CDAO Advana - Telemetry/Data Engineer at General… · Washington

CDAO Advana - Telemetry/Data Engineer Location: USA DC Washington Type of Requisition: Pipeline Clearance Level Must Currently Possess: Top Secret Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Top Secret/SCI Public Trust/Other Required: None Job Family: IT Infrastructure and Operations Job Qualifications: Skills: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Data Flows, Modeling, Systems Architecture Certifications: None Experience: 5 + years of related experience US Citizenship Required: Yes Job Description: Join GDIT and be a part of the team of men and women that solve some of the world's most complex technical challenges. The CDAO Advana team is seeking an Telemetry Data Engineer to join their efforts in the DC area. Advana is the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office’s (CDAO) enterprise-wide, multi-domain data, analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI) platform that provides all DoD military and civilian decision makers, analysts, and builders with unprecedented access to enterprise data, tools, and capabilities. This is a proposal with award expected June 2026. If interested, please apply as we are interviewing and making contingent offers now. Duties include: Designs and operates telemetry data flows for Advana artificial intelligence and machine learning model serving across Unclassified and NIPRNet, Secret and SIPRNet, and Top Secret and JWICS enclaves supporting Combatant Commands, Joint Staff directorates, Senior Executive Service leaders, and CDAO mission teams. Shapes and normalizes telemetry payloads from serving application programming interfaces, reverse proxies, model runtimes, and data services into structured streams consumable by monitoring and analytics platforms such as Prometheus, Grafana, Elasticsearch, Splunk, and cloud-native observability services. Implements schema management, serialization formats, and field naming conventions for latency, error, throughput, and model performance indicators to create consistent telemetry across Kubernetes clusters, container platforms, and Advana microservices. Builds routing and transformation logic using technologies such as Apache Kafka, Kinesis, or similar message queues to move telemetry reliably into long-term analytic stores and mission dashboards. Collaborates with model serving engineers, DevSecOps pipeline personnel, and cybersecurity analysts to embed telemetry hooks into deployment templates, runtime configurations, and automated test stages supporting mission assurance and rapid incident triage. Develops and maintains operational dashboards, data quality checks, anomaly detection rules, and runbooks that support watch floor operations, incident response cells, and Engineering Control Board reviews. Produces data flow diagrams, telemetry interface specifications, and configuration documentation that strengthen observability, support cross-domain promotions, and advance Advana enterprise reliability and decision advantage. Basic Qualifications: BS degree; additional years of experience may be considered in lieu of degree 8+ years of experience developing telemetry data flows for AI and machine learning systems TS with SCI eligibility WHAT CAN GDIT OFFER YOU? Excellent customizable health benefits (Medical, Dental and Vision) 401K with company match Educational Assistance and eLearning Flexible work week Internal mobility team dedicated to employee advancement Rewards and Recognition programs Innovative and collaborative environment encouraging of highly motivated critical thinking 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: None Telecommuting Options: Onsite Work Location: USA DC Washington 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. 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. We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology 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 capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology. Join our Talent Community to stay up to date on our career opportunities and events at gdit.com/tc. Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans