GDIT
federal government
SeniorSoftwareEngineer
“Senior Software Engineer at GDIT. Skills: software engineering, scalable software capabilities, application architecture, immutable infrastructure patterns, Infrastructure-as-Code, Configuration-as-Code patterns, continuous integration, continuous deployment, observability stacks. Executes complex software engineering activities by transforming system design artifacts, user requirements, and mission workflows into scalable software capabilities supporting Advana operations on NIPRNet, SIPRNet, a”
What You'll Achieve.
strengthen mission resilience; expand capability coverage; improve operational effectiveness
Industry & Context.
resolves design conflicts; resolve integration challenges
Top Secret/SCI Clearance, US Citizenship Required
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
3+ years of related experience, TS/SCI Clearance
Nice to Have
Automated Testing, Continuous Integrations, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
What You'll Do.
Executes complex software engineering activities by transforming system design artifacts
and mission workflows into scalable software capabilities supporting Advana operations on NIPRNet
Develops advanced application features
data‑processing logic
and automation modules using Python
and Kubernetes to expand mission analytics
and customer‑facing tools.
Leads complex feature development
conducts in‑depth code reviews
and drives high‑volume story‑point delivery across sprint cycles.
Owns the application architecture
resolves design conflicts
defines the security‑by‑design baseline
and establishes immutable infrastructure patterns through reusable Terraform and Ansible modules.
Reviews all code for security and compliance alignment and architects end‑to‑end pipeline workflows with clearly defined quality gates.
Creates baseline STIG and container‑hardening profiles
automates compliance reporting
and leads remediation strategies across mission applications.
Designs Infrastructure‑as‑Code and Configuration‑as‑Code patterns that enforce environmental consistency
reduce configuration drift
and support repeatable provisioning across the full software lifecycle.
Integrates automated testing components into continuous integration and continuous deployment pipelines to support unit testing
compliance validation
and mission‑aligned acceptance checks.
Designs observability stacks
leads incident post‑mortems
and authors high‑level architecture and compliance documentation.
Evaluates emerging technologies and drives adoption strategies that strengthen mission resilience.
Collaborates with platform engineering
cybersecurity operations
configuration‑management teams
and DevSecOps pipeline engineers to resolve integration challenges and enhance reliability across mission applications.
Delivers source‑code updates
technical documentation
performance summaries
and enhancement recommendations that strengthen resilience
expand capability coverage
and improve operational effectiveness across the Advana ecosystem.
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Collaborates with platform engineering, cybersecurity operations, configuration‑management teams, and DevSecOps pipeline engineers to resolve integration challenges and enhance reliability across mission applications.
Communication Scope
authors high‑level architecture and compliance documentation; Delivers source‑code updates, technical documentation, performance summaries, and enhancement recommendations
Process & Methodology
drives high‑volume story‑point delivery across sprint cycles
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