Lead DS Engineer

Job Overview

Lead Distribution Systems Engineer at GDIT – responsible for advancing customer operations while advancing your own career. Based on Eielson Air Force Base, Fairbanks, Alaska, this role leads multi‑discipline engineering teams in field and deployment environments, managing subcontractor and agency labor, and serving as the primary engineering liaison to government contacts.

• Lead and supervise OSP/ISP, fiber optic, and communication closet engineers and technicians.
• Manage agency and subcontractor labor, providing 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 work streams.
• 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.

• US citizenship required.
• Secret clearance (current or obtainable).
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or equivalent and at least 10 years of telecommunications engineering experience.
• Minimum 5 years of leadership experience managing multi‑discipline engineering teams in field or deployment environments.
• Experience delivering large‑scale communications modernization projects for DoW, federal, or large enterprise environments.
• 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.

• Certifications:
  
  BICSI OSP (Outside Plant Designer), FOA CFOT (Fiber Optic Technician), OSHA 30 or equivalent, Security+ CE.
• Experience leading on‑site teams performing AFNET, DISA, or DoW network infrastructure/modernization programs.

Competitive salary ranging from $107,744 to $126,500, commensurate with experience and location. Full‑flex work week when possible, comprehensive health, dental and vision plans, 401(k) with company match, paid time off (vacation, sick, holiday, parental, military, bereavement, jury duty), disability and life insurance, and additional benefits such as short‑term and long‑term disability, critical illness, and business travel insurance.

Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage applications from individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.

On‑site at Eielson Air Force Base (Fairbanks, Alaska). Regular weekly hours of 40 with less than 10% travel. Telework is not available for this position.