Lead DS Engineer
About The Position
Advance how our customers operate while you advance your career. Join GDIT as a Lead Distribution Systems Engineer and build an impactful career in enterprise IT, collaborating with people who are driven and resourceful like you. This role involves leading and supervising OSP/ISP, fiber optic, and communication closet engineers and technicians, ensuring coordinated and integrated engineering across all disciplines. You will manage Agency and Subcontractor labor, including daily direction, quality assurance, performance oversight, and conflict resolution. Serve as the primary engineering liaison to Government POCs and base stakeholders, coordinating base access, security requirements, installation schedules, materials, and personnel deployment. Validate engineering deliverables including drawings, design inputs, reports, and risk assessments. Lead design reviews, planning sessions, and strategic decision-making for DS workstreams. Identify and mitigate engineering risks, design conflicts, and installation challenges. Support program leadership with execution planning, reporting, and stakeholder engagement. Maintain expert-level knowledge of AF/SF standards, TIA/EA, UFC, I3A, OSP/ISP, CEL requirements, and fiber technologies.
Requirements
- 10+ years in telecommunications engineering, network infrastructure, OSP/ISP design, or related disciplines
- 5+ years leading multi‑discipline engineering teams in field or deployment environments
- Experience delivering large‑scale communications modernization projects for DoW, federal, or large enterprise environment
- Experience managing subcontractor labor and agency field teams
- Familiarity with AF/SF installation processes, base coordination, and engineering standards
- Strong background in OSP construction, fiber design/testing, and telecommunications room infrastructure
- Ability to obtain and maintain an interim Secret clearance
- US Citizenship Required
Nice To Haves
- Experience leading on-site teams performing AFNET, DISA, or DoW network infrastructure/modernization programs
- BICSI OSP (Outside Plant Designer)
- FOA CFOT (Fiber Optic Technician)
- OSHA 30 or equivalent safety certification
- Security+ CE (DoW requirement for base network environments)
Responsibilities
- Lead and supervise OSP/ISP, fiber optic, and communication closet engineers and technicians, ensuring coordinated and integrated engineering across all disciplines
- Manage Agency and Subcontractor labor, including daily direction, quality assurance, performance oversight, and conflict resolution
- Serve as primary engineering liaison to Government POCs and base stakeholders
- Coordinate base access, security requirements, installation schedules, materials, and personnel deployment
- Validate engineering deliverables including drawings, design inputs, reports, and risk assessments
- Lead design reviews, planning sessions, and strategic decision-making for DS workstreams
- Identify and mitigate engineering risks, design conflicts, and installation challenges
- Support program leadership with execution planning, reporting, and stakeholder engagement
- Maintain expert-level knowledge of AF/SF standards, TIA/EA, UFC, I3A, OSP/ISP, CEL requirements, and fiber technologies
Benefits
- 401K with company match
- Competitive pay
- Paid time off
- Variety of medical plan options
- Dental plan options
- Vision plan
- Ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars
- Full flex work weeks
- Short and long-term disability benefits
- Life insurance
- Accidental death and dismemberment insurance
- Personal accident insurance
- Critical illness insurance
- Business travel and accident insurance
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
