Summary You will serve as an Information Technology Program Manager in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management and Comptroller), Systems Department. Responsibilities You will review DON ERP programs to assess compliance with IT plans and policies, ensuring alignment with business requirements and changes in legislation or regulatory standards. You will support the development of enterprise IT architecture for the DON financial management community, ensuring alignment with business processes and evaluating emerging technology solutions. You will serve as the lead technical advisor responsible for recommending scalable and resilient solutions and architectures for the future state enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, ensuring alignment with the latest advancements. You will lead the design and architecture of solutions that drive transformation across key business processes (procure-to-pay, hire-to-retire), ensuring the future ERP system supports high-throughput operations. You will ensure that system users have seamless access to the tools and data necessary to perform their roles, focusing on user-centered design, efficient data pipelines, and automated access control mechanisms. You will advise on the implementation of financial standards and processes, ensuring that technical solutions facilitate continuous auditability and mission readiness through integration with FM systems and compliance with DoD audit requirements. You will build cross-functional teams to support a phased ERP architecture plan that meets organizational needs, including cloud connectivity, ABAC, AI/ML-based analytics, and strategies for interface management, data handling. You will ensure that all transformation initiatives achieve the strategic goals outlined in the Department of the Navy's business and information technology strategies and policies. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-14 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: - Experience developing and implementing IT policies, strategic plans, and compliance frameworks to support organizational objectives and regulatory requirements. - Experience leading the technical design and architecture of large-scale, complex systems within large organizations, with a focus on scalable architectures that meet both functional and technical requirements such as security, availability, and performance. - Experience in managing and coordinating high-impact IT projects across diverse teams, ensuring alignment with critical agency priorities. Experience spans the entire software development lifecycle, from project selection, risk management and continuous delivery through continuous integration / delivery pipelines. - Experience preparing and delivering briefings to senior government officials and military leadership on IT infrastructure, security management, and program execution. - Experience with the infrastructure of ERP systems, including cloud-native environments, containerization, microservices architecture, and orchestration of complex, distributed systems. - Experience performing analysis of alternatives, evaluating technical courses of action by summarizing the impact on cost, schedule, and performance using modern analytical tools, statistical analysis, and technical modeling techniques. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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. Education Additional Information This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program. Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments. During the application process you will have the ability to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions in the local commuting area. Depending on the hiring organization and the position being filled, job requirements (e.g., security clearance, travel, drug testing, financial disclosure filing, bargaining unit status, etc.) may vary. Other hiring managers filling similar positions may offer relocation expense reimbursement and/or may offer recruitment incentives for new employees, depending on funding availability and in accordance with policy. If you opt-in and are referred on a certificate, your resume will be available to other hiring managers for 180-days from the date the job announcement closes. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions. Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf PPP applicants will be placed at the FPL, if determined Well Qualified (WQ). To receive priority consideration, the FPL must be the same grade level or equivalent of the retained grade or the grade held immediately prior to separation. ICTAP Applicants: To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate for this vacancy, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a rating in the highly qualified category or higher. ICTAP candidates must provide copies of all of the following documentation at the time of application: 1) agency notice; 2) most recent performance appraisal and 3) most recent SF-50 or notification of personnel action that includes position, grade level, and duty location. Applicants who do not provide this documentation will not receive consideration as an ICTAP candidate. For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/career-transition/ Military Spouse Preference applicants will be placed at the highest grade for which they have applied and are determined Best Qualified (BQ). A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific position.
