Technology Consultant - Part-time (Remote)

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

None

Public Trust/Other Required:

BI Full 6C (T4)

Job Family:

Technology Consulting

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Business, Information Technology (IT), Innovation, Leadership, Problem Solving

Certifications:

None

Experience:

20 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

Yes

Job Description:

Transform technology into opportunity as a Technology Consultant with GDIT, where a career in enterprise IT means connecting and enhancing the systems that matter most. At GDIT, you’ll be at the forefront of innovation and play a meaningful part in improving how agencies operate as we provide enterprise IT operations and maintenance (O&M) services for the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) biometric identity management system (IDENT) and the Office of Biometric Identity Management (OBIM) to store, match, share, and analyze biometric and biographic data in support of DHS’s strategic mission. At the most critical moments of change, we’re there – bringing the resources, solutions, and expertise to help our clients take on some of the world’s biggest challenges – and GDIT is excited to offer you a unique opportunity to join a best performing O&M team supporting one our nation’s most critical national security, law enforcement, immigration and border management, and intelligence missions. With a career in Information Technology at GDIT, you’ll make the end user’s experience your priority and we’ll make your career growth ours. 

At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a Technology Consultant you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on a Technology Consultant joining our program to serve as a key technical expert for the optimal supportability, maintainability, interoperability, integrity, and security of DHS's Automated Biometric Identification system (IDENT), providing strategic consulting to both OBIM and GDIT leadership in achieving mission and business objectives, and working proactively, collaboratively, and with an entrepreneurial spirit in continual improvement of our O&M support to the customer and their Stakeholder communities.

HOW YOU WILL MAKE AN IMPACT:

• Assesses and identifies significantly impactful and critical internal and external IT systems needs and requirements to meet business objectives
• Analyzes and diagnoses significantly impactful and critical IT infrastructures for optimal operability
• Provides the highest level of partnership and collaboration with the client project teams throughout the entire life-cycle of projects to define, design, and implement business process and outcome based solutions
• Provides significantly impactful metrics to optimize team delivery and measure business agility in terms of predictability, reliability, and adaptability
• Provides significantly impactful strategic advice on the design and implementation of  technology solutions to meet business needs
• Recommends improvements to the processes, procedures, staff, material, and information required to support, maintain, and operate OBIM systems software, applications, databases, and operating systems, including engineering, data management, configuration management, training, survivability, operating environment, protection of critical program information, information technology security, supportability, interoperability, COTS product management, and operational technology refresh.
• Provides expert guidance and mentorship to program personnel
• Interfaces directly with OBIM leadership.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

• Required Experience: 20+ years of related experience, including over 15 years of relevant specialized experience in information technology sector (preferably with large scale information technology and database systems) and 8+ years in leadership/management positions.
• Required Technical Skills: in-depth knowledge/expertise of IDENT and in executing the DHS Systems Engineering Lifecycle (SELC) or equivalent lifecycle process
• Security Clearance Level: Public Trust (DHS HQ EOD required to start; must be able to obtain DHS HQ Final Suitability)
• Required Skills and Abilities:  experience briefing or communicating issues/problems and outcome-based solutions, plans, progress, and results clearly and succinctly to corporate leaders/executives and to Government Senior Executives and senior supervisors/managers; adept at problem-solving, troubleshooting, collaboration, time management, multi-tasking, and task-ownership; excellent oral and written communication skills, with a demonstrated ability to explain technology clearly and succinctly to a non-technical audience; ability to synthesize information together from a variety of sources
• Preferred Skills: in-depth knowledge/expertise of OBIM and of program responsibilities and activities
• Location: Remote
• U.S. Citizenship Required

 
GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:

• 401K with company match
• Comprehensive health and wellness packages
• Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career
• Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications
• Cutting-edge technology you can learn from

The likely hourly rate for this position is between $80.20 - $0.00. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

8

Travel Required:

None

Telecommuting Options:

Remote

Work Location:

Any Location / Remote

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT:

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee’s date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.

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