Role requirements : work location - hybrid from GDIT's offices in Herndon, Virginia; proven leadership and people-management skills, including coaching, performance management, and building high-performing teams strong technical depth across compute, storage, virtualization, and cloud, with the ability to dive into details when needed; excellent problem-solving, analytical, and decision-making skills, especially under time pressure and operational constraints; strong written and oral communication skills; able to translate complex technical issues for non-technical stakeholders and senior leadership; and an ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment while maintaining focus on mission outcomes and reliability. Technical skills : experience in infrastructure engineering/operations, including experience in large-scale, mission-critical environments; experience leading technical teams or managing infrastructure operations in on-premise, hybrid, and/or cloud context; hands-on experience with at least one major cloud platform (AWS GovCloud, OCI, or similar) in an operations or engineering leadership role; hands-on experience with enterprise virtualization (VMware), Linux (RHEL) and/or AIX administration, and large-scale storage/SAN environments; and experience operating in secure government, federal civilian, or other highly regulated environments, with familiarity in compliance and audit requirements.