National Cyber Communications Specialist

Arlington, VA (Hybrid)

$98K/yr – $132K/yrSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 8 days ago

Job Summary

Own the end-to-end production of cyber and national security communications, from drafting to release, while coordinating with analysts, leadership, and partners during routine operations and crisis events.

  • Translate raw technical analysis into audience-appropriate products.
  • Lead editorial standards and crisis communications across multiple products.
  • Coordinate cross-organizational efforts and stakeholder outreach.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Alert & Advisory Production
  • Audience & Release Handling: Assign each product a clear audience and release scope (internal vs. partner vs. public), apply classification/handling requirements consistently, flag material for downgrade, and maintain distribution accuracy.
  • Leadership & Crisis Communications: Prepare leadership notices and operational communications for decision-making in normal and crisis operations. Produce rapid-turn products and sustain output — including coordinated multi-product messaging — during high-tempo events, supporting crisis action team requirements and after-hours readiness.
  • Editorial Standards & Quality: Maintain accuracy, clarity, consistency, and plain language across products, ensuring claims are traceable and appropriately qualified. Maintain and consistently apply templates, style guidance, and accessibility standards for government-facing material.
  • Coordination with Analysts & Mission Partners: Work with watch-floor, intelligence, hunt, and incident staff to source and validate content; coordinate joint/multi-organization products; support outreach, community briefings, and threat-update engagements.

Requirements

  • Experience producing technical communications for cybersecurity or national security audiences.
  • Demonstrated ability to produce accurate written products at volume and under deadline.
  • Ability to work from raw technical analysis and translate it for audiences with varying technical depth.
  • Experience managing review, coordination, and release processes for published products.
  • Familiarity with Section 508 accessibility requirements for government-facing products.
  • Strong editorial judgment and command of plain-language writing standards.
  • Bachelor's degree and 5 years of relevant experience.
  • Active Top Secret clearance.

Preferred

  • Experience supporting national-level cyber programs.
  • Experience producing public or partner-facing cyber advisories.
  • Experience with classification review and downgrade request processes.
  • Experience coordinating products across federal, SLTT, and private sector stakeholders.
  • Familiarity with threat intelligence terminology and structured reporting conventions.

Benefits

  • 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.
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GDIT is a global technology and professional services company that delivers solutions, 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. GDIT is part of General Dynamics, a global aerospace and defense company. We have shared our clients’ sense of purpose for over half a century and have a unique understanding of their missions, complex environments, and a rapidly changing world. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.

Founded in 1999
Falls Church, Virginia, USA
26K employees (698 in marketing)
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