Securing Travel, Protecting People - At the Transportation Security Administration, you will serve in a high-stakes environment to safeguard the American way of life. In cities across the country, you would secure airports, seaports, railroads, highways, and/or public transit systems, thus protecting America's transportation infrastructure and ensuring freedom of movement for people and commerce.

Duties

This IT Specialist (ENTARCH) position is located in Enterprise Support (ES), Office of Information Technology (OIT), Enterprise Architecture Division (EAD), Enterprise Architecture Governance Branch (EAGB), Transportation Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Duties include but are not limited to: Accountable for providing expert enterprise architecture and technical guidance across the organization. Applies experience and expert technical knowledge and promotes usage of architectural principles. Understands and reports technological possibilities and limits, develops statements of direction, and identifies risks and associated mitigation. Defines the policies and principles to guide technology decisions for the enterprise architecture. Provides expert technical advice to the TSA Chief Architect and Enterprise Architecture Division (EAD) management on multiple and complex matters pertaining to the application of Enterprise Architecture (EA) principles, policies, concepts, methodologies, and practices with considerable discretion to develop new and innovative approaches. Serves as the technical expert directing and/or collaborating with TSA offices on Acquisition Programs that require DHS and TSA review/approval. Throughout the program lifecycle, directs, leads and/or performs architectural reviews of plans, designs, and implementation of enterprise systems. Has decision making authority while reviewing IT acquisition requests and architectural design reviews. Provides expert architectural and engineering guidance to program and systems development teams. Serves as a primary IT representative to mission areas to provide expert technical direction across complex emerging capability and systems projects. Serves as primary technical authority advising the Division Director and TSA Enterprise Risk Security Council on IT and security requirements and portfolio management in an environment that is complicated by continuing program changes, rapidly evolving technology, funding fluctuations and similar unplanned complicating influences. Ensures the rigorous application of enterprise architecture as it relates to Acquisition program management policies, principles, and practices to all components of the enterprise architecture. Ensures that acquired or developed system(s), security approaches, and architecture(s) are consistent with organization's architecture guidelines. Performs highly complex and challenging assignments under minimal direction of a manager. Initiates, directs, and/or conducts pioneering engineering, or IT studies which solve major, unexplored issues across several engineering/information system disciplines. Designs and/or conducts studies to identify improvements in the way systems architecture is applied to key business and mission functions for TSA. Identifies opportunities to improve enterprise processes to support mission and business processes and utilizes emerging technologies. Advises the TSA Chief Architect and Branch Chief in the areas of architectural analysis, policy development, scorecard compliance, and establishment of architectural principles and standards. Architecturally oversees high-priority mission projects. Directs, leads, and/or produces architectural products to include contract related documentation to support contracts within EAD. Determines the gaps between the current and the target architecture and develops plans for transitioning to target architecture. Collaborates with TSA offices to develop major components / artifacts of the Acquisition program plans as they relate to enterprise architecture adhering to DHS / OMB policies and guidance. Assigned to support the TSA Critical Incident Management Group (CIMG) as the lead IT Specialist.

Requirements

Qualifications

FOR ALL IT POSITIONS: To qualify, you 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. In addition to the requirements for all IT positions, to qualify for the SV-K Pay Band (equivalent to GS-15), you must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the SV-J or GS-14 Pay Band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private sector. Specialized experience is defined as experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position to be filled. Specialized experience is defined as: Comprehensive experience applying technical knowledge in the alignment of systems/solution architecture and infrastructure in the areas of enterprise architecture, governance, security, cloud architecture, systems engineering, and software/hardware management; AND Comprehensive experience in establishing Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) context for operational, strategic, and transportation security risks. Comprehensive knowledge of Risk Management Framework and its application to Enterprise Risk Management; AND Comprehensive experience in enterprise architecture theories, principles, concepts, methodologies, plans, and systems with the mission, goals, and processes of the organization. Credit for experience is given based on a 40-hour workweek. Part-time experience is credited on a part-time ratio, i.e., working 20 hours per week for two months equals one month of experience. No additional credit is given for overtime. 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. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office. Resumes must include the following: Narrative description of duties with start and end dates (including the month and year) for work experience. State the number of hours worked in a position (i.e. full-time or part-time). If part-time, state the total number of hours worked per week. Performance level (i.e. band or grade) Utilizing the USAJOBS Resume Builder and completing all available fields is strongly encouraged. You must meet the qualification requirements for this position no later than the closing date of the vacancy announcement.

Contacts

• Address ES - Information Technology 6595 Springfield Center Dr Springfield, VA 22150 US
• Name: HC ServeU Customer Care
• Email: [email protected]