This position is located in the Office of Information Technology within the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), in Woodlawn, MD As the Deputy Director, Office of Information Technology (OIT), you will provide executive leadership and technical advice for the planning, organization, coordination and management of the activities required to maintain an agency-wide information technology (IT) program. You will retain authority to commit program resources to accomplish OIT's mission.

Duties

Directs the day-to day operation, assures effective coordination of issues involving more than one OIT component, and arbitrates issues when necessary. Represents the Director in IT contacts and negotiations with key officials of CMS, the Department, Congress, other Federal and State agencies, and private industry. Develops, implements, and ensures compliance with plans, policies, standards, infrastructures and architectures which establish the framework for the management of all CMS' IT programs. Conducts continuing evaluations of CMS' business needs to ensure that IT architecture plans are aligned with those needs and that the current and planned IT infrastructure supports the architecture plan. Develops plans and strategies to modify the IT infrastructure to support short and long range agency goals, objectives, and plans. Evaluates, selects, and advises others on the application of architecture modeling tool sets used to document, maintain, and enhance the architectural planning process. Provides technical advice on the evaluation, selection, implementation, and maintenance of information systems, ensuring appropriate investment in strategic and operational systems. Represents CMS on interagency workgroups established to develop Department or government-wide IT policy initiatives and solutions of critical issues. Develops guidelines for implementing broad government-wide directives, and aligns agency internal business practices with government-wide regulations and policies. Directs special system studies within the Office and coordinates staff in researching and documenting results, particularly in the more complex and sensitive areas and in those areas which cut across organizational lines.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Background and/or Security Investigation required.
• One year SES probationary period required.
• The Ethics in Government Act, PL 95-521 requires the applicant selected for this position to submit a financial disclosure statement, SF-278, prior to assuming the SES position, annually, and upon termination of employment.
• Status applicants must submit a copy of their most recent SF-50, Notification of Personnel Action, which verifies status.
• All initial appointments to an SES position are contingent on approval from OPM's Qualifications Review Board unless the selectee has successfully participated in an OPM approved SES Candidate Development Program.
• All male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must have registered for the selective service. You will be required to sign a statement certifying his registration, or the applicant must demonstrate exempt status under the Selective Service Law.
• Only experience obtained by the closing date of this announcement will be considered.

Qualifications

All competitive candidates for SES positions with the Federal Government must demonstrate leadership experience indicative of senior executive level management capability. To meet the minimum qualification requirements for this position, you must show in your resume that you possess the Fundamental Competencies, five Executive Core Qualifications, and the Professional/Technical Qualifications listed below. Evidence of this experience must be incorporated into your five page resume. Separate narratives for the Executive Core Qualifications and/or Professional/Technical Qualifications will not be accepted or considered. Typically, experience of this nature is gained at or above the GS-15 grade level in the Federal service, or its equivalent with state or local government, the private sector, or nongovernmental organizations. Fundamental Competencies: Interpersonal Skills, Oral Communication, Integrity/Honesty, Written Communication, Continual Learning, and Public Service Motivation. Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) Leading Change: The ability to bring about strategic change, both within and outside the organization, to meet organizational goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to establish an organizational vision and to implement it in a continuously changing environment. Leading People: The ability to lead people toward meeting the organization's vision, mission, and goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to provide an inclusive workplace that fosters the development of others, facilitates cooperation and teamwork, and supports constructive resolution of conflicts. Results Driven: The ability to meet organizational goals and customer expectations. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to make decisions that produce high-quality results by applying technical knowledge, analyzing problems, and calculating risks. Business Acumen: The ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically. Building Coalitions: The ability to build coalitions internally and with other Federal agencies, State and local governments, nonprofit and private sector organizations, foreign governments, or international organizations to achieve common goals. Professional/Technical Qualifications (PTQs) This position also requires that you possess PTQs that represent knowledge, skills, and abilities essential for success in this role. The following PTQs must be evident in your resume. Demonstrated experience in driving the vision, implementation, operation, and maintenance of large scale, complex, secure distributed technical architectures involving high performance Internet-based consumer-facing and multi-stakeholder applications. Experience with systems implementation requiring extensive healthcare back office operations, which may include eligibility and enrollment management, consumer messaging, financial management, payment, data services and data integration, data warehousing and analytics, and ensuring high availability and stability of the systems. Demonstrated knowledge and experience in effective management of the system/software programs through the lifecycle. Experience with complex, large-scale system development and implementations including experience in stabilizing and optimizing the system and the management of the processes that govern change control, system software release cycles, quality assurance, internal and external testing with partners and stakeholders (e.g., other government agencies, insurance companies, multiple contractors and vendors) performance monitoring, help desk coordination, program performance reporting, operations management (e.g., contractor oversight, Risk Management, earned value management), and information assurance and security and privacy of sensitive data. Demonstrated experience in successfully leading a large IT organization and supporting contractor staff, to develop, implement, and manage large scale IT projects, especially in data management. It is STRONGLY recommended that you visit the following Office of Personnel Management (OPM) webpage for more information regarding the Fundamental Competencies and ECQs. https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/senior-executive-service/executive-core-qualifications/#url=Overview If selected, you will be required to complete an ECQ package by drafting narratives for each of the ECQs for submission and certification by an OPM Qualifications Review Board (QRB) in order to be placed in this position. If you are currently serving in a career SES appointment, are eligible for reinstatement into the SES, or have successfully completed an SES Candidate Development Program approved by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), you will not need to draft the ECQs.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address Office of Information Technology 7500 Security Blvd Woodlawn, MD 21244 US
• Name: Margaret Moore
• Phone: 000-000-0000
• Email: [email protected]