DS Fiber Optic Lead

General Dynamics Information Technology

4d•$111,155 - $150,385•Remote

About The Position

The DS FO Engineer provides expert-level engineering support for fiber optic infrastructure including network backbone, distribution, and drop fiber systems. This role oversees GDIT, Agency, and Subcontractor fiber survey, installation, splicing, and testing teams.

Requirements

BA/BS or equivalent, 5+ years of experience
5+ years hands-on fiber optic installation, engineering, or testing experience
Strong experience in OTDR, OLTS, fusion splicing, inspection, and fiber certification
Experience managing fiber technicians or subcontractor splicing/testing teams
Understanding of fiber types, connectors, attenuation, dispersion, WDM, and optical transport principles
Experience with fiber backbone or campus-scale deployments
Secret Security Clearance

Nice To Haves

DoD, AF/SF, or large-scale enterprise fiber infrastructure experience
Experience with high-density fiber systems or modern optical architectures
FOA CFOT (required or strongly preferred)
FOA CFOS/T, CFOS/S, or CFOS/O (any specialty)
BICSI Technician or RCDD (preferred)

Responsibilities

Conduct detailed fiber assessments, routing verification, and documentation reviews
Develop splice schedules, fiber diagrams, optical power budgets, and routing plans
Manage GDIT, Agency, and Subcontractor fiber technicians performing splicing, testing, and termination activities
Oversee fiber characterization including OTDR, OLTS, inspection, and certification
Troubleshoot fiber performance issues and recommend remediation solutions
Coordinate with OSP, NW, and CEL engineers for space, routing, and connectivity integration
Validate engineering deliverables and as-built documentation
Provide SME-level support during design reviews and testing phases

Benefits

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
Flexibility: Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home
Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace
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.
GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year.
Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee’s date of hire.
The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees.
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.