Supervisory IT Specialist (APPSW)
What you'd do
The ideal candidate for this position is an accomplished senior software engineer with deep experience in agile, human-centered, and cloud-native approaches for delivering modern, cloud-based data platforms and solutions in complex federal environments.
Major duties
What will I do in this position if hired? In this position, you will serve as Product Delivery Branch Chief for the Office of Policy and Program Analysis, Enterprise Data and Analytics Modernization Initiative (EDAMI) and senior FEMA Data Exchange (FEMADex) engineering lead, directing the design, development, integration, deployment, and sustainment of FEMADex data platform services, including enterprise data ingestion, processing, storage, and access capabilities, associated applications, and supporting cloud infrastructure. Typical assignments include: Leading multiple complex and highly technical engineering efforts to build and evolve FEMADex as a modern cloud-based data platform, including development, customization, and maintenance of applications, data pipelines, data transformation and orchestration workflows, and infrastructure-as-code using modern cloud and software engineering practices. Overseeing product delivery and data platform operations practices for FEMADex, including iterative development, CI/CD, automated testing, configuration management, observability, data quality, and reliability engineering, to ensure rapid, reliable, and secure delivery of data and services. Directing and integrating software engineering, data engineering, data platform, cybersecurity, and testing activities to deliver secure, resilient data and analytics capabilities aligned with FEMA and DHS enterprise architecture, security, and data standards. Providing expert technical advice on software and data engineering, enterprise data platforms, legacy system modernization, solution architecture, and resolution of complex technical issues, and serving as a key liaison with FEMA stakeholders and partner agencies. What else do I need to know? At FEMA, our mission is to help people before, during and after disasters, and every employee at FEMA has a role in emergency management. Every FEMA employee has regular and recurring emergency management responsibilities, though not every position requires routine deployment to disaster sites. All positions are subject to recall around the clock for emergency management operations, which may require irregular work hours, work at locations other than the official duty station, and may include duties other than those specified in the employee's official position description. Travel requirements in support of emergency operations may be extensive in nature (weeks to months), with little advance notice, and may require employees to relocate to emergency sites with physically austere and operationally challenging conditions.
What you need to qualify
Current Federal employees must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade or equivalent grade band in the Federal service. The qualification requirements listed below must be met by the closing date of this announcement. To qualify for this position at the GS-15 level, you must possess one full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-14 level in the Federal government, which has equipped you with the skills needed to successfully perform the duties of the position. Experience may be obtained in the federal government, a state or local government, or private sector, and must demonstrate the following: Leading significant software and platform engineering efforts for enterprise or mission-critical environments, including integrating applications, data, infrastructure, and security using cloud-native architectures and modern software engineering practices; AND Applying advanced IT and engineering principles, including agile and iterative development, hands-on coding of production systems, and DevSecOps practices (for example, CI/CD, configuration management, automated testing, and modern deployment approaches) to design, develop, deploy, and operate secure, reliable applications and platforms; AND Using technical project management practices to translate complex technical and mission problems into clear engineering requirements, architectures, implementation plans, and communications for senior stakeholders; AND Leading cross-functional technical teams (for example, software engineering, data engineering, cybersecurity, and testing), including setting priorities, assigning work, and providing technical direction and feedback to team members in the delivery and operation of software systems. Please read the following important information to ensure we have everything we need to consider your application: Do not copy and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position. Please limit your resume to two pages. The USAJOBS database will not allow an applicant to submit an application that includes a resume over two pages. Your resume serves as the basis for experience related qualification determinations, and you must highlight your most relevant and significant work experience and education (if applicable), as it relates to this job opportunity. Please use your own words, be clear, and specific when describing your work history. We cannot make assumptions regarding your experience. Are you qualifying based on your work experience? Qualifications are based on your ability to demonstrate in your resume that you possess one year of the specialized experience for this announcement at a comparable scope and responsibility. To ensure all of the essential information is in your resume, we encourage you to use the USAJOBS online Resume Builder. If you choose to use your own resume, it must contain the following information organized by experience/position: (1) job title, (2) name of employer, (3) start and end dates of each period of employment (from MM/DD/YY to MM/DD/YY), (4) detailed description of duties performed, accomplishments, and related skills, and (5) hours worked per week (part-time employment will be prorated in crediting experience). Federal experience/positions must also include the grade level, occupational series and dates in which you held each grade level. Are you a current or former FEMA Reservist/DAE employee? To accurately credit your experience from intermittent positions and Reservist Deployments, you must list the dates (from MM/DD/YY to MM/DD/YY) of deployments that are relevant to your qualifying experience, along with the job title and specific duties you were responsible for during each deployment. Determining length of General or Specialized Experience is dependent on the above information. Failure to provide the above information in your resume may result in your application being found "not qualified." 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 provides valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. For additional information on crediting experience and/or education, please reference the OPM General Schedule Qualification Standards
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