This position is located in the Management Directorate, Office of Chief Information Officer, Identity, Records, and National Security Division. As an Information Technology Specialist (Information Security), you will work with project teams to support systems architecture, system design, and development. Work as a bridge between Project Managers and contract staff and provide technical knowledge to ensure contractors are performing the tasks efficiently and expeditiously.

Duties

Lead the design and integration of secure cloud IT solutions that meet current and future business requirements to ensure scalability and reliability. Enhance and optimize the existing architecture in support of cloud-based solutions. Provide cybersecurity advice to managers and regularly represent the organization in meetings and discussions with representatives of advisory committees to resolve cybersecurity problems. Utilize IT performance metrics to assess and support secure cloud clustering and workload balancing for IT cloud platforms. Leads or supports pre-award acquisition activities to include market research, cost estimation, and technical evaluation.

Requirements

Qualifications

The qualifications for this position must be met by 11:59 PM (Eastern Time) on 04/01/2024. Time in Grade does not apply to Delegated Examining Announcements, any reference to Time in Grade in the questionnaire will not apply to the rating and ranking of applicants. This announcement is issued under the Direct Hire Authority to recruit for positions for which the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, has a critical hiring need. Basic Requirements: All applicants must meet the following basic requirements. For all positions, individuals must have IT-related experience demonstrating each of the four competencies listed below. Attention to Detail - Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail. Customer Service - Works with clients and customers (that is, any individuals who use or receive the services or products that your work unit produces, including the general public, individuals who work in the agency, other agencies, or organizations outside the Government) to assess their needs, provide information or assistance, resolve their problems, or satisfy their expectations; knows about available products and services; is committed to providing quality products and services. Oral Communication - Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately. Problem Solving - Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations. Selective Placement Factor #1: You must have experience designing and deploying large scale, complex, high performance enterprise applications on Amazon Web Services or equivalent (e.g. Google Cloud or Microsoft Azure). This experience must be documented in your resume. Failure to do so may result in an ineligible rating. Selective Placement Factor #2: You must have experience with enterprise system monitoring and vulnerability analyzing tools like New Relic and Splunk. This experience must be documented in your resume. Failure to do so may result in an ineligible rating. Selective Placement Factor #3: You must have experience utilizing Agile development to include use of Kanban, Scrum, or similar application lifecycle management methodologies. This experience must be documented in your resume. Failure to do so may result in an ineligible rating. GS-14: You qualify at the GS-14 level if you possess one (1) year of specialized experience, which is equivalent to at least the GS-13 level in the federal government, that equipped you with the skills needed to successfully perform the duties of the position. You must have experience performing the following duties: Leading enterprise grade software development using Agile Project Management methodologies along with application lifecycle management tools such as JIRA software to support project management methodologies such as Scrum/Kanban/SAFe. Utilizing databases such as MySQL/ MariaDB, PostgreSQL, Hadoop, and mongoDB, DynamoDB, Redshift, and/or Oracle/SQL Server to store data. Designing and/or developing cloud based systems that have a high-availability (HA) implementation. Interpreting and analyzing code for weaknesses and errors, and overseeing remediation plans to improve them. Leading enterprise grade software development projects using agile development management processes to include working with container technology and micro-services, cloud environments, and Java/JavaScript/Python. Please read the following important information to ensure you submit everything we need to consider your application: It is your responsibility to ensure that you submit your responses and appropriate documentation prior to 04/01/2024.Your resume will be used to determine your qualifications for the position advertised in this announcement. Therefore, your resume must highlight your most relevant, significant experience related to the requirements found in the qualification section of this announcement, as well as any applicable education. USCIS will only review the first 5 pages of your resume to determine your initial eligibility/qualifications for a position. As such, please be sure to include content to support your eligibility/qualifications for this position within the first 5 pages. Please note that your full resume will be made available to the hiring manager if you are referred. Be clear and specific when describing your work history since human resources cannot make assumptions regarding your experience. Your application will be rated and ranked based on your responses to the online questions. Please ensure EACH work history includes ALL of the following information: Job Title (include series and grade if Federal Job) Duties (be specific in describing your duties) Employer's name and address Supervisor name and phone number Start and end dates including month, day and year (e.g. June 18 2007 to April 05 2008) Start and end dates for each grade/pay level if you've held a federal position. Full-time or part-time status (include hours worked per week) Salary Determining length of General or Specialized Experience is dependent on the above information and failure to provide the above information may result in a finding of ineligible. Note: Overstating your qualifications and/or experience in your application materials or application questionnaire may result in your removal from consideration. Federal Experience: If you are using current or prior federal experience as a basis for qualifying for this position, the grade levels and length of employment (mm/dd/year) at each grade level must be listed in your work history. This information will be further validated if selected for this position. 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 criteria 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 service. Please provide the dates and amount of time/hours worked earning this experience.

Education

EDUCATIONAL SUBSTITUTION: There is no educational substitution at this grade level.

Contacts

• Address
• Name: HROC Staffing Help Desk
• Phone: 952-697-8380
• Email: [email protected]