CIT Business Applications Services FOIA Technical Lead

GDIT is seeking a Technical Lead to support the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Center for Information Technology (CIT) for the Business Applications Services (BAS) Program, specifically the NIH Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) systems portfolio. FOIA systems include FOIAXpress and SecureRelease, which support request intake, document review, redaction, workflow routing, analytics, and final response processing for NIH FOIA requests.

About the role

The Technical Lead provides architectural direction, oversees technical work products, supports enhancement cycles, and leads development and integration activities across FOIA environments. Responsibilities include designing and developing new code, supporting maintenance tasks, performing architectural reviews, and guiding the contractor team through all technical activities across requirements, design, development, testing, and deployment. The role requires leadership across workflow automation, document-management systems, analytics support, and familiarity with NIH security and privacy requirements. The Technical Lead collaborates across CIT, BAS, and FOIA program stakeholders to sustain compliant and efficient FOIA operations.

Responsibilities

• Work with FOIA program leadership, system owners, and technical teams to design, implement, test, and validate FOIA system capabilities
• Provide technical direction to developers, database engineers, testers, analysts, and customer support specialists
• Design and support system integrations across FOIAXpress, SecureRelease, NIH data services, and document-processing workflows
• Develop conceptual and technical designs using OOA and OOD techniques
• Review and sign off on requirements, design, development, and testing outputs for release cycles
• Oversee implementation and deployment activities across FOIA workflow systems, case management tools, analytics modules, and redaction environments
• Ensure high-quality technical deliveries and submit incident reports or lessons learned as requested
• Model FOIA business processes and integrate FOIA systems with NIH enterprise capabilities and compliance frameworks
• Assess technical tasks and provide level-of-effort estimates for defects, change requests, and enhancements
• Support release planning, scheduling, and assignment of technical tasks
• Advise on modernization opportunities, automation options, analytics enhancements, and integrations that streamline FOIA processing
• Mentor junior staff across development and support roles

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent)
• Minimum 10 years of experience in technical leadership of a team
• Minimum 8 years of experience in system integration, development, or package implementations
• Minimum 3 years of experience supporting IT projects of similar size and complexity with similar technologies
• Experience with cloud computing and cloud-based technologies
• Solid understanding of Requirements, Design, Implementation, Testing, and the Enterprise Performance Life Cycle (EPLC)
• Ability to work with key owners and stakeholders to document requirements
• Ability to learn new technologies quickly
• Ability to obtain and maintain NIH Public Trust
• US Citizenship not required

Skills

• Document Management
• Information Technology (IT)
• Workflow Management Systems

Desired Skills

• Experience supporting FOIAXpress, SecureRelease, case management systems, or document-review workflows
• Experience supporting NIH or CIT programs
• Experience leading integrations with document processing and analytics systems
• Experience supporting environments with privacy and sensitive data requirements
• Active NIH badge is a plus

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plan options
• 401(k) plan with company match (pre and post-tax contributions up to IRS annual limits)
• Paid time off: vacation, sick, personal time, holidays, parental leave, military leave, bereavement, and jury duty
• Flexible work weeks where possible
• Short and long-term disability benefits
• Life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness, and business travel accident insurance
• AI-powered career tool for identifying career steps and learning opportunities
• Internal mobility team focused on career growth

Pay

The likely salary range for this position is $188,700 - $255,300. Salary will be set based on experience, geographic location, and possibly contractual requirements.

Schedule

• Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40
• Travel Required: Less than 10%
• Telecommuting Options: Hybrid

Work Location

USA MD Bethesda (additional work locations may be available)