Senior Platform Engineer - Friday - Tuesday 8:00AM - 4:30pm EST - REMOTE

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

None

Public Trust/Other Required:

BI Full 6C (T4)

Job Family:

IT Infrastructure and Operations

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Oracle WebLogic Scripting Tool, Oracle WebLogic Server Administration, SQL Query Writing, TIBCO General Interface, Unix Shell Scripting

Certifications:

None

Experience:

5 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

Yes

Job Description:

Transform technology into opportunity as a Platform Engineer Senior with GDIT, where 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 as we provide enterprise IT operations and maintenance (O&M) services for the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) automated biometric identification system (IDENT) and the Office of Biometric Identity Management (OBIM) to store, match, share, and analyze biometric and biographic data in support of DHS’s strategic mission. At the most critical moments of change, we’re there – bringing the resources, solutions, and expertise to help our clients take on some of the world’s biggest challenges – and GDIT is excited to offer you a unique opportunity to join a best performing O&M team supporting one our nation’s most critical national security, law enforcement, immigration and border management, and intelligence missions. With a career in Information Technology at GDIT, you’ll make the end user’s experience your priority and we’ll make your career growth ours. 

At GDIT, people are our differentiators.  Our success depends on a Platform Engineer Senior joining our program’s Application Support team to monitor and maintain enterprise application performance across Production and Non-Production environments, support investigative and remediation efforts for complex technical issues, and work proactively and collaboratively with an entrepreneurial mindset to deliver O&M support that enables our customers and stakeholders to achieve their critical missions.  

As a Senior Systems Engineer you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. This is a 1st shift position with all regular shifts scheduled to start no later than 8:00 am Eastern (ET):
• Regular scheduled workweek includes mandatory Saturday and Sunday for this position
• Regular scheduled workweek days off are consecutive
• Choice of 4-day or 5-day contiguous workweek.

HOW YOU WILL MAKE AN IMPACT:
• Works with stakeholder user communities and technical professionals from different disciplines to resolve complex technical issues
• Stages & deploys new code to update applications while maintaining baseline standards across multiple operating platforms in Production and Non-Production Environments
• Escalates, monitors, and reports incidents in a timely fashion to ensure stakeholder Service Level Agreements (SLA) are met
• Develop and apply advanced methods, theories, and research techniques in the investigation and solution of highly complex system requirements and system diagnostics of TIBCO BW, WebLogic, Oracle Database, and EMS services
• Review literature and current practices to support business requirements
• Provides technical consultation on current and proposed systems
• Works with program's Security team on an on-going basis to ensure compliance with DHS and NIST standards. 

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED:
• Education: Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science, preferably in computer engineering, computer science, information systems, or related field of study
• Required Experience: 5+ years of related experience
• Required Technical Skills: experience in UNIX shell scripting; working knowledge with Git/GitHub

Experience developing SQL and/or Jython scripts; experience in Oracle WebLogic Server and Fusion Middleware administration, managing multiple application domains and configuring multiple authenticators;
• Security Clearance Level: Public Trust (DHS HQ EOD required to start; must be able to obtain DHS HQ Final Suitability)
• Required Skills and Abilities: excellent troubleshooting and analytical skills; excellent communication skills.

Must be able to function as part of a troubleshooting team comprising service delivery agents, developers, other technical support engineers, and Government staff/officials to identify root causes of issues so that journaling of incidents can be captured for reports and other technical bulletins for