Cognitive Enhancement Practitioner

Type of Requisition

Pipeline

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess

Secret

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain

Top Secret

Public Trust/Other Required

None

Job Family

Healthcare Services

Job Qualifications

• Skills: Cognitive Training, Health Outcomes, Human Performance, Researching, Special Operations
• Certifications: None
• Experience: 3 + years of related experience
• US Citizenship Required: Yes

Job Description

The Cognitive Enhancement Practitioner provides advanced cognitive performance training, assessment, and program development to enhance mental, emotional, and neurocognitive readiness. The CEP applies evidence‑based psychological, neurocognitive, and psychophysiological methods to improve attention, working memory, emotional regulation, adaptive thinking, stress management, and decision‑making in high‑pressure environments. This role includes designing and delivering individual and group training, advising leadership on cognitive performance strategies, and supporting research and evaluation initiatives.

HOW A COGNITIVE ENHANCEMENT PRACTITIONER WILL MAKE AN IMPACT

• Serves as the unit’s senior CEP technical expert, advises leadership and stakeholders on all aspects of the CEP program, recommends CEP training priorities, and works with unit personnel to expand and embed CEP initiatives into unit training.
• Serve as a unit’s cognitive program manager with duties including but not limited to:
  • Identify and recommend mission specific cognitive priorities
  • Develop appropriate training materials and techniques, which may be individual, group-based, or embedded within unit training events
  • Establish and maintain relationships with unit leadership and training personnel to ensure continued utilization of Cognitive personnel and training
  • Advise unit leadership on matters relating to cognitive performance and performance psychology
  • Identify, track, and monitor unit specific metrics to ensure program effectiveness
• Train and educate active‑day personnel in specific cognitive and behavioral skills to enhance cognitive/psychological performance to include attention/concentration training, problem solving training, emotional regulation, energy management, memory enhancement, interpersonal skills, goal‑setting, and related cognitive deficits, or compensatory mechanisms. Training shall utilize evidence‑based practices and occur in both individual and group settings.
• Lead individual, group, and/or embedded training sessions as desired by unit. Provide educational briefings to units and commands on the cognitive performance program, biofeedback, psychophysiology, sleep, self‑regulation, attention, and other cognitive functions as needed. If qualified, provide executive coaching as directed by the POTFF Program Manager/Coordinator or Government Lead.
• Provide biofeedback and/or neurofeedback training as directed by POTFF Program Manager/Coordinator or Government Lead with active‑day service members to enhance cognitive/psychological performance and / or psychophysiology. Advise unit leadership on matters relating to cognitive performance and performance psychology. Support appropriate and approved research conducted under supervision psychophysiological, cognitive, and/or psychological performance research conducted under supervision of the POTFF Program Manager/Coordinator or Government Lead. Provide educational briefings to units and commands on a range of cognitive/psychological performance domains.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED

• Doctoral degree in the field of Psychology, Human Performance, Kinesiology, Exercise Science, Cognitive Science, Cognitive Neuroscience, Sport Sciences with a specialization in Sport Psychology, or related degree with performance psychology specialization.
• Minimum of three (3) years or more post‑doctorate degree within the past five (5) years of demonstrable accumulated experience practicing performance psychology, or a related field with military members, athletes, groups of athletes at the levels of NCAA Collegiate, Olympic, or professional sports, or tactical setting, or with individuals or groups requiring high levels of mental and physical performance (experience with Speciation Operations personnel preferred).
• Biofeedback certification (BCIA), neurofeedback certification (BCIA), and / or International QEEG Certification Board (IQCB) certification may be required by hiring unit. The contractor shall have experience, or willingness to receive training, in the interpretation of computerized neurocognitive testing.

CLEARANCE

Secret or Top‑Secret Clearance, or the ability to obtain clearance.

LOCATION

Various OCONUS & CONUS SITES

This is a contingent posting, expected to start in 2027.

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE

• 401K with company match
• Comprehensive health and wellness packages
• Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career
• Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications
• Cutting‑edge technology you can learn from
• Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays

The likely salary range for this position is $111,155 - $150,385. 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

Less than 10%

Telecommuting Options

Onsite

Work Location

USA NC Fort Bragg

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.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans