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:IT Infrastructure and Operations
Job Qualifications:Skills:Communication, Geospatial Systems, Planning
Certifications:None
Experience:5 + years of related experience
US Citizenship Required:Yes
Job Description:Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact as a System Engineer (Geospatial ETL) supporting customer activities. GDIT is your place to make meaningful contributions to challenging projects and grow a rewarding career.
HOW A GEOSPATIAL SYSEM ENGINEER WILL MAKE AN IMPACT- Development - Experience with geospatial software API's for data transformation and analysis:
- Esri ArcPoly
- GDAL
- GeoPandas (optionally, PySAL or MovingPandas)
- Data Automation - Experience with automating geospatial data workflows through tools like:
- ArcGIS GeoEvent Server
- ArcGIS Workflow Manager
- Apache Nifi
- Geospatial Databases/Datastores:
- ArcGIS Enterprise Database
- Postgres
- GeoMesa
- Experience with ETL tools such as SAFE FME
WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED:- Education: Bachelors Degree (Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Information Systems, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or a closely related discipline)
- Required Experience: 5-10+ years' experience working with proprietary and open-source geospatial data formats.
- Required Technical Skill:
- Python
- Security Clearance Level: TS/SCI with active Polygraph
- Location: Bethesda, MD - On Customer Site
GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:- 401K with company match.
- Comprehensive health and wellness packages.
- Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career.
- Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications.
- Cutting-edge technology you can learn from.
- Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays.
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The likely salary range for this position is $170,000 - $230,000. 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:Less than 10%
Telecommuting Options:Onsite
Work Location:USA MD Bethesda
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 package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.
Our Identity Verification Process:As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.
