IT Communication Systems Engineer

General Dynamics Information Technology

1d•$118,150 - $159,850•Onsite

About The Position

Transform technology into opportunity as an IT Communication Systems Engineer 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 As an IT Communication Systems Engineer, the work you’ll do at GDIT will be impactful to the mission of customer. You will play a crucial role in ensuring the reliability of everything from countdown clocks to telemetry circuits, and you directly safeguard launch operations and enable seamless coordination between our customer and it's mission partners. Lead the repair and optimization of mission-critical voice, video, and data systems; oversee complex fiber/copper plant operations and high-speed network backbones. Provision, configure, and manage Layer 2/Layer 3 network hardware, ensuring robust data transport Direct real-time configuration changes during active launch windows and serve as the escalation point for complex trouble tickets. Master and maintain diverse equipment suites, including DICES digital voice, LMR radio networks, timing systems, and integrated CCTV distribution. Lead collaborative troubleshooting efforts with the customer and the partners to resolve high-priority circuit issues and cross-agency integration faults. Execute and oversee physically demanding tasks in specialized environments, including tower climbing, man-lifts, and mission-critical confined spaces (launch platforms/tunnels). Architect comprehensive preventative maintenance plans, manage strategic spare parts inventories, and certify formal test and status documentation. Participates in special projects as required. WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED Bring your engineering expertise, along with a drive for innovation, to GDIT. The IT Communication Systems Engineer must have:

Requirements

Education: Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science
Experience: 5+ years of related experience
Technical skills: Professional or Expert Certification (Cisco, Juniper, Avaya), Infrastructure Engineering/Maintenance, Advanced Network Configuration, Operational Leadership, Strategic Systems Expertise, Lifecycle and Preventive Planning
Security clearance level: NAC-I
US citizenship required
Role requirements: Must be comfortable working at heights (towers/lifts) and in confined spaces (launch pads/tunnels).

Responsibilities

Lead the repair and optimization of mission-critical voice, video, and data systems
Oversee complex fiber/copper plant operations and high-speed network backbones
Provision, configure, and manage Layer 2/Layer 3 network hardware, ensuring robust data transport
Direct real-time configuration changes during active launch windows and serve as the escalation point for complex trouble tickets
Master and maintain diverse equipment suites, including DICES digital voice, LMR radio networks, timing systems, and integrated CCTV distribution
Lead collaborative troubleshooting efforts with the customer and the partners to resolve high-priority circuit issues and cross-agency integration faults
Execute and oversee physically demanding tasks in specialized environments, including tower climbing, man-lifts, and mission-critical confined spaces (launch platforms/tunnels)
Architect comprehensive preventative maintenance plans, manage strategic spare parts inventories, and certify formal test and status documentation
Participates in special projects as required.

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
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.
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.

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