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:
Enterprise Systems, Information Technology Operations, Program Management, Risk Mitigation
Certifications:
None
Experience:
5 + years of related experience
US Citizenship Required:
Yes
Job Description:
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
The likely salary range for this position is $112,840 - $121,900. 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:
Remote
Work Location:
USA TX Austin
Additional Work Locations:
USA PA Philadelphia
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.
