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Cyber Project Manager & Engagement Lead (Defense Division)

GDIT Falls Church, VA Hybrid senior full-time

Salary

$195,500 - $264,500 per year

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Description

Apply your expertise to advance the mission and optimize business strategy as a Cyber Engagement Lead within the Defense CTO Delivery Services Team at GDIT. You will lead matrixed, cross-functional teams to deliver cyber modernization outcomes across the defense portfolio.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead and coach a matrixed cyber delivery team driving full-lifecycle engagements focused on Zero Trust principles, RMF-aligned architecture, OT/ICS security, and platform & weapons system cyber hardening.
  • Transpose proposed solutions into actionable engagement plans with clear scope, milestones, and outcomes.
  • Partner with the CTO Cyber Capability Team Lead to operationalize offerings and reusable assets across offensive/defensive cyber, OT/ICS, and platform/weapons domains.
  • Collaborate across capability teams, solution architects, and program leadership to harmonize technical domains and produce outcome-centric deliveries.
  • Map mission requirements to Zero Trust controls, RMF control inheritance/reciprocity, and defense-grade engineering practices.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s in information technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Management, or a related field.
  • 15+ years of related experience.
  • Strong communication, analytical, time management, and programmatic discipline.
  • Proven ability to lead matrixed delivery teams and review delivery methodologies.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Prior DoW and U.S. Military customer experience.
  • Experience in OT/ICS security, platform & weapons system cybersecurity, enterprise/cloud infrastructure, systems engineering, AI/ML, DevSecOps.
  • PMP or equivalent certification.

Benefits:

  • Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages.
  • 401K with company match.
  • Competitive pay and paid time off.
  • Full-flex work week.
  • Hybrid work arrangement with the expectation to work three days per week in office/customer sites as needed.

Skills

Required

Nice to have

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