Technology Consultant - Part-time

US Citizenship Required:

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

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