Software Engineer 4

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

Top Secret SCI + Polygraph

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

Top Secret SCI + Polygraph

Public Trust/Other Required:

None

Job Family:

Software Engineering

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

CI/CD, Linux, Python (Programming Language), Unix Shell

Certifications:

None

Experience:

15 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

Yes

Job Description:

SOFTWARE ENGINEER SME

Transform technology into opportunity as a Software Engineer SME at GDIT. Shape what’s next for mission-critical government projects while shaping what’s next for your engineering career.

MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT
The Software Engineer shall be part of a team responsible for designing, developing and maintaining a comprehensive distributed Metrics and Monitoring solution for HPC systems to ensure the reliability, performance, and scalability of HPC infrastructure. In this position, the Software Engineer must be proficient with Splunk.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED
Bring your engineering expertise along with a drive for innovation to GDIT. The Software Engineer SME must have:
● Education: Bachelor of Science
● Experience: 12+ years of related experience

● Security clearance required: Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph
● Position Required Skills:

    Experience using the Linux CLI and the Linux suite of tools
    Experience developing Shell/Perl scripts to automate manual processes
    Recent software development experience using Python
    Experience with Splunk SPL, dashboard creation, and report development
    Experience with Splunk data onboarding, field extractions, data models, and performance tuning
    Experience with Splunk alerting, incident management workflows, and event correlation
    Familiar interfacing with Log Management tools including Syslog-ng and rsyslog
    Familiar Message Brokers such as Kafka
    Experience with IaC (Infrastructure as Code) principles and automation tools including Ansible
    Experience with CI/CD principles, methodologies, and tools such as GitLab CI 
    Experience with Git Source Control System
 

● Position Desired Skills:

    Experience with the Atlassian Tool Suite (JIRA, Confluence)

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE
At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.
● Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities
● Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals
● Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off
● Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace

OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY
Explore a career in software development at GDIT and you’ll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your dedication to advancing innovation.

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The likely salary range for this position is $195,500 - $264,500. 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.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Travel Required:

None

Telecommuting Options:

Onsite

Work Location:

USA MD Annapolis Junction

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT:

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 pack