Cyber Operations Execution Lead

GDIT

$107K — $146K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of related experience
  • Bachelor's degree required
  • Experience in creating operational roadmaps
  • Familiarity with cybersecurity domains including operations and risk
  • Strong communication skills

Responsibilities

  • Translate cyber strategic goals into actionable operational roadmaps
  • Coordinate cross-functional cyber activities
  • Create and maintain roadmap presentations for executives
  • Maintain and report on a portfolio of cybersecurity initiatives
  • Define and monitor key performance measures
  • Identify risks and opportunities within the cyber portfolio
  • Lead strategic initiatives to enhance collaboration
  • Manage special projects as assigned

Benefits

  • Variety of medical plan options including Health Savings Accounts
  • Dental and vision plan options
  • 401(k) plan with company match
  • Flexible work weeks and paid time off plans
  • Short and long-term disability benefits
  • Life and accidental death insurance
  • Critical illness and travel accident insurance
Full Job Description

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

None

Public Trust/Other Required:

None

Job Family:

Cyber and IT Risk Management

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Business Coordination, Cyber Operations, IT Roadmap, Project Coordination, Strategic Planning

Certifications:

None

Experience:

5 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

No

Job Description:

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.

The likely salary range for this position is $107,950 - $146,050. 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:

10-25%

Telecommuting Options:

Hybrid

Work Location:

USA VA Falls Church

Additional Work Locations:

USA VA Herndon

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.

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