Transition Manager
About The Position
The Transition Manager will lead technical, operational, and programmatic activities during the Phase-In period of GDIT’s IOSS Application Services program supporting the Department of Veterans Affairs. The role oversees the transfer of responsibilities, processes, tooling, documentation, and operational ownership across service lines including Identity & Access Management, Cybersecurity, PKI, Web/Middleware, Application Virtualization, Printer Security, Database Administration, and Operations Control. The manager ensures continuity of operations, compliance with federal and VA policies, coordinated onboarding, operational readiness, and stakeholder communication. The position oversees Phase-In governance, including schedules, risk, performance, reporting, and quality, to establish a stable, secure, mission-ready environment as GDIT assumes operational responsibility. The role is based in Austin, Texas or may be remote, with less than 10% travel and 40 scheduled weekly hours.
Requirements
- 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, including NIST SP 800-53, RMF, Zero Trust, and 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 project management, stakeholder communication, risk mitigation, status reporting, and governance skills.
- Strong organizational skills and strategic thinking, with the ability to present technical information to executive audiences.
- Ability to support escalations, incident coordination, and enterprise governance activities as needed.
- U.S. citizenship required.
- Must be able to obtain a Public Trust clearance.
- No visa sponsorship is available.
Nice To Haves
- 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.
Responsibilities
- Lead Phase-In transition activities to ensure a seamless shift to full operational capability.
- Manage knowledge transfer, documentation, SOPs, tooling access, and operational handoff across 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 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 transitioned to GDIT ownership.
- Identify modernization opportunities and establish a foundation for Zero Trust, cloud migration, and long-term enterprise improvements.
- Support escalations, incident coordination, and enterprise governance activities as needed.
Benefits
- Medical plan options, including plans with Health Savings Accounts.
- Dental plan options.
- Vision plan.
- 401(k) plan with company match.
- Full flex work weeks where possible.
- Paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time.
- Holidays and 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 offered or available.
- Wellness programs.
- AI-powered career advancement tools and robust internal mobility.
- Competitive pay.
- Collaborative, innovative, military-friendly workplace.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
