Federal IT Transition Manager — Remote

General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT); Austin (TX); Remote; USD 113,000 - 122,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Benefits package

401(k) match

Flexible work weeks

Wellness programs

Job summary

General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) in Austin, TX (Remote option) is seeking a Transition Manager to lead Phase-In activities for VA’s IOSS Application Services. This role directs cross-functional teams across Identity & Access Management, PKI, and cybersecurity to ensure a secure, mission-ready environment.

You will manage governance, documentation, onboarding, and stakeholder communications, delivering executive-ready updates and risk mitigation across multiple domains.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 8+ years in enterprise IT operations, program management, or technical leadership.
• Experience overseeing large-scale federal or enterprise IT transitions across multiple domains.
• Strong understanding of cybersecurity frameworks and compliance (NIST SP 800-53, RMF, Zero Trust).
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional engineering and operations teams in multi-vendor environments.
• Experience with modernization efforts across identity services, PKI, vulnerability management, databases, web/middleware, virtualization, and workflow automation.
• Proven project management, stakeholder communication, risk mitigation, status reporting, and governance.
• Strong organizational skills, strategic thinking, and ability to present technical information to executives.
• Ability to support escalations, incident coordination, and enterprise governance activities as needed.

Responsibilities

• 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 establish Phase-In as a foundation for Zero Trust and cloud migration.

Skills

Program management

Stakeholder communication

Governance

Risk mitigation

Cross-functional leadership

RMF/NIST

Cloud platforms

Identity services

Cybersecurity basics

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

PKI

ICAM

Web/Middleware

Virtualization

Cloud platforms

Job description

General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) in Austin, TX (Remote option) is seeking a Transition Manager to lead Phase-In activities for VA’s IOSS Application Services. This role directs cross-functional teams across Identity & Access Management, PKI, and cybersecurity to ensure a secure, mission-ready environment.

You will manage governance, documentation, onboarding, and stakeholder communications, delivering executive-ready updates and risk mitigation across multiple domains.