Policy Specialist in Virginia Beach, Virginia at General Dynamics Information Technology

USA VA Home Office (VAHOME)
Full time
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Type of Requisition:
Pipeline

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:
None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
None

Public Trust/Other Required:
MBI (T2)

Job Family:
Policy and Governance

Job Qualifications:

Skills:
CIS, NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF), Technical Writing
Certifications:
None
Experience:
2 + years of related experience
US Citizenship Required:
No

Job Description:

Advance your career while impacting our national security as a Policy Specialist

Here, technologists have many paths to grow a meaningful career supporting cyber missions and operations across the federal government.

MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT

This position will support the United States Postal Service (USPS) though:

• Researching, drafting, and analyzing policies to ensure alignment with stakeholder needs, subject matter experts, industry standards, and organizational goals.
• Conducting gap analyses against industry frameworks and regulatory requirements, to recommend policy enhancements.
• Collaborating with security engineers, compliance officers, and business managers to ensure policies are both technically sound and operationally practical.

• Translating technical security concepts into clear, concise, and accessible documentation for diverse audiences.

• Collaborating with stakeholders to update CISO policies for annual lifecycle updates.

• Reviewing and contributing to policies and standards for groups outside of CISO.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in public policy, political science, law, economics, or a related field, preferred but not required.
• NOTE: If resources do not have a relevant college degree, an additional 4 years of relevant work experience is required.

Required Experience:

• 2-3 years of technical writing experience in policy analysis or a related role.
• Knowledge of AI tools and capabilities to perform technical writing.
• Good working knowledge of NIST CSF and CIS Controls and other relevant security frameworks.
• Ability to distill complex technical concepts into clear, concise, and actionable language.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to tailor messaging for diverse audiences.
• Strong research skills, with the ability to contribute meaningfully to lifecycle updates.
• Strong collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across technical and non-technical teams.
• Familiarity with security governance, risk management, and compliance (GRC) processes.

Security Clearance Level:

• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance and successfully pass a thorough Government background screening process requiring the completion of detailed forms and fingerprinting.
• This position has a U.S. residency requirement. The USPS security clearance process requires the selected candidate to have resided in the U.S. (including U.S. Territories) for the last five years as follows:
  • U.S. Citizens cannot have left the U.S. (including U.S. Territories) for longer than 6 months consecutively in the last 3 years (unless they meet certain exceptions).
  • Non-U.S. Citizens cannot have left the U.S. (including U.S. Territories) for longer than 90 days consecutively in the last 3 years.

Location:

• Remote
• Morrisville, NC
• Falls Church, VA
• Eagan, MN

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:

• 401K with company match
• Comprehensive health and wellness packages
• Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career
• Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications
• Cutting-edge technology you can learn from
• Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays

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The likely salary range for this position is $63,312 - $85,658. 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:
Remote

Work Location:
Any Location / Remote

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. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee's date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. 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.

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