Senior Systems Analyst; Proposal Engineer

Type of

Requisition :
Regular Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:
Top Secret/SCI Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
Top Secret SCI + Polygraph Public Trust/Other

Required:

None Job Family:
Functional Experts

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Cost Proposals, Technical Reporting, Vendor Coordination

Certifications:

None

Experience:

5 + years of related experience US Citizenship

Required:

Yes

Job Description:

Transform technology into opportunity as a Senior Systems Analyst (Proposal Engineer) with GDIT, supporting our intelligence customer. In this role, you will play a critical part in securing new business and enabling mission success by analyzing customer needs and technical requirements, leading systems analysis for enterprise IT infrastructure solutions, and collaborating across engineering, operations, and project management teams. You will translate complex technical and operational requirements into clear, compliant, and compelling solution designs and proposal content.

A career in enterprise IT means connecting and enhancing the systems that matter most. At GDIT, you’ll be at the forefront of innovation—helping to shape user-facing, data center, cloud, and enterprise services—and play a meaningful part in improving how the agency operates. At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a Senior Systems Analyst (Proposal Engineer), you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter.

Our work depends on a TS/SCI-cleared Senior Systems Analyst joining our team in Springfield, VA to support critical intelligence missions through rigorous requirements analysis, solution development, and high-impact proposal support.

This Senior Systems Analyst (Proposal Engineer) role is responsible for leading business development and solution design activities across multiple IT programs. In this role, you will be part of a multidisciplinary team of engineers and analysts collaborating across User-Facing, Data Center, Cloud, Operations, and multi-disciplinary Engineering teams, as well as new capabilities for emerging mission needs. You will shape IT infrastructure solutions that directly address client requirements through comprehensive requirements analysis, systems modeling, and strategic problem-solving.

This position covers the full lifecycle of solution development for proposals and projects, including requirements gathering, conceptualization, documentation, cost estimation, and delivery of high-quality proposal artifacts. As a senior-level proposal engineer you will serve as a key technical and functional interface between customers, engineering teams, and business development, ensuring that proposed solutions are feasible, compliant, and aligned with mission objectives.

• Analyze customer needs to determine functional and non-functional requirements for a wide variety of IT infrastructure and enterprise systems projects.
• Translate customer requirements into clear system specifications, use cases, and high-level architectures to guide solution design and technical approach.
• Coordinate, schedule, and lead internal and external Technical Exchange Meetings (TEMs) to clarify project requirements, resolve issues, and enable timely submission of proposals.

• Work closely with technical and functional staff (e.g., engineering, operations, cloud, data center teams) to develop integrated solutions that meet customer requirements, while identifying risks, external dependencies, and contingencies.
• Expedite proposal and project awards by mapping requirements to methodologies, labor categories, and material service catalogs to ensure solicitation criteria are met.
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