USSF OTTI Cybersecurity/Zero Trust Lead in Colorado Springs, Colorado at General Dynamics Information Technology

Location: USA CO Colorado Springs
Full Part/Time: Full time
Job Req: RQ219480
Type of Requisition:
Pipeline

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:
Top Secret/SCI

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
Top Secret/SCI

Public Trust/Other Required:
None

Job Family:
Cyber and IT Risk Management

Job Qualifications:

Skills:
Compliance Management, RMF, Security Operations, Technical Leadership, Zero Trust
Certifications:
None
Experience:
10 + years of related experience
US Citizenship Required:
Yes

Job Description:

Join General Dynamics IT and be a part of a team that solve some of the world's most complex technical challenges. We are seeking a Cyber / Zero Trust Lead to build infrastructure for the USSF Operational Test and Training Infrastructure (OTTI) in Colorado Springs, CO.

NOTE: This is a proposal position and considered a Key Personnel (KP) role on the program. Award is expected in Summer 2026.

Position Summary:

The Cyber / Zero Trust Lead for USSF OTTI serves as the senior cybersecurity authority responsible for architecture, implementation, and governance of cybersecurity, Zero Trust, RMF, and compliance strategies across the OTTI ecosystem. This role ensures OTTI's distributed test and training environments maintain mission assurance, security compliance, and resilient cyber posture across enterprise and edge deployments.

Key Responsibilities:

Cybersecurity Architecture

• Define OTTI cybersecurity architecture and Zero Trust implementation roadmap.
• Architect secure enclave, identity, network, and data protection strategies.
• Integrate security into OTTI cloud, platform, data, and synthetic environment architectures.

RMF / Compliance / ATO Support

• Lead RMF, ATO, and continuous ATO/cATO implementation activities.
• Ensure compliance with DoD/USSF cyber requirements, STIGs, and security baselines.
• Support eMASS/Xacta/CORE and related compliance tooling/processes.

Security Operations / Monitoring

• Implement monitoring, logging, SIEM, vulnerability management, and incident response integration.
• Support cyber readiness and resilience of distributed OTTI nodes.

Technical Leadership

• Serve as cybersecurity SME to Government and Program Leadership.
• Mentor cyber/security engineering personnel.
• Conduct security architecture reviews and risk assessments.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years cybersecurity engineering/architecture experience.
• 5+ years leading Zero Trust / RMF / DoD cybersecurity programs.
• Experience supporting secure/classified environments.
• Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience supporting USSF / SSC / STARCOM / DoD Cyber Programs.
• Familiarity with:
• DoD Zero Trust Reference Architecture
• RMF / NIST 800-53 / CNSSI 1253
• cATO / DevSecOps Security Automation
• SIEM / SOAR / EDR / XDR Platforms
• Identity / PAM / PKI / Cross Domain Solutions

WHAT CAN GDIT OFFER YOU?

• Excellent customizable health benefits (Medical, Dental and Vision)
• 401K with company match
• Educational Assistance and eLearning
• Flexible work week
• Internal mobility team dedicated to employee advancement
• Rewards and Recognition programs
• Innovative and collaborative environment encouraging of highly motivated critical thinking

The likely salary range for this position is $169,604 - $229,464. 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 CO Colorado Springs

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.

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 30,000 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 capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.

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