Summary
Ready to drive innovation in national security? Join the DCSA as an IT Product Owner & Scrum Master. Champion agile teams building mission-critical software, modernize legacy platforms into AWS cloud solutions, and turn complex mission needs into powerful technical capabilities. Make a direct impact safeguarding our nation's trusted workforce and critical technologies. For more information visit www.dcsa.mil
Duties
This position may be filled at either GG-11 or GG-12 grade level, please indicate the grade for which you want to be considered. Incumbent may be advanced non-competitively to the established target grade upon meeting developmental benchmarks, performance requirements, and other requirements, as applicable established for the career program or specifically for the incumbent. As a IT SPECIALIST (PLCYPLN) you will be responsible for the following duties: GG-11 Designs software utilizing the software life cycle process, develops, deploys, updates, maintains, and tests software using methodologies and tools, designs to leverage software reusability and establishes and utilizes software engineering metrics. Prioritizes projects /tasks for contractors and facilitates project initiations and approval processes, change management and deployment activities. Oversees development activities of contractors and establishes and enforces DoD policy and standards and security principles to ensure quality and integrity of delivered products according to scope, cost and schedule. Oversees complex inter-agency migration(s) of application initiatives having agency and enterprise impact. Provides technology roadmaps for consistent implementation and migration of legacy applications to new technology tools and cloud solutions. Maintains relationship with business partners and is a liaison between cross functional IT teams and customers to understand and meet their expectations. GG-12 Leads CI/CD pipeline optimization to automate deployments and enforce reusability. Evaluates performance against engineering metrics to cut technical debt and ensure scalable system architecture across the Acquisition and Technology portfolio. Serves as Government PO and Scrum Master, translating agency needs into backlogs and sprints. Exercises independent authority over sprint release readiness, change control, and deployment schedules to meet critical NBIS delivery milestones. Applies FAR guidelines to monitor contractors and enforce acceptance criteria. Enforces rigorous DoW information security, information assurance policies, and national regulations to conduct risk audits and safeguard system integrity. Coordinates cross-boundary data and system integration across DCSA and DoW. Resolves complex technical incompatibilities and negotiates formal interface agreements to maintain operational readiness during enterprise-wide transitions. Conducts AWS cloud and serverless tradeoff analyses to optimize performance, cost, and security. Establishes multi-year modernization roadmaps to decommission legacy tools and accelerate scalable, enterprise cloud capability adoption. Represents the Acquisition & Technology portfolio as technical authority with senior leaders and industry. Defends controversial technical approaches, negotiates conflicting priorities, and achieves consensus on high-impact enterprise solutions. The Office Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security established a Targeted Local Market Supplement (TLMS) for certain Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Cyber positions within the Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System. Eligibility for the TLMS is based on cyber work roles within certain occupational series and on the work performed. This vacancy is designated as a STEM and/or Cyber position and pay for the incumbent will be based on the STEM and Cyber Pay Table.
Education
If substituting education for experience at the GG-11 level, you must possess a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher graduate education leading to such a degree, OR LL.M., if related. If substituting or combining education for experience, transcripts MUST be provided. Failure to provide transcripts will result in you being rated ineligible for this position. Superior Academic Achievement does not apply to DCIPS positions. Foreign Education: For further information, click on the following link: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/
How you will be evaluated
You will be evaluated based on how well you meet the qualifications listed in this vacancy announcement. Your qualifications will be evaluated based on your application materials (e.g., resume, supporting documents), the responses you provide on the application questionnaire. EXCEPTED SERVICE PILOT REVIEW: Once the application process is complete, a review of your application will be made to ensure you meet the qualification requirements listed on this announcement. All applicants who meet the basic qualification requirements will be forwarded to the Selecting Official for consideration. You should list any relevant performance appraisals and incentive awards in your resume as that information may be taken into consideration during the selection process. If selected, you may be required to provide supporting documentation. Top ranked candidates will be referred to the selecting official for further review and consideration. A review of your resume and supporting documentation will be made and compared against your responses to the Assessment Questionnaire to determine if you are qualified for this job. If your resume is incomplete or does not support the responses provided in the Assessment Questionnaire, or if you fail to submit all required documentation, you will be rated 'ineligible', 'not qualified'. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment. All eligibility and qualifications requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.