Information Technology Specialist

Summary

**The location has been updated to Washington, D.C.** This position is located in the Division of Administration (DA) and responsible for directing the innovative internal management of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC or Commission) business, human resources, financial, technological, security, and strategic operational resources. DA works efficiently and effectively to ensure the fulfillment of the Commission's mission through continued success in continuity of operations.

Duties

As an Information Technology Specialist (Network) within the Network Operations section, the incumbent collaborates closely with and functions as a technical advisor to the Network Operations Manager in carrying out the agency's responsibilities for implementing a robust and effective enterprise IT program that supports the mission, goals, and objectives of the CFTC. At the full performance level, the duties include: Design, deploy, administer, troubleshoot, and monitor a hybrid network infrastructure including LAN, WAN, SDWAN, VLANs, IPv4/IPv6, MPLS, and data center networks using routers, switches, firewalls, VPNs, and other network technologies. Ensuring the rigorous application of information security/information assurance policies, principles, and practices in the delivery of network services. Design, deploy, administer, troubleshoot, and monitor virtual cloud networks (VCN) within the Azure and Aws Government Commercial Cloud (GCC) environments. Collaborate strategically with cross‐functional teams—including IT Operations, Cloud, and Security—to architect, synchronize, and optimize enterprise network capabilities across the agency's integrated physical and virtual infrastructures. This includes driving alignment of hybrid architectures, enforcing security and interoperability standards, and ensuring cohesive end‐to‐end operational performance across all network environments Manage, administer, and troubleshooting M365 technologies including Entra ID, Exchange, Purview, Teams, and OneDrive. Install, test, maintain, and upgrade various network operating systems (Windows/Linux) and software; Supporting other teams on policies, procedures, or technology solutions that have an impact on network infrastructure. Design, engineer, orchestrate, and continuously optimize highly complex virtual cloud network infrastructures (VCN) across AWS and Azure (GCC) environments. This includes architecting and governing Azure VNETs, network security groups, route tables, virtual firewalls, virtual WANs, ExpressRoute/Direct Connect integrations, and the full suite of enterprise-grade virtual network services—ensuring resilient, scalable, secure, and mission‐aligned cloud network architectures.

Qualifications

In addition to these basic requirements, you must also possess one year of specialized experience at least equivalent to the next lower grade level in the Federal service. To qualify for the CT-13 level, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade (GS/CT-12 level). Specialized experience includes but is not limited to: Experience with designing and engineering full cycle secure hybrid (Cloud/Physical) network infrastructures using various network protocols such as LAN, WAN, SDWAN, VLANs, IPv4/IPv6, MPLS. Manage and administer the enterprise-grade CFTC Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) ecosystem spanning on-premises Hardware Security Module (HSM) devices and Azure Key Vault, ensuring cryptographic integrity across the enterprise. Architect, engineer, and spearhead enterprise-wide Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA) transformations, leading cross-functional project teams through the full lifecycle of strategy, design, deployment, and continuous optimization of comprehensive Zero Trust frameworks aligned with NIST SP 800-207 and industry best practices. Leverage various network/server monitoring tools, interpret packet captures, perform flow analysis, and provide detailed reports on enterprise infrastructure performance. This position is being filled at the CT-13 grade level with promotion potential to the CT-14. **Bachelor's degree or higher in computer science or a related field, such as information systems, cybersecurity, data science, or mathematics** **Preferred certifications include Microsoft 365 Administrator, Azure Administrator Associate, or Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA), or higher**

Education

Please refer to the OPM Qualification Standard Competency-Based Qualification Standard for the Information Technology Management Series, 2210 for the specific Education/Experience requirements for this position. Please refer to the requirements section of the announcement.

Requirements

• •U.S. Citizenship
• •Background/Security Investigation
• •May be required to serve a one-year probationary period
• •Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959