Next Generation Desktop Environment (NGDE) Engineer - TS / SCI

Overview

GDIT is your place. Make it your own by bringing your ideas and unique perspective to our culture. By owning your opportunity at GDIT, you are helping us ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on a NGDE Engineer joining our team to support Government activities in Sterling, VA or Annapolis Junction, MD.

At GDIT, we foster a people-focused and customer-centric environment in delivering Desktop Engineering Services. As an NGDE Engineer supporting the Government, you will be a part of a team charged with designing and implementing Forcepoint's Trusted Thin Client (TTC) which provides users with secure simultaneous access to any number of networks / environments from a single endpoint device, including deploying the Distribution Console, Forcepoint Trusted Thin Client enterprise administration and security hub, maintaining secure connections to each virtualized backend network.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for Next Generation Desktop Engineering UNIX / Linux servers, operating systems, and successful integration with the hardware and software of the major computing systems across the organization
• Planning, testing, installing, and integrating new and upgraded versions of the relevant desktops on organizational computer systems such as Trusted Thin Client, all third-party software components (ForcePoint solution), and subsystems
• Conducting system security engineering activities (Linux focused).
• Installing, monitoring, and tuning Linux Server operating system software and virtual machine sub-system software
• Capturing and refining client requirements and ensuring they are effectively integrated into information technology component products and information systems through purposeful design, development, and configuration
• Providing expert level technical consultation to the development team to support the design process including Cross Domain Solution
• Employing best practices when implementing patch management / vulnerability management in the Linux construct
• Performing research, analysis, and design for all Linux computing systems and network infrastructure
• Developing, implementing, and documenting formal configuration guides as needed
• Providing security controls and maintaining necessary network / data separation
• Ensuring that essential services are installed on supported versions of OS and ensuring versions of the services are up to date

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