Type of Requisition:
RegularClearance Level Must Currently Possess:
Top Secret SCI + PolygraphClearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
NonePublic Trust/Other Required:
NoneJob Family:
Software EngineeringJob Qualifications:
Skills:
PHP (Scripting Language), Web Applications, WordPressCertifications:
NoneExperience:
6 + years of related experienceUS Citizenship Required:
YesJob Description:
Transform technology into opportunity as a Web Developer at GDIT. Shape what’s next for mission-critical government projects while shaping what’s next for your engineering career.
REQUIRED SKILLS:
- Demonstrated experience creating a custom WordPress plugin using PHP to add new functionality to a website.
- Demonstrated experience developing a customer WordPress theme using HTML, CSS, and PHP to create a unique design and layout.
- Demonstrated experience using JavaScript to create interactive elements, such as sliders or modals, on a WordPress website.
- Demonstrated experience designing and developing web-based applications.
- Demonstrated experience configuring content management in WordPress.
- Demonstrated understanding the WordPress core functions, hooks and APIs is essential for developing custom solutions.
- Demonstrated experience communicating with clients and customers in spoken and written formats.
- Demonstrated experience coding within AWS environments.
- Demonstrated experience designing, developing, integrating, and interfacing with systems and databases in a cloud environment.
- Demonstrated experience conveying technical information to non-technical individuals.
DESIRED SKILLS:
- Demonstrated experience creating graphics for websites utilizing Adobe Creative Suite of tools.
- Creativity and innovation to go beyond current tools to deliver the best solution to complex problems
- Demonstrated experience creating and configuring virtual private clouds (VPCs).
- Demonstrated experience creating Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instances.
- Demonstrated experience configuring load balancers, security groups, and users and groups using AWS IAM.
- Demonstrated experience evaluating and maintaining systems, such as Unix and Linux, for availability and efficiency.
- Experience creating compelling, interactive dashboards in Tableau, Power-Bi, or similar tool
- Demonstrated experience performing system administration and database management tasks with data management tools such as NoSQL and Tableau.
- Demonstrated experience using task tracking and version control tools such as GitHub and JIRA.
- (U) Demonstrated experience making recommendations regarding proposed changes.
- Demonstrated experience communicating with clients and customers in spoken and written formats.
- Demonstrated experience conveying technical information to non-technical individuals.
- Demonstrated experience integrating COTS applications with custom tools.
- Demonstrated experience integrating Sponsor data sets.
- Demonstrated experience working in a DevOps environment.
- Demonstrated experience automating business workflows and processes.
- Demonstrated experience with data flows across the Sponsor’s enterprise data warehouses.
- Demonstrated experience designing and developing in Palantir.
WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED:
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical certifications or training, or work experience.
Experience: 5+ years
Location: McLean, VA (On Customer Site)
US 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
Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays
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#GDITCareers
#WeAreGDIT
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#VA_2026Alumni
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Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40Travel Required:
Less than 10%Telecommuting Options:
OnsiteWork Location:
USA VA McLeanAdditional 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. 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.
Our Identity Verification Process:
As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.About Our Work:
We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers technology solutions and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 26,000 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 mission-ready capabilities in AI, cloud, cyber and software development.Join our Talent Community to stay up to date on our career opportunities and events atgdit.com/tc.
Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected VeteransSkills Required
- Must currently possess Top Secret SCI with Polygraph clearance
- U.S. Citizenship required
- 6+ years related experience (senior-level)
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical discipline (or equivalent)
- Create custom WordPress plugins using PHP
- Develop custom WordPress themes using HTML, CSS, and PHP
- Use JavaScript to create interactive elements (sliders, modals) on WordPress sites
- Design and develop web-based applications
- Configure content management in WordPress
- Understand WordPress core functions, hooks, and APIs
- Communicate with clients and customers in spoken and written formats
- Code within AWS environments
- Design, develop, integrate, and interface systems and databases in a cloud environment
- Convey technical information to non-technical individuals
- Experience creating graphics for websites using Adobe Creative Suite
- Experience creating and configuring virtual private clouds (VPCs) in AWS
- Experience creating Amazon EC2 instances
- Experience configuring load balancers, security groups, and users/groups using AWS IAM
- Experience evaluating and maintaining Unix/Linux systems for availability and efficiency
- Experience creating dashboards in Tableau, Power BI, or similar tools
- Experience with NoSQL databases and data management tools
- Experience using GitHub and JIRA for version control and task tracking
- Experience making recommendations regarding proposed changes
- Experience integrating COTS applications with custom tools
- Experience integrating Sponsor data sets and data flows across enterprise data warehouses
- Experience working in a DevOps environment and automating business workflows
- Experience designing and developing in Palantir
General Dynamics Information Technology Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about General Dynamics Information Technology and has not been reviewed or approved by General Dynamics Information Technology.
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Affordable Benefits — Pay and benefits are described as good or okay in multiple places, and the overall package is often portrayed as acceptable even when base pay is not viewed as top-tier.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision plan options are presented as comprehensive, with additional protections like disability and life insurance contributing to a well-rounded health and protection offering.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) plan with company match is consistently highlighted as part of the total rewards package, supporting longer-term financial planning.
General Dynamics Information Technology Insights
What We Do
We are GDIT. The people supporting some of the most complex government, defense, and intelligence projects across the country. We deliver. Bringing the expertise needed to understand and advance critical missions. We transform. Shifting the ways clients invest in, integrate, and innovate technology solutions. We ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. We are there. On the ground, beside our clients, in the lab, and everywhere in between. Offering the technology transformations, strategy, and mission services needed to get the job done.
