Summary

This serves as public notice for the use of OPM's Direct Hire Authority. Applicants who meet the qualification requirements will be forwarded to the selecting official for consideration. We may select from this announcement or any other source to fill one or more vacancies.

This position is located in the Application Design and Delivery (ADD) office within the Department of State (DOS) is dedicated to providing innovative, agile, and customer-focused IT solutions.

Duties

• Provides technical and information security guidance and direction to the team as needed.
• Manages the performance management process, ensuring the prompt and proper recognition of effective performance.
• Attends Department and USG meetings and conferences in representing the organization on significant government-wide application design and development activities.
• Leverages project management best practices and processes to enhance programs ensuring systems are continually updated and refined to respond to Departmental information and security needs.
• Designs application development methodology to accommodate changes in legislation and regulations, Department and Bureau policies, user requirements, security standards and new technologies.

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Incumbent will be subject to random drug testing.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance.
• Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit: www.dhs.gov/E-Verify/

1. Attention to Detail - experience reviewing my own information technology-related work or data and have been responsible for reviewing the work of others to ensure accuracy, completeness, and consistency with standards.
2. Customer Service - developing and maintaining relationships with customers, anticipating and assessing the current and future information technology needs of customers, and developing or identifying information technology products or services that are tailored to meet customer needs.
3. Oral Communication - briefing senior-level management and IT staff on the status of information technology systems, projects, or daily operations, including the communication of complex technical information to a non-technical audience.
4. Problem Solving - identifying alternatives to address unique, highly complex, or sensitive information technology-related issues. I have anticipated information technology-related problems and have identified and evaluated potential sources of information to generate alternative solutions.

• Experience with low-code and no-code application development platforms.
• Experience with managing customer solutions using Agile and human-centered design methods to increase solution-mission alignment, enhance user adoption outcomes, and achieve diplomatic business objectives.
• Experience designing prototype solutions, integrated data analytics capabilities, and enabling across the cloud infrastructure supporting low-code/no-code solutions.
• Experience leading a team in performance of all aspects of information system development and lifecycle management.

• Ability to assign, review, and supervise the work of others;
• Objectivity and fairness in judging people on their ability, and situations on the facts and circumstances;
• Ability to adjust to change, work pressures, or difficult situations without undue stress;
• Willingness to consider new ideas or divergent points of view; and
• Capacity to "see the job through."

• For reasonable accommodation at the U.S. Department of State, please contact the Office of Accessibility and Accommodations at (202) 663-3474 or OAA@state.gov.
• If eligible, telework agreements may be permitted with supervisory approval. Please note that any approved remote work arrangement is subject to the locality pay area of the alternative telework worksite.
• Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement. If eligible, applicants to this announcement may be referred to similar positions in any Bureau/Office listed on this announcement for approximately 240 days. Telework eligibility and security clearance requirements may vary for such similar positions.

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• Knowledge of information security principles, concepts, standards, and practices.
• Knowledge of cybersecurity principles and methodologies.
• Knowledge of information data security and management.
• Ability to analyze, assess, and improve program effectiveness as it relates to information technology.
• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing.