Information Technology Specialist (INFOSEC) (DIRECT HIRING AUTHORITY)

Applicants must meet all the qualification requirements described below by the closing date of this announcement. 

Applicants applying for the GS-14 grade level must meet the following requirements: Have IT-related experience demonstrating EACH of the four competencies AND specialized experience listed below:

1. Attention to Detail - make decisions or recommendations that significantly influence important agency IT policies or programs
2. Customer Service - apply new developments to previously unsolvable problems
3. Oral Communication - develop and present reports, correspondence and briefings
4. Problem Solving - administer large scale database management systems for mission-critical functions

AND Have at least 1 full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 level in the Federal service which provided you with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the duties of the position.

Qualifying specialized experience must demonstrate the following:

• Experience managing product strategy and delivery, to include conceptualizing a product vision and developing outcome-based roadmaps contextualized to customer, user, or business needs.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams of user experience designers and engineers, using agile methods to prioritize and incrementally deliver solutions. 
• Experience aligning  stakeholders and the team around a product strategy informed by data-driven product decisions that balance user, business, and technology outcomes.
• Experience articulating challenging product and technical issues to a variety of audiences, ranging from gaining buy-in from non-technical senior executives to developing actionable stories for prototyping and product development.

NOTE: In order to qualify for this position, your 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. There is no substitute of education for specialized experience for the GS-14 position.