Unix and Linux Team Lead

General Dynamics Information Technology•USA FL Home Office (FLHOME), FL

2d•$142,792 - $184,000•Remote

About The Position

GDIT is seeking a Unix and Linux Team Lead for its National Institutes of Health (NIH) CIT Hosting and Storage Services Program. The role leads a technical team responsible for compliant Unix and Linux systems, providing direction and accountability for day-to-day operations and maintenance, service delivery, and project execution. The leader applies technical expertise to guide decisions and address complex challenges while fostering collaboration, accountability, continuous improvement, and innovation. The position balances reliable current service delivery with modernization and improvement of services and capabilities. The role requires obtaining and maintaining a Public Trust and completing onsite fingerprinting at a designated facility. The investigation may review personal and criminal behavior, financial conduct, foreign influence, and other adjudications. The position is remote, with less than 10% travel and 40 scheduled weekly hours.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in an IT-related discipline and 6 or more years of experience, or equivalent experience.
Experience overseeing a portfolio of technology services and leading a technical team’s day-to-day operations, maintenance, service delivery, and project activities.
People management experience, including recruiting, hiring, performance management, professional development, training, and mentoring engineers.
Experience leading technical projects and initiatives from planning through successful delivery.
Broad hands-on experience and technical knowledge across infrastructure technologies, including Unix and Linux variants and supporting infrastructure services such as configuration management.
Experience designing, operating, troubleshooting, and optimizing complex enterprise environments.
Experience modernizing technology services and delivery practices using standardization, automation, and emerging technologies such as AI.
Experience applying Agile and project management practices to manage priorities and backlogs, facilitate Scrum or similar delivery processes, and drive technical initiatives to completion.
Working knowledge of ITIL principles and practices, including incident, problem, service request, change, and service level management.
Ability to analyze complex technical and operational issues, provide technical guidance, and lead teams through problem resolution.
Strong customer and stakeholder engagement skills and the ability to translate technical issues, risks, and recommendations for technical and non-technical audiences.
Must obtain and maintain a Public Trust and complete onsite fingerprinting at a designated facility.

Nice To Haves

Relevant industry certifications in RHEL, Solaris, Unix, cloud technologies, ITIL, Agile, or project management.
Experience supporting technology services in a federal government, healthcare, or similarly regulated environment.

Responsibilities

Provide day-to-day team oversight by delegating and prioritizing work, resolving roadblocks, and ensuring timely, efficient delivery of Unix and Linux services.
Partner with federal and program leadership as a subject matter expert to oversee the team’s service catalog, identify customer demands, develop the technical strategy and vision, and guide the team in executing it.
Coordinate with Project Managers and Scrum Masters on project timelines, execution, resource requirements, risk management, and status reporting; step into a project manager role for strategic team projects when needed.
Drive innovation and continuous improvement to deliver new services and ways of working that meet future customer demands.
Oversee personnel management, including recruitment, hiring, performance management, training, and mentoring.
Oversee incidents, coordinate with resolution parties, maintain stakeholder communications during and after incidents, and ensure after-action reporting.
Lead technical projects and initiatives from planning through successful delivery.
Modernize technology services and delivery practices through standardization, automation, and emerging technologies to improve efficiency, delivery speed, customer experience, and reduce manual effort.
Apply Agile and project management practices to manage priorities and backlogs, facilitate Scrum or similar processes, and complete technical initiatives.
Analyze complex technical and operational issues, provide technical guidance, and lead teams through resolution.
Engage customers and stakeholders and communicate technical issues, risks, and recommendations to technical and non-technical audiences.

Benefits

Medical plan options, including options with Health Savings Accounts
Dental plan options
Vision plan
401(k) plan with company match
Full flex work weeks where possible
Paid time off, including vacation, sick, and personal time
Paid holidays
Paid parental leave
Military leave
Bereavement leave
Jury duty leave
Up to 160 hours of paid family leave in a rolling 12-month period for eligible employees
Short- and long-term disability benefits
Life insurance
Accidental death and dismemberment insurance
Personal accident insurance
Critical illness insurance
Business travel and accident insurance
Wellness programs
Internal mobility support and an AI-powered career tool for career development