Type of Requisition:
Pipeline

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:
Top Secret/SCI

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
Top Secret/SCI

Public Trust/Other Required:
None

Job Family:
IT Infrastructure and Operations

Job Qualifications:

Skills:
Business Continuity, Critical Systems, Enterprise IT
Certifications:
None
Experience:
3 + years of related experience
US Citizenship Required:
Yes

Job Description:

Advance your career while impacting our national security in cyber as Systems Administrator at GDIT. Here, technologists have many paths to grow a meaningful career supporting cyber missions and operations across the federal government.

The Advana team is seeking a Systems Administrator to join their program

Advana is the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office's (CDAO) enterprise-wide, multi-domain data, analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI) platform that provides all DoW military and civilian decision makers, analysts, and builders with unprecedented access to enterprise data, tools, and capabilities.

Systems Administrator

• Conducts configuration-management and environment-administration activities supporting Advana System operations for Department of Defense missions, Joint Staff analysts, Combatant Command elements, and Senior Executive Service leadership.
• Inventories all active components across Advana environments and tags each item with an authoritative configuration-item identifier recorded in the configuration-management database. Maintains configuration baselines for all nodes and enclaves and captures signed, immutable snapshots at the end of each Program Increment.
• Executes automated state-comparison jobs to detect configuration drift, flags deviations for remediation, applies corrections, re-runs validation checks, and updates configuration records to maintain accuracy and traceability.
• Retires and decommissions obsolete assets and preserves final configuration records for audit and lifecycle documentation. Provisions and hardens Development (IL2), Test (IL2), Integration (IL5/IL6/JWICS), Staging (IL5/IL6/JWICS), and Production (IL5/IL6/JWICS) environments using Infrastructure-as-Code and Configuration-as-Code tooling, applying required security baselines, STIG controls, and classification-specific configurations.
• Maintains CI/CD pipelines supporting secure code and configuration flow from development through production, incorporating static analysis, secret scanning, and vulnerability-assessment stages.
• Implements identity and access controls aligned with least-privilege principles for developers, testers, and operators.
• Configures continuous monitoring, logging, and SIEM integrations to support operational visibility and mission assurance. Execute routine maintenance, backup operations, disaster-recovery tasks, and change-control activities.
• Performs compliance validation, environment-health checks, and incident-response coordination to sustain operational readiness and program value across all Advana enclaves.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED
Education: Technical Training, Certification(s) or Degree

• Certification: IAT III (CompTIA CASP+ CE, ISC² CISSP (or Associate), GIAC GCED, GIAC GCIH, or Cisco CCNP Sec
• Experience: 3+ years of related experience
• Security clearance level: TS/SCI Eligible

The likely salary range for this position is $111,155 - $150,385. 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:
Remote

Work Location:
USA VA Falls Church

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.