DS Fiber Optic Lead

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

Secret

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

Secret

Public Trust/Other Required:

None

Job Family:

Program Delivery and Execution

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Fiber Optic Technology, Fusion Splicing, IT Deployment

Certifications:

None

Experience:

5 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

Yes

Job Description:

DS Fiber Optic Lead

The DS FO Engineer provides expert-level engineering support for fiber optic infrastructure including network backbone, distribution, and drop fiber systems. This role oversees GDIT, Agency, and Subcontractor fiber survey, installation, splicing, and testing teams.

Primary Responsibilities

• Conduct detailed fiber assessments, routing verification, and documentation reviews

• Develop splice schedules, fiber diagrams, optical power budgets, and routing plans

• Manage GDIT, Agency, and Subcontractor fiber technicians performing splicing, testing, and termination activities

• Oversee fiber characterization including OTDR, OLTS, inspection, and certification

• Troubleshoot fiber performance issues and recommend remediation solutions

• Coordinate with OSP, NW, and CEL engineers for space, routing, and connectivity integration

• Validate engineering deliverables and as-built documentation

• Provide SME-level support during design reviews and testing phases

Required Experience

• BA/BS or equivalent, 5+ years of experience

• 5+ years hands-on fiber optic installation, engineering, or testing experience

• Strong experience in OTDR, OLTS, fusion splicing, inspection, and fiber certification

• Experience managing fiber technicians or subcontractor splicing/testing teams

• Understanding of fiber types, connectors, attenuation, dispersion, WDM, and optical transport principles

• Experience with fiber backbone or campus-scale deployments

• Secret Security Clearance

Preferred Experience

• DoW, AF/SF, or large-scale enterprise fiber infrastructure experience

• Experience with high-density fiber systems or modern optical architectures

Certifications (Preferred or Required)

• FOA CFOT (required or strongly preferred)

• FOA CFOS/T, CFOS/S, or CFOS/O (any specialty)

• BICSI Technician or RCDD (preferred)

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• Flexibility: Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home

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The likely salary range for this position is $111,155 - $150,385. 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:

40

Travel Required:

75-100%

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.

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