DEF CTO Cyber Capability Lead

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

Secret

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

Top Secret/SCI

Public Trust/Other Required:

None

Job Family:

Technical Solutions

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Cybersecurity, Information Technology (IT), Team Leadership

Certifications:

None

Experience:

10 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

Yes

Job Description:

As a Cyber Capability Practice Lead & Director in the Defense CTO organization, you are a triple‑threat leader who can sell, do, and manage. You lead a defined practice within our larger Cyber portfolio—spanning Zero Trust, Full‑Spectrum Cyber (offensive/defensive), OT/ICS, and platform & weapons cyber—and connect strategy to execution to deliver secure, mission‑aligned modernization outcomes across Defense.

You report to the Solutions Sr. Director and lead a high‑performing remote team, curating market‑ready offerings and talent that accelerate Growth (pursuit, solutioning) and Delivery (execution) from enterprise to edge. You also co‑lead IRAD workstreams to shape, prove, and transition leading and bleeding‑edge technologies—both from partners and from novel approaches we develop—into differentiated customer outcomes, with measurable transition‑to‑program (T2P) results.

HOW WILL A CTO Cyber Practice Lead MAKE AN IMPACT:

Lead a defined Cyber practice: Own and evolve offensive, defensive, OT/ICS, and platform & weapons cyber offerings, ensuring clear value, reusable assets, and delivery playbooks.

Be a triple‑threat — Partner with Growth to shape pursuits and lead solutioning. Develop compliant, compelling architectures and manage a high‑performing team with clear operating cadence and outcomes.

Curate offerings and talent: Build and govern the practice portfolio. Develop talent pipelines, role profiles, and upskilling paths. Align architects and delivery leads to priority pursuits and programs.

Drive end‑to‑end Defense solutioning: Translate mission requirements into architectures aligned with Zero Trust and RMF. Deliver strong proposals and orals content with technical depth and executive presence.

Accelerate Growth and Delivery: Shape opportunities, integrate capabilities, and open new business while shortening time‑to‑value across enterprise IT, weapons/platforms, and OT environments.

Co‑lead IRAD strategy and execution: Set priorities, run experiments, integrate partner and emerging tech, and measure T2P outcomes. Operationalize wins across the portfolio.

Stand up communities of practice: Create patterns, playbooks, and reusable assets for modernizing enterprise and edge environments. Codify best practices and broadcast wins.

Elevate delivery excellence: Align methods to customer needs, enforce outcome metrics, and coach teams to perform in dynamic selling and delivery environments.

Lead across a matrix: Drive clear decisions with executive presence, collaborating across CTO, Growth, and Delivery organizations.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or Business‑related field or equivalent experience
Required Experience: 12+ years of progressive technical and team leadership experience with cyber, Zero Trust, infrastructure, and edge computing technologies in both selling (capture/solutioning) and delivery contexts; demonstrated leadership of a practice within a larger portfolio of offerings; background spanning Full‑Spectrum Cyber, Defensive, and DoW mission with application across Enterprise IT, weapons/platforms, and OT/ICS environments.
Security clearance Level: SECRET required to start with ability to obtain and maintain TS/SCI

Required Skills and Abilities: Strong communication, analytical, time management, and organizational discipline to drive highly technical teams in a rapidly evolving business environment; deep cyber technical skills and the ability to articulate and apply Zero Trust/RMF in proposal, orals, and delivery settings.

Preferred Skills: Experience working with Government Customers, specifically the U.S. Military and DoW mission contexts (including constrained/SAP environments).

Citizenship: U.S. Citizenship required

Location: Falls Church, VA (Hybrid).

Travel: 25% travel expected

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
● Flexibility: Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home
● Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace

OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY
Explore a career at GDIT and you’ll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your sense of ownership and pride in the meaningful work we do.

The likely salary range for this position is $187,179 - $241,500. 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:

25-50%

Telecommuting Options:

Hybrid

Work Location:

USA VA Falls Church

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.

About Our Work:

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