Duties
The Chief, Architecture Compliance Division (ACD) will lead the assessment of the Intelligence Community's (IC) compliance with the IC's information technology (IT) architecture in support of the IC information environment (IE). Compliance efforts will address IC element adherence to the architecture, and measure the architecture's effectiveness of enabling the IC's future-state mission capabilities and delivery of an integrated, secure, resilient, and reliable information technology across the IC. Areas of focus will include compliance with IT architecture that enable an integrated multiple cloud environment, mutually supportive cybersecurity solutions, including the adoption of zero trust principles, and cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence.
The Chief, Architecture Compliance (ACD) will provide leadership, facilitation, analysis, and design tasks for the evolving IC IT compliance framework and the ACD team in developing standards, guidelines, and metrics for the IC's evolving IT architecture.
The Architecture and Integration Group (AIG) plans, organizes, coordinates, directs, and implements EA, systems engineering, and compliance and integration practices to foster a secure, interoperable, accessible, and effective IC IE. Through understanding and interpretation of complex IT investments, AIG helps stakeholders identify current and future enterprise IT needs, detect critical gaps to inform future planning, and ensure IC IT architecture compliance. In addition, AIG helps drive information sharing with international partners.
Major Duties and Responsibilities:
- Lead development, evolution, and maturity of governance, assurance, and standards associated with ensuring IC projects and activities comply with the IC IT architecture.
- Lead and set standards for analysis of the IC IT architecture compliance to measure the IC IE architecture's effectiveness for advancing the intelligence mission.
- Identify the organizational impact (e.g., on skills, processes, structures and culture) and financial impact of IC IT architecture compliance upon IC elements.
- Collaborate with cross-functional subject matter experts (SME) within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the IC to guide technology investment decisions based on analysis and evaluation of IC IT architecture compliance.
- Serve as a resource to guide subject matter experts in IC analysis of mission needs to derive the future-state of the IC's IT architecture. This includes leading the approach to requirements captures, defining principles and models that guide technology decisions for the architecture.
- Guide architecture compliance expertise in the analysis of the current technology environment to detect critical deficiencies, legacy and technical debt, and recommend solutions for improvement.
- Collaborate with architecture compliance SMEs and IC peers to guide development and implementation to improve architecture compliance methodologies for new mission capabilities and operating models.
- Identify and advocate for innovative solutions that will enable continued maturity of the IC IT architecture compliance framework.
- Lead project teams to ensure projects are completed on time, effectively apply team building and coaching techniques, and exchange project or technical information with team members and contractors at formal and informal meetings.
Requirements
Conditions of Employment
- Must be a U.S. Citizen residing in the United States.
- Appointment is subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance based on an SBI with eligibility for sensitive compartmented information (SCI).
- Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
- A two-year trial period is required for all new permanent appointments to the ODNI.
Qualifications
Mandatory Requirements:
- Superior leadership skills.
- Superior problem solving and troubleshooting skills in a technical context.
- Expert understanding of technology trends and the practical application of existing, new and emerging technologies.
- Expert knowledge of IT standards and controls.
- Expert understanding of information principles and processes.
- Expert understanding of network and security architecture.
- Expert academic background/professional knowledge of theories, concepts, principles, and methodologies of an engineering or technology architectural discipline sufficient to prepare, provide, and evaluate conventional plans, designs, design specifications, and related documentation.
- Expert program management, analytic, and critical thinking skills, including the ability to conduct program and management assessments, identify needs and requirements, and develop non-linear process improvement recommendations for implementation across the Intelligence Community.
- Superior facilitation and negotiation skills, including the ability to prepare unbiased system assessments, recommendations, and plans when analytic views differ among organizations.
- Superior oral and written communication skills, including an expert ability to lead, plan, and direct major acquisition programs and communicate effectively with people at all levels and from different organization cultures.
- Expert organizational and interpersonal skills and a superior ability to plan and lead negotiations, consensus building, and effective teams/collaborative environments.
- Superior ability to lead the development of consensus recommendations and to solicit input from colleagues and peers; proven ability to remain open-minded and change opinions on the basis of new information and requirements.
- 5 years of experience leading the measurement, design, and/or architecture's effectiveness in enabling delivery of capabilities.
- 5 years of experience leading the integration of users feedback into product development lifecycle.
- 5 years of experience leading the cleansing and transforming of data sets.
Education
Bachelor's degree.
Additional information
This position is eligible for the ODNI GSIT pay scale, which ODNI is currently offering for permanent and staff reserve employees in specifically designated IT-related occupational series that generally aligns to the OPM Information Technology Management Series 2210.
Job Interview Travel: Candidates from outside the Washington, D.C., area may be selected for a telephone, teleconference, or in-person interview.
Salary Determination: The ODNI uses a rank-in-person system in which rank is attached to GS employees on the basis of individual qualifications, experience, and performance.
Relocation Expenses: For new ODNI employees, reimbursement for relocation is discretionary based on availability of funds.
Reasonable Accommodations: The ODNI provides reasonable accommodations to 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.
The ODNI is an equal opportunity employer and abides by applicable employment laws and regulations.
How You Will Be Evaluated
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above. You must submit the supporting documents listed under the required documents section of this announcement. We will review your resume and supporting documentation to ensure you meet the basic qualification requirements. If you are among the best qualified, you may be referred to the hiring manager for consideration and may be called for an interview.
How to Apply
We encourage you to read the entire announcement prior to submitting your application.
Click "Apply" at the top of the page. Your application MUST be received by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing date of this announcement. In order to be considered, you must apply via USAJobs. The ODNI will not accept emailed applications. Applications received after the closing date will NOT be eligible for consideration.
Required Documents
A complete application package must include:
- RESUME: Applicants are encouraged to carefully review the vacancy announcement, particularly the MDRs, and construct their resume to highlight their most significant experience and qualifications relevant to this job opportunity.
- COVER LETTER: Applicants must submit a professional narrative as a supplement to the resume to elaborate on their qualifications and previous work performed.
- CURRENT SF-50: Federal Government employees must provide your official most recent SF-50.
Failure to submit any of the above-mentioned required documents may result in loss of consideration due to an incomplete application package. It is your responsibility to ensure all required documents have been submitted.
