Summary The Intelligence Community Office of the Inspector General is searching for exceptional candidates to join us in fulfilling our mission to identify and prevent fraud, waste, abuse, and misconduct across the 18 elements of the Intelligence Community. We uphold the integrity of the IC and amplify its impact through independent oversight that demands accountability and drives excellence. IC OIG has four offices: Legal Counsel, Audits & Inspections, Investigations & Intake, and Strategy & Support. Responsibilities Duties include but are not limited to: Manage the IC OIG's Information Technology Team, to include maintenance and operations of IC OIG assets and systems, including case management software and cloud servers. Oversee IC OIG's Helpdesk and IT support triage, escalation, and prioritization of critical executive support requests and sensitive mission-impact issues to minimize downtime. Deconflict complex functional requirements into underlying technical requirements and recommend "best fit" allocation of those requirements. Develop technical and systems requirements. Coordinate with vendors, contractors, and internal teams to ensure IT service reliability, incident response, and adherence to processes and handling protocols. Conduct technical research on such topics as operational guidelines, best practices, and international standards, and develop procedures for installation of hardware, software, or network components. Analyze, define, and document requirements for data, workflows, logical processes, hardware and operating system environments, network connectivity, systems interfaces, internal and external checks and controls, and outputs. Participate in the design, evaluation, selection, implementation, and support of development and production support tools and platforms. Oversee the effective integration and interoperability of disparate capabilities developed by separate service providers. Lead the development of interoperability test plans, building upon the component test plans developed by the service providers; coordinate the testing of new capabilities with other elements to ensure that all equities are covered in the test process. Requirements Conditions of Employment Must be a current permanent ODNI employee OR must be a current permanent Federal employee with supervisory approval to apply to the Joint Duty Assignment (JDA). JDA applicants must be currently at the grade level specified in the advertisement. No temporary promotion opportunities will be granted for this position. The program does not apply to members of the Military service or contractors. Joint Duty applicants may be considered for this position as a reimbursable detailee, if endorsed by the employing agency. Joint Duty applicants must have a current TS/SCI clearance with polygraph or have the ability to obtain one. The ODNI does not conduct polygraphs or provide security clearances for detailees. FREE RESPONSE ESSAY QUESTIONS All applicants must answer the following four short, free response essay questions. The responses cannot exceed 200 words per question. By submitting your responses to the following questions, you certify that you are using your own words and did not use a consultant or AI (such as a large language model [LLM]). How has your commitment to the Constitution and the founding principles of the United States inspired you to pursue this role within the Federal government? Provide a concrete example from professional, academic, or personal experience. In this role, how would you use your skills and experience to improve government efficiency and effectiveness? Provide specific examples where you improved processes, reduced costs, or improved outcomes. How would you help advance the President's Executive Orders and policy priorities in this role? Identify one or two relevant Executive Orders or policy initiatives that are significant to you and explain how you would help implement them if hired. How has a strong work ethic contributed to your professional, academic or personal achievements? Provide one or two specific examples and explain how those qualities would enable you to serve effectively in this position. Qualifications This is an excepted service GS-14 position open to the public and all current federal employees at the GS-13 and GS-14 levels. Current federal employees at the GS-13 and GS-14 levels may apply to this position, and if selected will maintain pay set at their current grade and step. Current federal employees at grade levels GS-12 and below are not eligible for this position and their application will not be forwarded to the hiring manager. All current federal employees that apply for this position must submit their most recent SF-50 (i.e., dated within the last 52 weeks from the closing date of this vacancy announcement). Mandatory Requirements: Experience in cross community complex programs and making recommendations to improve products and services; considerable ability to deal with service failures and prioritize customer needs. Demonstrated ability to balance responsibilities among project activities; ability to manage transitions effectively from task to task, adapting to varying customer needs. Demonstrated ability to develop or implement information systems security plans and procedures. Demonstrated ability to design and document system specifications and produce proto@types to demonstrate design. Demonstrated ability to monitor trends in development, including the ability to assess the viability of competing technologies and recommend the adaption of emerging technologies. Strong oral and written communication skills and ability to produce clear and logical reports. Thorough knowledge of and experience in Intelligence Community and/or OIG mission and responsibilities. Desired Requirements: Understanding of the business operations of IC elements and Offices of Inspector General. Degree in computer science, engineering, information science, information systems management, mathematics, operations research, statistics, or technology management or degree that provided a minimum 24 semester hours in one or more of the fields identified above and required the development or adaptation of applications, systems or networks. Education Bachelor's Degree Additional Information JOB INTERVIEW TRAVEL Candidates from outside the Washington Metropolitan Area (WMA) may be selected for a telephone, teleconference, or in-person interview. SALARY DETERMINATION A current Federal Government employee, selected for this position, will be assigned to the position at their current grade and salary. REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS The ODNI provides reasonable accommodations to otherwise qualified applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the Reasonable Accommodations Officer by classified email at dnireasonableaccommodationwma@cia.ic.gov, by unclassified email at DNICOOHRMRA_ALL@odni.gov, by telephone at (703)275-3900 or by FAX at (703)275-1277. Your request for reasonable accommodation will be addressed on a case-by-case basis. PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION TO THE REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS EMAIL ADDRESS. THIS EMAIL IS FOR REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS ONLY. The ODNI is an equal opportunity employer and abides by applicable employment laws and regulations.
