Himalayas
Security Director
- Where you can work from
- Remote — United States onlyUnited States
- Salary
- USD 170K–230K / year
- Job type
- Full-time
- Experience
- Director
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Job description
Type of Requisition
Regular
Clearance Level Must Currently Possess
Secret
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain
Secret
Public Trust/Other Required
None
Job Family
Security Operations
Job Qualifications
Skills
Data Security, Incident Management, Risk Management, Security Compliance
Certifications
None
Experience
5 + years of related experience
US Citizenship Required
Yes
Job Description
SECURITY DIRECTOR
Contribute to the strategic direction of the business and support impactful mission outcomes as a Security Director at GDIT. Here, you’ll enable the success of the most critical government missions and the growth of a meaningful career in Security Operations.
MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT
As a Security Director, the work you’ll do at GDIT will be impactful to the mission of the Department of State. You will play a crucial role in managing the security function for a large, highly complex Department of State contract, ensuring compliance with government regulations and company policies.
- Manage a security team to ensure compliance with government regulations and company policies and procedures.
- Lead the development and implementation of security procedures in coordination with government agencies and company management to ensure adherence to the security requirements during contract performance.
- Resolve security-related issues arising under the contract, including investigating security violations and preparing incident reports specifying corrective and preventative actions.
- Collaborate with business and technology teams to identify, report, and mitigate risks.
- Drive alignment of GDIT capabilities to client needs.
WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED
Bring your initiative and drive for innovation to GDIT.
The Security Director must have
Education: Bachelor's degree
Experience: 5+ years of related experience and 10 years of progressive experience
Security Clearance: Secret
Role Requirements
- Ten (10) years of progressive experience managing the implementation, execution, and oversight of large scale, highly complex Federal Government programs, including three (3) years leading large, diverse teams to foster customer service, innovative solutions, and proactive communication.
- Ability to prepare management, business, technical, and personnel reports, reviews, and documents for internal and external use
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Superior organizational skills and work ethic.
- Knowledge of federal security regulations that apply to contract operations.
- Ability to strategically assess clients' business and identify improvement opportunities.
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.
- Flexibility: Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home.
- Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace.
OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY
Explore a career at GDIT and you’ll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your passion for the mission and delivering results.
The likely salary range for this position is $170,000 - $230,000. 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
None
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.
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.Join our Talent Community to stay up to date on our career opportunities and events at
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- Himalayas
- Posted by the employer
- 16 Oct 2026
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- Last checked
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