Deputy Program Manager

GD Information Technology • College Park, MD

5d • Hybrid

About The Position

GDIT is seeking a Deputy Program Manager to support an upcoming contract for FDA Scientific Computing in College Park, MD (primary office) or Gaithersburg, MD. This position is contingent upon contract award, expected to start in January 2027. The Deputy Program Manager 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. This 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

• Ability to obtain a Public Trust MBI Full 5C (T3) 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.
• Must have experience with High-Performance Computing (HPC).
• 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.
• Must be willing to report onsite in College Park, MD (primary office) or Gaithersburg, MD several days a week.

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

• 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
• Ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars to 401(k) plan
• 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level