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$156k
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Based on 240 similar postings.
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About General Dynamics
General Dynamics is a global aerospace and defense company offering a broad portfolio of products and services in business aviation, ship construction, land combat vehicles, and information technology. It serves customers in the U.S. government, allied governments, and a diverse array of commercial markets.
General Dynamics currently has
1377 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$124,093–$150,385
across 1184 roles with salary data.
JOB TITLE: Windows Systems Engineer
The Systems Engineer Sr Principal joins the IT Infrastructure and Operations team to engineer, operate, and secure a classified Windows-based secure enclave. This role involves leading the patching, maintenance, and operations of enclave servers, storage, and VMware environments while ensuring high availability and resilience for mission-critical workloads. Key responsibilities include monitoring system health, performing vulnerability remediation, and supporting Continuous Monitoring through DISA STIG compliance. The successful candidate will install and configure operating systems, applications, and security solutions while collaborating with cybersecurity teams to sustain enclave capabilities. Required technical skills include Active Directory, VMware, enterprise storage, and backup recovery. The work focuses on solving complex technical problems within a classified environment to meet specific DoD and Intelligence Community requirements for secure, compliant, and robust systems engineering.
VMWare
Microsoft Hyper-V
Active Directory
Windows Server
PowerShell
Service Now
MECM
ITIL v3
Systems Engineering
Systems Design
Systems Development
Server Virtualization
Systems Automation
Technical Documentation
Windows Server
PowerShell
AWS
Terraform
CloudFormation
AWS CDK
Active Directory
DNS
Group Policy
Infrastructure as Code
CI/CD
Git
TypeScript
Packer
SCCM
MECM
Chocolatey
SQL Server
PostgreSQL
MongoDB
Linux
Secrets Manager
CloudWatch
S3
IAM
Pester
Desired State Configuration