Strategic Technical Advisor - NASA

<p style="text-align:left"><b><u>Type of Requisition:</u></b></p>Regular<p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><u><b>Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:</b></u></p>None<p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><u><span><span><span><span><span><b>Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:</b></span></span></span></span></span></u></p>None<p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><b><u>Public Trust/Other Required:</u></b></p>None<p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><u><b>Job Family:</b></u></p>Technical Solutions<p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><b><u>Job Qualifications:</u></b></p><p style="text-align:left"><b>Skills:</b></p>Business Strategies, Solution Architecture, Technical Solutions<p style="text-align:left"><b>Certifications:</b></p>None<p style="text-align:left"><b>Experience:</b></p>15 + years of related experience<p style="text-align:left"><b>US Citizenship Required:</b></p>Yes<p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><u><b>Job Description:</b></u></p><p>We are GDIT - the people supporting and securing some of the most complex government, defense, and intelligence projects across the United States. The breadth of our portfolio and scale of our company ensures your access to new challenges and expanded roles as our business and mission-impact grows. We ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work has meaning and impact on the world around us, but also on us, and that’s important. We think. We act. We deliver. This team includes an exciting portfolio of programs comprised of building and supporting technical solutions to foster customer mission success - from service delivery to large-scale supply chains, mission support, cloud, AI/ML, cyber security, data analytics and more. </p><p></p><p>GDIT’s Diplomacy, Enforcement & Space (DES) Business Area is seeking a highly experienced Strategic Technical Advisor to help shape strategy, drive operational excellence, and position GDIT as a trusted partner to NASA. As a Strategic Technical Advisor, you will strengthen delivery across our NASA portfolio, support business growth, and help expand GDIT’s presence across NASA centers and mission areas. The ideal candidate brings deep knowledge of NASA missions, established relationships with key NASA decision makers, and relevant experience managing major programs. You will help anticipate emerging NASA needs, guide technical direction and solution development, and promote GDIT’s capabilities to ensure we continue to grow and deliver mission success.</p><p></p><p><b>Responsibilities:</b></p><p><span><span>·<span><span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; display: inline; text-decoration: inherit; hyphens: auto;">      </span> </span></span></span>Develop, refine, and support execution of the NASA business strategy in alignment with customer priorities and GDIT’s strategic objectives.</p><p><span><span>·<span><span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; display: inline; text-decoration: inherit; hyphens: auto;">      </span> </span></span></span>Build and maintain relationships with NASA stakeholders, including leadership within mission directorates, centers, and program offices.</p><p><span><span>·<span><span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; display: inline; text-decoration: inherit; hyphens: auto;">      </span> </span></span></span>Support capture and business development teams by shaping technical solutions, identifying growth opportunities, and positioning GDIT for upcoming procurements.</p><p><span><span>·<span><span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; display: inline; text-decoration: inherit; hyphens: auto;">      </span> </span></span></span>Advise on NASA trends, emerging technologies, policy changes, and strategic risks related to human spaceflight, science missions, aeronautics, and enterprise services.</p><p><span><span>·<span><span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; display: inline; text-decoration: inherit; hyphens: auto;">      </span> </span></span></span>Participate in customer meetings, industry events, and NASA working groups to increase GDIT’s brand visibility and strategic influence.</p><p><span><span>·<span><span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; display: inline; text-decoration: inherit; hyphens: auto;">      </span> </span></span></span>Collaborate with operations, solution architects, engineering, and delivery teams to define innovative approaches that address NASA’s mission challenges.</p><p><span><span>·<span><span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; display: inline; text-decoration: inherit; hyphens: auto;">      </span> </span></span></span>Evaluate competitor strategies, market conditions, and customer feedback to recommend strategic adjustments or investments.</p><p><span><span>·<span><span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; display: inline; text-decoration: inherit; hyphens: auto;">      </span> </span></span></span>Provide mentorship and trusted insight to senior leaders within the DES Business Area.</p><p></p><p><b>Required Qualifications:</b></p><p><span><span>·<span><span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; display: inline; text-decoration: inherit; hyphens: auto;">      </span> </span></span></span>Bachelor’s degree in engineering, science, business, or related field (master’s degree preferred).