Cyber Operations Execution Lead

Contribute to the strategic direction of the business and support impactful mission outcomes as a Cyber Operations Execution Lead at GDIT. Here, you’ll enable the success of the most critical government missions and grow a meaningful career in cybersecurity and organizational operations.

MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT

As a Cyber Operations Execution Lead, the work you’ll do at GDIT will directly support the mission of GCIO and Enterprise Cyber. In this role, you will serve as a key liaison between GCIO and CHQ Cyber teams, helping to coordinate, structure, and drive a portfolio of cybersecurity initiatives for Corporate Headquarters. You will connect strategy to execution, ensuring clear alignment, operational visibility, and smooth collaboration across diverse technical and business teams.

In this role, you will:

● Translate cyber strategic goals into clear, actionable operational roadmaps that guide execution across the organization.
● Coordinate cross‑functional cyber activities, ensuring alignment between GCIO and CHQ Cyber and enabling effective partnership across key stakeholders.
● Create and maintain roadmap presentations and executive‑level materials that convey initiative status, progress, and value.
● Maintain and report on a portfolio of cybersecurity initiatives, providing visibility to the broader organization and leadership stakeholders.
● Define and monitor key performance measures that track organizational deliverables and operational effectiveness.
● Identify risks, dependencies, and opportunities across the cyber portfolio and support proactive strategies to mitigate or capitalize on them.
● Lead strategic initiatives that enhance collaboration, streamline workflows, and improve operational outcomes.
● Support continuous improvement by driving alignment between evolving cyber objectives, business needs, and execution capabilities.
● Manage special projects and perform other duties as assigned.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED
Bring your operational insight and cyber mindset to GDIT. The Cyber Operations Execution Lead must have:

● Education: Bachelor's degree required
● Experience: 5+ years of related experience

● Work Location: Hybrid; requires 3 days per week onsite at GDIT offices in Falls Church, VA or Herndon, VA.

● US Persons

Required Skills and Abilities:
● Experience creating operational roadmaps that align initiatives, timelines, and business priorities.
● Familiarity with cybersecurity domains such as operations, risk, and architecture.
● Ability to coordinate work across multiple teams and drive alignment in a fast‑moving environment.
● Experience developing and managing reporting using systems such as Microsoft Office 365, Excel, Smartsheet, PowerBI, or similar tools.
● Understanding of standard project methodologies including initiation, current state analysis, future state design, implementation, and transition/close‑out.
● Ability to clearly present business strategies, initiative progress, and operational recommendations to senior audiences.
● Strong written and verbal communication skills.
● Effective administrative, organizational, and analytical abilities.
● Working knowledge of compliance‑driven environments and associated requirements.

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 a career in cyber at GDIT and you’ll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your focus on defending and protecting what matters.