Summary

This position is in the Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of the Secretary (OST), Office of the Chief Digital and Information Officer within a Digital Factory serving OST. OCDIO serves as the principal advisor to the Secretary of Transportation on information and technology matters. You will serve as Director, senior leader and change agent for digital transformation, driving the department-wide adoption of Agile methodologies and DevSecOps practices.

Duties

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As a Supervisory IT Specialist, your duties will include:

• Systems Analysis & Software Applications: Manages a complex digital product line from user-centric design through deployment using Low-code, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), and cloud environments.
• Advanced Technology Integration: Guides teams through business process reengineering to integrate AI, automation, and data-driven decision-making tools into organizational workflows.
• Information Security: Integrates cybersecurity resilience, vulnerability reduction, and incident response measures into continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
• Program & Personnel Management: Exercises final technical and administrative authority over a highly technical workforce; coordinating contractor schedules; and making major recommendations on long-range IT goals, continuity of operations, and resource allocations.

The ideal candidate will possess senior-level leadership skills to direct digital services of an organization or product line. This includes: leading digital transformation efforts directing the shift from traditional, project-based IT infrastructure to a product-centric digital services model utilizing Agile methodologies and DevSecOps practices; Overseeing the full lifecycle of complex digital products utilizing advanced technology stacks, including cloud-hosted solutions, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Low-code platforms, and the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) or automation; Ensuring information security, threat/vulnerability reduction, and compliance with federal IT mandates (e.g., Clinger-Cohen Act, Federal Information Security Modernization Act); and, Managing a multidisciplinary workforce (equivalent to the GS-13 level or higher), including setting performance standards, managing sprint/delivery cycles, and making selections/personnel decisions.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

• You must be a U.S.Citizen and eligible for consideration.
• You must meet specialized experience to qualify.
• Required documents must be submitted by the closing date.
• Submit application and resume online by 11:59 PM EST on the closing date.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:

As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you may be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider:

• your performance and conduct;
• the needs and interests of the agency;
• whether your continued employment would advance the organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and
• whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

Upon completion of your probationary period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

• SELECTIVE SERVICE: Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for the Selective Service.
• CERTIFICATION: You must be able to obtain and maintain FAC-C Professional certification.
• GOVERNMENT TRAVEL CARD: This position involves travel. A government contractor-issued travel card will be issued and must be retained for official business only.
• BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION: A background security investigation is required for all selected individuals. Appointment will be subject to the applicant's successful completion of the security investigation and favorable adjudication. Failure to meet these requirements will be grounds for termination.
• PROBATIONARY PERIOD: You must complete a one-year probationary period (unless already completed).
• SUPERVISORY PROBATIONARY PERIOD: You must complete a one-year supervisory probationary period (unless already completed).
• TIME-IN-GRADE: Federal applicants must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade in the competitive or excepted service in the executive branch to satisfy time-in-grade restrictions contained in 5 CFR 300, Subpart F.
• DEU REQUIREMENTS: Applicants selected under delegated examining procedures may be required to successfully complete a one-year probationary period (unless already completed).

Qualifications

To qualify for the Grade 15, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equal or equivalent to the GS-14, it must include:

• Experience managing enterprise digital product portfolios from user-centric design through production promotion across Low-code, SaaS, and multi-cloud environments to modernize legacy systems.
• Experience institutionalizing DevSecOps frameworks by seamlessly embedding cyber resilience, proactive vulnerability reduction, and automated incident response into continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
• Experience spearheading organizational business process reengineering to integrate artificial intelligence (AI), intelligent automation, and advanced data analytics into mission-critical workflows and governance structures.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas:

• Technology Management: Keeps up-to-date on technological developments. Makes effective use of technology to achieve results. Ensures access to and security of technology systems.
• IT Program Management: Managing IT programs or projects, including defining requirements, managing resources, coordinating schedules, and ensuring the delivery of IT products or services that meet organizational goals.
• Information Assurance /Cybersecurity: Knowledge of methods, policies, and procedures for protecting information systems and data from unauthorized access, alteration, or destruction, and ensuring compliance with federal information security mandates.
• Influencing/Negotiating: Persuades others; builds consensus through tracking and sharing information; gains cooperation from others to obtain information and accomplish goals; negotiates to find mutually acceptable solutions.

For all types of consideration, 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.

For additional information about applying to Federal positions, please click on the following link: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-policies/#url=e4

All applicants must meet all qualification requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Additional information

The Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act prohibits the Department of Transportation and its Operating Administrations from requesting an applicant's criminal history record before that individual receives a conditional offer of employment. In accordance with 5 U.S. Code a7 9202(c) and 5 C.F.R a7 920.201 certain positions are exempt from the provisions of the Fair Chance to Compete Act. Applicants who believe they have been subjected to a violation of the Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act, may submit a written complaint to the Department of Transportation by email at, [redacted]. To learn more, please visit our page at: The Fair Chance to Compete Act | US Department of Transportation

This announcement may be used to fill additional positions if similar vacancies occur within 90 days of the issue date of the referral certificate.

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Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

Benefits

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