This announcement is issued under the Direct Hire Authority (DHA) to recruit for positions for which there is a critical hiring need. Selectee(s) will receive a career or career-conditional appointment in the competitive service and may be required to serve a one year probationary period. Who May be Considered: U.S. Citizens View common definitions of terms found in this announcement.

Duties

Typical work assignments include: Oversees the implementation of modern system development methods (DEV/SEC/OPS, Agile) through all phases of system development including requirements, design, development, testing, and deployment and decommissioning. Oversees various aspects of IT system development, operations and maintenance including the creation of procedures for updating and maintaining IT systems. Provides expert technical advice, guidance, and recommendations to leadership and other technical specialists on critical technology issues related to Development, Security and Operations (DevSecOps) and software. Establishes criteria and methods for evaluating program accomplishments and trends. Identifies risks and provide recommendations to mitigate and/or eliminate risk. Makes recommendations concerning restructuring, reorienting, and/or recasting of immediate and long-range goals, objectives, plans and schedules to meet changes in policy and/or funding. Implements service management processes, including Incident Management, Problem Management, Change Management, Configuration Management, Release Management, Service Disruption or Degradation Management. Determines and/or recommends which resources to devote to programs. Provides input into IT Budget planning and development to ensure alignment with Threat Hunting's strategic priorities Oversees the migration of systems to the production environment and monitors systems for stability, accuracy, and performance. Meets with developers to coordinate work and resolve problems. Meets with vendor technical representatives to resolve technical issues, and to implement and coordinate new software releases. Evaluates test results and initiates corrective actions. Develops and executes procedures to periodically monitor the logical/physical integrity of data and physical space utilization. Reviews proposed policies, regulations, and procedural changes to determine their impact on areas of responsibility. Assigns and schedules work to team members based on existing workloads, priorities, and selective consideration of work requirements and employee capabilities. Sets work priorities and establishes schedules for work completion. Evaluates products for completeness, timeliness, accomplishment of objectives and conformance to regulatory requirements. Accepts, rejects, or modifies work submitted by team members, as appropriate. Evaluates the performance of team members and provides counseling, advice, and instruction concerning both technical and administrative matters. Recommends promotions, developmental assignments, or adverse actions based on performance. Interviews and recommends the selection of candidates for vacant positions. Hears employee complaints, resolves minor problems, and refers more serious complaints not resolved to higher-level supervisor. Identify employee developmental and training needs. Develops and communicates work expectations; monitors and evaluates completed work and provides feedback and coaching when necessary. Identifies methods to improve production or increase the quality of work produced. Promotes acceptance and adherence to the provisions of the Merit Systems Principles and Prohibited Practices, Equal Employment Opportunity, Safety and Security programs. Excellent communication and leadership skills. Applies knowledge or familiarity of Microsoft Office 365, Power Platform, C#, Python, Bash, .NET Framework, Java, JavaScript, JQuery, JSON, Bootstrap, CSS3, HTML5, XML, SQL, RESTful Service, OData, Web Services, and Angular JS, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible), monitoring and logging tools (Prometheus, ELK stack), containerization and orchestration tools (Docker, Kubernetes), CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI, CircleCI), cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or GCP, Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment Techniques, Infrastructure as Code, code repository (ie Git, Subversion).

Requirements

Qualifications

You qualify for the GS-14 grade level if you possess information technology related experience demonstrating each of the five required competencies: Attention to Detail: Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail Technical Proficiency: Demonstrates and applies relevant knowledge and skills to perform work in accordance with applicable guidelines. Oral Communication: Actively listens and attends to nonverbal cues when responding to questions, ideas, and concerns of others. Communicates influentially, as appropriate. Problem Solving: Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations Teamwork and Cooperation: Makes positive contributions to achieving team goals. Develops and maintains collaborative working relationships with others. Respects and values individual differences and diversity by treating everyone fairly and professionally. In addition to the above requirement, you must have at least one year of specialized experience at the GS-13 grade level performing the following duties: Providing direct support for acquisitions that use information technology (IT) (including National Security Systems), applying IT-related laws and policies, and provides IT-related guidance throughout the total acquisition life cycle. Communicate the value of information technology (IT) security throughout all levels of the organization's stakeholders. Applies knowledge of priorities to define an entity's direction, determine how to allocate resources, and identify programs or infrastructure that are required to achieve desired goals within domain of interest. National Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience): Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.

Education

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

Contacts

• Address Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency 1616 N. Fort Myer Dr. CISA-FMD Stop 0380 Arlington, VA 20598-0380 US
• Name: Leah Ellis
• Phone: 202-725-8026
• Email: [email protected]