Deputy Program Manager
About The Position
GDIT is seeking a Deputy Program Manager to support an upcoming contract for FDA Scientific Computing in Silver Spring, MD. This position serves as the operational leader coordinating day-to-day scientific computing services that support Food and Drug Administration (FDA) research, laboratory work, and mission-critical scientific workloads. The role integrates technical team activities, manages performance reporting, tracks operational health, and ensures scientific stakeholders have reliable access to the computing, storage, and applications they need. The Deputy PM is a critical link between technical teams, the Program Manager, and FDA operational stakeholders.
Requirements
- US Citizen or Green Card Holder
- Ability to obtain a Public Trust clearance
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, IT, Scientific Computing, or related field.
- 10–12+ years of experience in scientific computing, HPC operations, or complex technical environments.
- Strong experience coordinating operations across multidisciplinary technical teams.
- Experience with performance reporting, incident/problem management, dashboards, and operational metrics.
- Ability to communicate effectively with scientists, engineers, and government stakeholders.
- Demonstrated ability to prioritize work based on mission impact and risk.
Nice To Haves
- PMP, PgMP, ITIL or CSM certification
- Experience supporting federal scientific, research, laboratory, or public health environments.
- Familiarity with HPC, Linux, Nutanix, cloud platforms, AI/ML workloads, or scientific software ecosystems.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate daily scientific computing operations across HPC, storage, scientific workstations, cloud services, scientific applications, and specialized laboratory systems.
- Track availability, performance, capacity, incident trends, and operational risks; produce actionable reporting and dashboards.
- Ensure FDA scientific users receive responsive, mission-aligned support across Tier 2 and Tier 3 technical services.
- Identify recurring issues impacting scientific productivity and work with technical leads to remove blockers.
- Integrate activities across infrastructure engineering, HPC operations, cloud, cybersecurity, scientific endpoint support, and AI/ML environments.
- Support readiness for new scientific applications, datasets, instruments, and computational workloads.
- Maintain documentation, operational processes, and quality standards required by FDA.
- Contribute to operational components of program planning, schedule management, risk tracking, and stakeholder communications.
Benefits
- AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities
- Internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals
- Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages
- 401K with company match
- Competitive pay
- Paid time off
- Variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts
- Dental plan options
- Vision plan
- 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.
- Full flex work weeks where possible
- Variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave.
- 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.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
