Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

Top Secret SCI + Polygraph

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

None

Public Trust/Other Required:

None

Job Family:

Cyber and IT Risk Management

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

AI Security Governance, Information Assurance, Security Controls

Certifications:

None

Experience:

10 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

Yes

Job Description:

OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY
Explore a career in cyber at GDIT and you’ll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your focus on defending and protecting what matters.

Advance your career while impacting our national security in cyber as an AI Cybersecurity Engineer Sr Principal at GDIT. Here, technologists have many paths to grow a meaningful career supporting cyber missions and operations across the federal government.

MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT

• Develop AI system categorization and authorization boundary doctrine to support Authorizing Official (AO) risk decisions.
• Establish evidence standards for AI system assessments that distinguish demonstrated, testable control performance from vendor or developer attestation.
• Maintain AI governance frameworks against evolving federal AI policy, CNSS guidance, and NIST standards, updating assessment criteria as requirements change.
• Map federal AI policy requirements to NIST SP 800-53 controls and Zero Trust capability outcomes to produce actionable assessment criteria.
• Define continuous monitoring requirements to detect and assess unauthorized or undocumented changes to deployed AI models.
• Integrate adversarial threat considerations into AI assessment frameworks and evidence requirements.
• Lead or coordinate cross-team working groups to drive consistent application of AI assessment frameworks across the assessment organization.
• Coordinate with assessment teams to ensure consistent framework application and resolve interpretation gaps across concurrent AI assessments.
• Prepare and deliver stakeholder briefings, consultations, and training on AI governance requirements and assessment methodology.
• Provide advisory support to Authorizing Officials on AI system authorization decisions, risk posture, and residual risk acceptance.
   

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED
Bring your cyber expertise and drive for innovation to GDIT. The AI Cybersecurity Engineer Sr Principal must have:

• Education:
  • Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Information systems, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or a closely related discipline
  • A Master’s degree in an applicable discipline be substituted for three years of demonstrated work experience
• Experience: 7+ years of related experience
• Security clearance level:  TS/SCI with Polygraph
• US citizenship required

Desired Skills

• Meets DoD 8570.01-M baseline certification requirement for Information Assurance Manager (IAM) Level III: CISSP (or Associate), CISM, or GSLC.
• AI governance certification (e.g., ISACA AAISM, IAPP AIGP, CompTIA SecAI+) a plus
• Experience translating policy or regulatory requirements into technical assessment criteria.
• Strong writing skills, with experience producing governance frameworks, standards documents, or policy-to-practice mapping products.
• Knowledge of NIST SP 800-53, Risk Management Framework, and AI risk management practices (e.g., NIST AI RMF).
• Experience with IC or federal AI governance policy and directives.

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
• Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace

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The likely salary range for this position is $186,542 - $252,379. 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:

Less than 10%

Telecommuting Options:

Onsite

Work Location:

USA MD Bethesda

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:

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers technology solutions and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 26,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50+ countries worldwide, offering leading mission-ready capabilities in AI, cloud, cyber and software development.

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