Transition Manager

Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact as a TRANSITION MANAGER supporting the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) GDIT is your place to make meaningful contributions to challenging projects, build your skills, and grow a rewarding career.

At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a TRANSITION MANAGER supporting the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in Austin Texas, you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter.

GDIT is partnering with the Department of Veterans Affairs to modernize and secure enterprise systems supporting millions of Veterans. As the Transition Manager, you will lead all technical, operational, and programmatic activities for the Phase‑In period of the IOSS Application Services program. You will manage the smooth transfer of responsibilities, processes, tooling, documentation, and operational ownership across major service lines including Identity & Access Management, Cybersecurity, PKI, Web/Middleware, Application Virtualization, Printer Security, Database Administration, and Operations Control.

You will ensure continuity of operations, compliance with federal and VA policies, coordinated onboarding, operational readiness, and effective stakeholder communication. You will oversee Phase‑In governance—schedule, risk, performance, reporting, and quality—to establish a stable, secure, mission‑ready environment as GDIT assumes full operational responsibility.

HOW A TRANSITION MANAGER WILL MAKE AN IMPACT

• Lead all Phase‑In transition activities ensuring a seamless, disruption‑free shift to full operational capability.
• Manage knowledge transfer, documentation, SOPs, tooling access, and operational handoff across all Application Services domains.
• Oversee onboarding, account provisioning, baseline assessments, readiness checks, and transition risk mitigation.
• Establish transition governance including schedules, sync meetings, dependency mapping, risk boards, and stakeholder communications.
• Ensure alignment with federal cybersecurity requirements, VA Handbook 6500, TRM, and all PWS‑defined security and privacy standards.
• Coordinate cross‑functional integration with Cybersecurity, ICAM, PKI, Web/Middleware, Virtualization, Printer Security, Database, and OC/CMOP teams.
• Produce executive‑ready reports, dashboards, and updates on readiness, risks, onboarding progress, and transition performance.
• Ensure validated documentation, SOPs, architecture diagrams, and operational runbooks are fully transitioned to GDIT ownership.
• Identify modernization opportunities and ensure the Phase‑In establishes a foundation for Zero Trust, cloud migration, and long‑term enterprise improvements.

What You’ll Need to Succeed

• Bachelor’s degree and 8+ years of experience in enterprise IT operations, program management, or technical leadership.
• Experience overseeing large-scale federal or enterprise IT transitions across multiple technical domains.
• Strong understanding of cybersecurity frameworks and compliance obligations (NIST SP 800‑53, RMF, Zero Trust, TIC 3.0).
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional engineering and operations teams in multi‑vendor environments.
• Experience with modernization efforts across identity services, PKI, vulnerability management, database operations, web/middleware hosting, virtualization, and workflow automation.
• Proven skills in project management, stakeholder communication, risk mitigation, status reporting, and governance.
• Strong organizational skills, strategic thinking, and ability to present technical information to executive audiences.
• Ability to support escalations, incident coordination, and enterprise governance activities as needed.

Desired Qualifications

• PMP, PgMP, SAFe, or ITIL v4 certification
• Experience supporting VA or other federal agencies
• Experience leading RMF, ATO, cyber compliance, or large systems integration programs
• Technical depth in cloud platforms, PKI, ICAM, virtualization, middleware, databases, or enterprise monitoring
• Experience managing performance‑based contracts and KPI/AQL delivery environments

Security Clearance

• Must be able to obtain a Public Trust clearance

Work Location
• Austin, TX or Remote

No visa sponsorship available

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE

• Mission‑focused culture supporting those who serve
• AI‑powered career advancement tools and robust internal mobility
• Competitive pay, benefits, 401(k) match, and wellness programs
• A collaborative, innovative, military‑friendly workplace
• Opportunities to modernize VA’s Application Services environment and lead enterprise transformation across critical systems nationwide