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IT Specialist (Project Manager)
Job Description:

The FAA’s Information Technology Service, Enterprise Program Management Service (EPMS) is responsible for a wide range of critical IT projects, which provide fundamental IT services to all of the FAA, as well as to significant safety programs and projects that directly affect the FAA’s ability to meet its mission objectives.

Duties

These programs and projects span a wide range of objectives, from ensuring critical upgrades are performed to the FAA’s IT infrastructure and enterprise applications to identifying and deploying solutions to ensure safety organizations are provided with accurate and timely information.

Incumbent’s responsibilities are diverse and spans multiple domains critical to the effective and efficient achievement of customer’s goals. The duties include:

Project/Program Management:

  • Oversee and manage complex IT, cybersecurity, and data-related projects across all phases of the Project Management Lifecycle (PMLC), including initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, and closure.
  • Ensure project success by managing scope, budget, risks, and schedules, with a focus on initiatives such as systems upgrades, IT security programs, and data cataloging.
  • Lead matrixed project teams, ensuring alignment with FAA Cybersecurity policies, Data Strategy objectives, and enterprise goals.
  • Conduct analytical studies, cost-benefit analyses, and research to support IT system acquisition, deployment, and optimization.

Cybersecurity and Data Governance:

  • Partner with the AIT directorates, particularly the Information Security & Privacy Service (AIS) and Chief Data Office (ADO), to implement and maintain frameworks for securing and optimizing critical data assets.
  • Promote data accuracy, consistency, and compliance while fostering a culture that recognizes data as a valuable corporate asset.
  • Support data onboarding by equipping teams with security and data tools and methodologies to transform raw data into actionable insights.

Operational Efficiency and Policy Compliance:

  • Develop, recommend, and implement solutions to complex organizational challenges to enhance operational efficiency.
  • Create and implement strategies for risk mitigation, contingency planning, and compliance for IT systems.
  • Advocate for FAA policies, representing the organization in internal and external advisory roles.

Leadership and Collaboration:

  • Mentor and guide less-experienced professionals to cultivate a collaborative and high-performing team culture.
  • Lead meetings and briefings for diverse audiences including working teams, managers, directors, and executives.
  • Serve as the principal point of contact for assigned projects/products, facilitating coordination across FAA Lines of Lines of Business and Staff Offices.

Additional duties may be assigned as required.

Job Requirements:
Requirements Conditions of Employment
  • US Citizenship is required.
  • Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
  • Must submit an SF50 (See Required Documents).
Qualifications

For additional information please view the complete OPM qualification standard for the Group Coverage Qualification Standard for IT Specialist, please visit:

https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/2200/information-technologyit-management-series-2210-alternative-a/

To qualify for this position you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to FV-I / FG/GS-13. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position.

Specialized experience may include but not limited to: Experience working in a leadership role on complex IT projects or programs throughout the Project Management Lifecycle (PMLC) including application development efforts, systems upgrades and installations, technology outsourcing, or IT security initiatives.

Applicants should include examples of specialized experience in their work history.

Qualifications must be met by the closing date of this vacancy announcement.

If the Agency decides to interview any qualified employee on the selection list, then all on the list who are qualified must be interviewed. If the selection list is shortened to a best qualified list through a comparative process, then the best qualified list shall be considered to be the selection list.

Selection may be made from this announcement or from ACT-AIT-25-AEM001-93707

How You Will Be Evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.



IMPORTANT: Applicants may be rated on the extent and quality of experience, education, and training relevant to the duties of the position(s). All answers provided in the on-line process must be substantiated. Ensure that your application package/resume supports your responses.

Required Documents

Only supplemental documentation, e.g. transcripts or veteran's documentation will be accepted in combination with your online application. These documents must be uploaded or emailed to jennifer.a.lowery@faa.gov on or before the closing date of this announcement. All submitted documents should reference the announcement number.



Applicants claiming eligibility for the Expanded Veterans Hiring Opportunity (EVHO), MUST submit a DD Form 214 reflecting character of service to verify eligibility by the closing date of the announcement as requested by the Human Resource Office. Eligibility for EVHO will be considered based on applicable documentation submitted by the closing date.

If you are a current or former Federal employee (including a current FAA employee), you MUST provide a copy of your SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action) containing information in Blocks 15, 17, 18, 19, 22, and 24 so it can be used to verify your position title, series, grade, tenure, and organization of record by the closing date of the announcement. You may fax your SF-50 or upload it into the on-line application. If faxing the SF-50, please ensure you include the vacancy announcement number on the faxed copy.

If you are a current Federal employee and need a current copy of your SF-50, please contact your personnel office. If you are an FAA employee, you can access and print your SF-50 from the eOPF system https://eopf.opm.gov/dot/. If you are a former Federal employee, you can obtain a copy of your SF-50 by writing the National Personnel Records Center Annex, 1411 Boulder Boulevard, Valmeyer, IL 62295. Additional information is available from this link: https://www.archives.gov/st-louis/opf.

Expanded Veterans Hiring Opportunity (EVHO) are preference eligibles and veterans who are honorably discharged from the Armed Forces after completing at least three (3) years of continuous active service. Applicants claiming eligibility for EVHO, MUST submit a DD Form 214 reflecting character of service to verify eligibility by the closing date of the announcement as requested by the Human Resource Office. Eligibility for EVHO will be considered based on applicable documentation submitted by the closing date.

If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.

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Location
Washington DC, District of Columbia, United States
Type
Contractor
Salary Range
$92,964 - $144,121
Company Details
Federal Aviation Administration
800 Independence Ave, SW
Washington, DC 20591 USA
www.faa.gov/jobs
493 Open Jobs Available
Our continuing mission is to provide the safest, most efficient aerospace system in the world. We strive to reach the next level of safety, efficiency, environmental responsibility and global leadership. We are accountable to the American public and ...

Benefits:
TBD

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