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Systems Engineer - ISSE

Job in Herndon, Fairfax County, Virginia, 22070, USA
Listing for: General Dynamics Information Technology
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-01-27
Job specializations:
  • IT/Tech
    Cybersecurity, Systems Engineer, IT Consultant
  • Engineering
    Cybersecurity, Systems Engineer
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 80000 - 100000 USD Yearly USD 80000.00 100000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below

Type of Requisition: Pipeline

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess: Top Secret SCI + Polygraph

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Top Secret SCI + Polygraph

Public Trust/Other

Required:

None

Job Family: IT Infrastructure and Operations

Job Qualifications:

Skills: Assessment & Authorization (A&A), NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF), System Security Plans, Systems Engineering

Certifications: None

Experience: 8 + years of related experience

US Citizenship

Required:

Yes

Job Description

Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact as a Systems Engineer - ISSE supporting customer activities. GDIT is your place to make meaningful contributions to challenging projects and grow a rewarding career.

At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a Systems Engineer - ISSE, you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on a Systems Engineer - ISSE joining our highly skilled team to be a premier provider of cyber security services to the customer.

How a Systems Engineer - ISSE Will Make an Impact
  • Communicate complex technical concepts and project information clearly and concisely to both technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Strong analytical and problem solving skills
  • Mentoring or training other team members and sharing their expertise within and across contracts, organizational boundaries and with Customers.
  • Speaking to audiences on technical matters such as cyber security or information security compliance.
  • Developing documentation to meet security requirements and guidance.
  • Creating test plans and conducting evaluations and/or prototyping.
What You’ll Need to Succeed
  • Education
    :
    Bachelors (Computer engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Information systems, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or a closely related discipline)
  • Required Experience
    : 8+ yrs
  • Required Technical

    Skills:

  • Experience specific to the skill or occupation. However, for specific computer languages, systems or technologies, expertise with the subject matter or technology outweighs the number of years of experience. This is especially true with emerging technologies.
  • Familiarity with network defense monitoring tools and systems, outlook, Microsoft office, information assurance assessment tools, encryption technologies, and identity and authentication technologies
  • Good interpersonal, organizational, writing, communications and briefing skills. Two years of demonstrated experience with the Sponsor’s or IC Community’s Assessment and Authorization (A&A) process, ICD 503, NIST Risk Management Framework.
  • Five years’ experience writing technical reports related to Authorization & Accreditation (A&A), System Security Plans (SSP), security policies, or guidance.
  • Desired

    Qualifications:

  • Demonstrated ability to analyze Information System (IS) test results and suggest compensating controls for meeting IS security requirements.
  • Two years’ experience with the Sponsor’s classified data environment.
  • Demonstrated experience with the Sponsor's policies, directives, and standards.
  • Any additional certifications (that are not mentioned in the “Minimum” requirements section above) and acquired within the last three years, that address any of the following technical areas: network infrastructure, mobile device integration, hardware evaluation, operating systems, technical support, configuring basic network infrastructure, authentication, security testing, intrusion detection/prevention, incident response and recovery, attacks and countermeasures, and malicious code countermeasures.
  • Five years of demonstrated knowledge and technical skills in: network architecture; configuration of a local area network (LAN); securing of operating systems.
  • Ten years of experience with hardening Microsoft Windows Server, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Apple/MAC OS, Unix/Linux systems, and virtualization software (VMware, Hyper-V, Virtual Box). Experience using vulnerability and compliance assessment tools such as Nessus, SCAP, or App Detective.
  • Demonstrated hands-on (not policy) experience in two (2) or more of the following areas:
    Network, host, cloud, data, or application security in multiple…
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