOps, CI/CD, test automation, and observability practices.
- Create Power BI dashboards.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline is required; a master’s degree is preferred.
- Current TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is required.
- At least 8 years of related experience and at least 3 years in a fast-paced Agile development environment are required.
- Experience leading teams and implementing significant strategic initiatives is required.
- Extensive systems engineering and architecture experience for complex software-development programs is required.
- Experience with modernization, portfolio rationalization, or large-scale technical transformations is required.
- Hands-on understanding of AI/ML-enabled solutions and production integration patterns is required.
- Strong Agile/SAFe and DevSecOps experience is required.
- Experience working directly with government sponsors and senior stakeholders is required.
- Experience tracking and reporting cost, schedule, and performance metrics with PMO or program management is required.
- Power BI dashboard-building experience is desired.
- U.S. citizenship is required.
Benefits
- Medical plan options, including options with Health Savings Accounts, dental, vision, and 401(k) plans with company matching.
- Vacation, sick, personal, holiday, paid parental, military, bereavement, and jury-duty leave options.
- Short- and long-term disability, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness, and business travel and accident insurance.
- Full-flex work weeks where possible.
- Onsite work location in Chantilly, Virginia; 40 scheduled hours per week and no travel required.
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About General Dynamics Information Technology
General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) delivers enterprise IT, systems integration, cybersecurity, cloud, and software engineering services to U.S. federal agencies, including defense and intelligence organizations. It provides contract-based professional and managed services ranging from network operations and unified communications to training and simulation. GDIT is a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) and is headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia.