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ServiceNow System Administrator- TS/SCI w/poly

General Dynamics Information Technology

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Compensation
$141–191K/yr
Location
Chantilly, VA
Work Authorization
US work authorization required

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

TS/SCI clearance

Job overview

The ServiceNow System Administrator supports enterprise IT operations by implementing access controls, applying observability practices, designing role-specific dashboards, and conducting capacity planning. The role requires 8+ years of related experience, U.S. citizenship, and a TS/SCI with polygraph clearance. GDIT describes the work as supporting customer operations and mission workflows.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Critical SystemsDashboard ManagementData Quality ManagementRole-Based Access ControlsAttribute-Based Access ControlsObservabilityAlert TuningStructured LoggingCapacity PlanningResource AnalyticsForecasting Models

Qualifications

8+ Years Related ExperienceTechnical Training, Certification or DegreeTS/SCI With Polygraph ClearanceU.S. Citizenship

Benefits

401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Parental Leave

Full job description

Req ID: RQ231506

Type of Requisition: Regular

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Top Secret SCI + Polygraph

Public Trust/Other Required: None

Job Family: IT Infrastructure and Operations

Skills:

Critical Systems,Dashboard Management,Data Quality Management

Experience:

8 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

Yes

Job Description:

ServiceNow System Administrator

Advance how our customers operate while you advance your career. Join GDIT as a ServiceNow Systems Administrator and build an impactful career in enterprise IT, collaborating with people who are driven and resourceful like you.

MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT

As a ServiceNow System Administrator you will play a crucial role in performing the following tasks:

  • Implement Role-Based Access Controls (RBAC) and Attribute-Based Access Controls (ABAC) to restrict access and define permissions according to the user’s role, attributes, and need to know.

  • Incorporate observability best practices, including continuous tuning of alerts to reduce noise, data quality validation prior to ingestion, structured logging conventions, and adherence to security and governance policies.

  • Design contextualized, role specific insight dashboards that tailor visualizations to operator, analyst, and leadership mission workflows for improved decision making. These dashboards filter telemetry, alerts, traces, and operational indicators according to mission responsibility, supporting faster triage and targeted decision making.

  • Conduct continuous capacity planning using telemetry trends, resource consumption analytics, forecasting models, and platform performance indicators. These insights support cost optimization via rightsizing, archival strategies, dashboard efficiency improvements, and data retention aligned with policy

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED

  • Education: Technical Training, Certification(s) or Degree

  • Experience: 8+ years of related experience

  • TS/SCI w/poly clearance

  • US citizenship required

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE

At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.

  • Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities

  • Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals

  • Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off

  • Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace

OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY

Explore an enterprise IT career at GDIT and you’ll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your desire to drive operations forward.

The likely salary range for this position is $140,821 - $190,523. 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.

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 at https://gdit.com/tc.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans

How this job compares

Set against the 2,471 open Systems Administrator jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$141–191K/yr
  • Virginia median$99–164K/yr192 salary ranges
  • US median$95–150K/yr1,507 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $166K, is 28% above the Virginia median midpoint ($130K) — in the top quarter of Systems Administrator salary ranges in Virginia.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 249 open Systems Administrator jobs in Virginia and 2,471 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Virginia
Experience
This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience — more than three in four Systems Administrator postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 2,067 postings).
Education
362 of the 2,471 open Systems Administrator jobs (15%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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