# Principal Systems Engineer

**Company**: GDIT
**Location**: Bossier City, LA
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $101,546 - $115,000
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

As a Principal Systems Engineer at GDIT, you will deliver simple solutions to complex problems and tailor cutting-edge solutions to meet client requirements. You will prioritize end-user experience and focus on ensuring today's safety and tomorrow's smartness.

**Key Responsibilities:**

- Provide phone support to customers to resolve issues related to future and current releases of IMIS.

- Run vulnerability assessments using STIGS/SCAP and implement additional security controls to reduce the attack surface of Operating Systems and network equipment.

- Recommend and evaluate hardware based on customer needs, ensuring no unwanted features are enabled by default.

- Make adjustments to Operating Systems and COTS software for configuration management and installation, and create tools to secure them.

- Research latest CVEs for software and hardware, and create documentation for OS patches and CVEs.

- Perform highly complex systems design, development, and integration throughout the system's life cycle.

- Oversee complex infrastructure, including installing, configuring, testing, and maintaining operating systems and system management tools.

- Perform continual maintenance and provide complex solutions for security, backup, and redundancy problems.

**Requirements:**

- Bachelor's degree in a related IT field.

- 8+ years of related experience; additional experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.

- Experience with GitLab repository, FIPS 140-2, Common Criteria, JSIG Processes, STIG Processes, Cisco ASA, Unix, Linux, Oracle Solaris, LDAP Integration.

- Active secret clearance or the ability to obtain one.

- Certification: Sec+ CE or 8140 equivalent.

**Benefits:**

- 401K with company match.

- Comprehensive health and wellness packages.

- Internal mobility team for career growth.

- Professional growth opportunities, including paid education and certifications.

- Paid vacation and holidays.

The likely salary range for this position is $101,546 - $115,000.

## Skills

### Required
- Deployment
- Operating Systems (OS)
- Systems Architecture
- Systems Engineering
- GitLab
- FIPS 140-2
- Common Criteria
- JSIG Processes
- STIG Processes
- Cisco ASA
- Unix
- Linux
- Oracle Solaris
- LDAP Integration

### Nice to have
- Sec+
- CE
- 8140 equivalent

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