AI Security Governance and Risk Analyst - TS/SCI and Polygraph

Public Trust: None

Requisition Type: Regular

Your Impact

Own your opportunity to serve as a critical component of our nation’s safety and security. Make an impact by using your expertise to protect our country from threats.

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.

• 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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Work Requirements

Years of Experience

10 + years of related experience

* may vary based on technical training, certification(s), or degree

Certification

Travel Required

Less than 10%

Citizenship

U.S. Citizenship Required