Type of Requisition:
Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:
None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
None

Public Trust/Other Required:
MBI (T2)

Job Family:
IT Infrastructure and Operations

Job Qualifications:

Skills:
Document Management, Information Technology (IT), Workflow Management Systems
Certifications:
None
Experience:
10 + years of related experience
US Citizenship Required:
No

Job Description:

GDIT is seeking a Technical Lead to support the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Center for Information Technology (CIT) for the Business Applications Services (BAS) Program, specifically the NIH Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) systems portfolio. FOIA systems include FOIAXpress and SecureRelease, which support request intake, document review, redaction, workflow routing, analytics, and final response processing for NIH FOIA requests. The Technical Lead provides architectural direction, oversees technical work products, supports enhancement cycles, and leads development and integration activities across FOIA environments.

The Technical Lead is responsible for designing and developing new code where applicable, supporting maintenance tasks, performing architectural reviews, and guiding the contractor team through all technical activities across requirements, design, development, testing, and deployment. The role requires leadership across workflow automation, document-management systems, analytics support, and familiarity with NIH security and privacy requirements. The Technical Lead collaborates across CIT, BAS, and FOIA program stakeholders to sustain compliant and efficient FOIA operations.

Other responsibilities will include:

• Work with FOIA program leadership, system owners, and technical teams to design, implement, test, and validate FOIA system capabilities
• Provide technical direction to developers, database engineers, testers, analysts, and customer support specialists
• Design and support system integrations across FOIAXpress, SecureRelease, NIH data services, and document-processing workflows
• Develop conceptual and technical designs using OOA and OOD techniques
• Review and sign off on requirements, design, development, and testing outputs for release cycles
• Oversee implementation and deployment activities across FOIA workflow systems, case management tools, analytics modules, and redaction environments
• Ensure high-quality technical deliveries and submit incident reports or lessons learned as requested
• Model FOIA business processes and integrate FOIA systems with NIH enterprise capabilities and compliance frameworks
• Assess technical tasks and provide level-of-effort estimates for defects, change requests, and enhancements
• Support release planning, scheduling, and assignment of technical tasks
• Advise on modernization opportunities, automation options, analytics enhancements, and integrations that streamline FOIA processingMentoring junior staff across development and support roles

Required Qualifications and Skills:

• Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent)
• Minimum 10 years of experience in technical leadership of a team
• Minimum 8 years of experience in system integration, development, or package implementations
• Minimum 3 years of experience supporting IT projects of similar size and complexity with similar technologies
• Experience with cloud computing and cloud-based technologies
• Solid understanding of Requirements, Design, Implementation, Testing, and the Enterprise Performance Life Cycle (EPLC)
• Ability to work with key owners and stakeholders to document requirements
• Ability to learn new technologies quickly
• Ability to obtain and maintain NIH Public Trust

Desired Skills:

• Experience supporting FOIAXpress, SecureRelease, case management systems, or document-review workflows
• Experience supporting NIH or CIT programs
• Experience leading integrations with document processing and analytics systems
• Experience supporting environments with privacy and sensitive data requirements
• Active NIH badge is a plus

The likely salary range for this position is $188,700 - $255,300. 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:
Less than 10%

Telecommuting Options:
Hybrid

Work Location:
USA MD Bethesda

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.

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.