</p><p><span><span>·<span><span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; display: inline; text-decoration: inherit; hyphens: auto;">      </span> </span></span></span>15+ years of experience supporting NASA or major federal science/engineering agencies.</p><p><span><span>·<span><span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; display: inline; text-decoration: inherit; hyphens: auto;">      </span> </span></span></span>Proven success managing or advising on large, complex federal programs.</p><p><span><span>·<span><span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; display: inline; text-decoration: inherit; hyphens: auto;">      </span> </span></span></span>Established relationships within NASA leadership, program management, or technical communities.</p><p><span><span>·<span><span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; display: inline; text-decoration: inherit; hyphens: auto;">      </span> </span></span></span>Strong understanding of NASA missions, organizational structure, procurement processes, and enterprise service needs.</p><p><span><span>·<span><span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; display: inline; text-decoration: inherit; hyphens: auto;">      </span> </span></span></span>Experience with federal proposal process, delivery and execution.</p><p><span><span>·<span><span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; display: inline; text-decoration: inherit; hyphens: auto;">      </span> </span></span></span>Demonstrated ability to communicate complex technical and strategic concepts to executive audiences.</p><p><span><span>·<span><span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; display: inline; text-decoration: inherit; hyphens: auto;">      </span> </span></span></span>Ability to travel to NASA centers and GDIT locations as needed.</p><p></p><p><b>Preferred Qualifications:</b></p><p><span><span>·<span><span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; display: inline; text-decoration: inherit; hyphens: auto;">      </span> </span></span></span>Experience with NASA enterprise IT, mission support, engineering services, or human spaceflight programs.</p><p><span><span>·<span><span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; display: inline; text-decoration: inherit; hyphens: auto;">      </span> </span></span></span>Prior leadership in government contracting or federal program strategy.</p><p><span><span>·<span><span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; display: inline; text-decoration: inherit; hyphens: auto;">      </span> </span></span></span>Technical depth in aerospace, cybersecurity, digital modernization, data systems, or enterprise transformation.</p><p></p><p><b>WHAT GDIT CAN OFFER YOU:</b></p><p><span><span>·<span><span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; display: inline; text-decoration: inherit; hyphens: auto;">       </span> </span></span></span>Entrepreneurial, flexible and dynamic environment with the ability to make a difference</p><p><span><span>·<span><span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; display: inline; text-decoration: inherit; hyphens: auto;">       </span> </span></span></span>401K with company match</p><p><span><span>·<span><span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; display: inline; text-decoration: inherit; hyphens: auto;">       </span> </span></span></span>Diverse, collaborative teams of highly motivated critical thinkers and innovators</p><p><span><span>·<span><span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; display: inline; text-decoration: inherit; hyphens: auto;">       </span> </span></span></span>Challenging work that makes a real impact on the world around you</p><p><span><span>·<span><span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; display: inline; text-decoration: inherit; hyphens: auto;">       </span> </span></span></span>Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career</p><p></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p>The likely hourly rate for this position is between $102.00 - $138.00. 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.<p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><u><b>Scheduled Weekly Hours:</b></u></p>8<p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><b><u>Travel Required:</u></b></p>10-25%<p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><b><u><span><span>T</span>elecommuting Options:</span></u></b></p>Remote<p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><u><b>Work Location:</b></u></p>Any Location / Remote<p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><u><b>Additional Work Locations:</b></u></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><b><u>Total Rewards at GDIT:</u></b></p>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.<p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p>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.<p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p>Join our Talent Community to stay up to date on our career opportunities and events at<p><a href="https://www.gdit.com/tc" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">gdit.com/tc</a>.</p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p>Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans

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