IT Specialist (PLCYPLN/ENTARCH)

Summary

The Deputy Chief of Governance serves as the senior advisor and principal deputy to the Director of ITD. The incumbent assists in developing, implementing, and overseeing enterprise IT governance, strategic planning, cybersecurity governance, investment management, compliance, risk management, enterprise architecture, digital modernization, and policy across the Information Technology Directorate.

Duties

• As an IT Specialist (PLCYPLN/ENTARCH) at the GS-2210-13/14 some of your typical work assignments may include: Provide strategic governance, fiduciary oversight, and service delivery validation for DARPA's highly complex $1.5 billion enterprise IT portfolio. Orchestrate executive-level decision-making processes, serving as a principal advisor to governance boards, executive councils, and investment review boards. Guides the strategic development and integration of DARPA's Business, Data, Application, Security, and Technology architectures. Enforces interoperability, system reuse, and strict adherence to Department of War (DOW) enterprise architecture standards across the agency to maximize Return on Investment (ROI) on enterprise contracts. Establishes, evaluates, and monitors Service Level Agreements (SLAs), Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), and Quality Assurance Surveillance Plans (QASP) governing the multi-million-dollar contract. Prepares and defends high-stakes executive briefings, decision papers, white papers, and audit responses. Directs continuous oversight programs to ensure DARPA IT and its contract partners maintain strict compliance with Federal Information Security requirements, Records Management, Privacy Act mandates, Section 508 Accessibility, data governance, and Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) protocols.

Qualifications

You may qualify at the GS-13, if you fulfill the following qualifications: A. One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military or private sector. Creditable specialized experience includes: Experience contributing to the development of agency-specific governance directives, ensuring compliance across a technology footprint. Experience developing strategic plans and technology roadmaps across multiple domains in at least three of the following: Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing, Zero Trust, Enterprise Data Management, Digital Engineering, and HPC). Demonstrated ability in making recommendations to stakeholders to gain adherence to enterprise IT policies. Experience translating technical, contract performance, and regulatory challenges into governance recommendations. Experience resolving governance or compliance disputes. You may qualify at the GS-14, if you fulfill the following qualifications: A. One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 grade level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military or private sector. Creditable specialized experience includes: Experience guiding the development of agency-specific governance directives, ensuring compliance across a technology footprint Experience developing multiyear strategic plans and technology rroad maps across multiple domains including Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing, Zero Trust, Enterprise Data Management, Digital Engineering, and HPC). Demonstrated ability in making recommendations to stakeholders to gain adherence to enterprise IT policies. Experience translating technical, contract performance, and regulatory challenges into actionable governance recommendations for senior leadership. Experience resolving complex governance or compliance disputes. AND In addition to meeting qualifications, your application package must reflect the applicable experience to meet the Individual Occupational Requirements for the 2210, series as listed below: A. Requirements for the 2210 series: Experience must be IT related; the experience may be demonstrated by paid or unpaid experience and/or completion of specific, intensive training (for example, IT certification), as appropriate. For all positions individuals must have IT-related experience demonstrating each of the 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. Decision Making - Makes sound, well-informed, and objective decisions; perceives the impact and implications of decisions; commits to action, even in uncertain situations, to accomplish organizational goals; causes change. Information Management - Identifies a need for and knows where or how to gather information; organizes and maintains information or information management systems. Interpersonal Skills - Shows understanding, friendliness, courtesy, tact, empathy, concern, and politeness to others; develops and maintains effective relationships with others; may include effectively dealing with individuals who are difficult, hostile, or distressed; relates well to people from varied backgrounds and different situations 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. Teamwork - Encourages and facilitates cooperation, pride, trust, and group identity; fosters commitment and team spirit; works with others to achieve goals. Technical Competence - Uses knowledge that is acquired through formal training or on-the-job experience to perform one's job; works with, understands, and evaluates technical information related to the job; advises others on technical issues. 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.

Education

Substitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level.

Required documents

The documents you are required to submit vary based on the authority you are using to apply (i.e., applying as a veteran, applying as a current permanent Federal employee, applying as a reinstatement, etc.). Your complete application includes your COMPLETE resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide these documents, you will be marked as having an incomplete application package and you will not be considered any further. The following documents are REQUIRED 1. Your resume: IMPORTANT UPDATE: Your resume must not exceed two (2) pages. If your resume exceeds the two-page limit, you will be removed from consideration for this announcement. The resume and required supporting documentation should provide the minimum qualifications and relevant experience for the announced position. Must include the work schedule, hours worked per week, dates of employment, and duties performed. If multiple resumes are submitted by an applicant, only the last resume submitted will be reviewed for qualifications and referred for selection consideration, if eligible. The resume must not be more than 5MB and should be saved and uploaded as a PDF to maintain formatting and number of pages. We also accept GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, TXT, PDF, ODT or Word (DOC or DOCX). We do not accept PDF portfolio files. Page margins should be 0.5 inches, and font styles must be legible. Consider using 14-point size font for titles and 10-point for the main text. We recommend using a font like Lato, if available. Other widely available options are Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Open San Source Sans Pro, Roboto or Noro Sans. Additional guidance on writing a federal resume can be found at: USAJOBS Help Center - How do I write a resume for a federal job? The resume builder can help you create a resume using these recommendations and uses the information in your USAJOBS profile to help you get started. PLEASE REVIEW THE BELOW LINK FOR OTHER SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS needed for proof of eligibility: https://www.dla.mil/Portals/104/Documents/Careers/downloads/DODCustomersRequiredSupportingDocumentation.pdf?