Supervisory IT Specialist (Policy and Planning)

Summary

Deliver secure and high availability infrastructure solutions supporting VA's mission. Serve as an operational service provider of foundational compute, storage, physical database, and client management components. Implement and sustain technical, management, and operational security controls and supporting processes to protect mission critical networks, systems, and applications throughout the VA enterprise. Apply today!

Duties

Provide subject matter expert leadership for the planning, direction, oversight and reporting of assigned projects, and have extremely wide latitude for the exercise of independent judgment and initiative with complete authority and freedom for contacts, negotiations, commitments and decisions within the defined areas of responsibility. Oversee overall planning for a program, approves long range work plans, manage development of policy changes, approve allocation, distribution of funding, and exercise final personnel authority for subordinate organizations. Make decisions of major impact on development architecture and strategies based on knowledge of the approach and philosophy of supervisors. Develop new standards, methods, and techniques; evaluate the impact of technological change; and/or conceives of solutions to highly complex technical issues. Exercise full and final authority for the full range of recurring supervisory and management activities and of a significant number of information technology specialists and management analysts. NICCS: Code 801- Program Manager Responsible for leading, coordinating, and the overall success of a defined program. Includes communicating about the program and ensuring alignment with agency or organizational priorities. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00am-4:30pm Compressed/Flexible: Compressed/flexible schedule available at the manager's discretion Telework: This position may be authorized for telework. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Supervisory IT Specialist (Policy and Planning)/PD002010 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Physical Requirements: The work is sedentary. Some work may require walking and standing in conjunction with travel to attend meetings and conferences away from the work site. Some employees may carry light items such as papers, books, or small parts, or drive a motor vehicle. The work does not require any special physical effort. Occasionally work may be done in computer rooms, off-site offices, or buildings.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 11/16/2026. You may qualify based on your experience and as described below: Basic Requirement (IOR): Individuals must have IT-related experience demonstrating each of the four competencies listed below: Attention to Detail - Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail. Customer Service - Works with clients and customers (that is, any individuals who use or receive the services or products that your work unit produces, including the general public, individuals who work in the agency, other agencies, or organizations outside the Government) to assess their needs, provide information or assistance, resolve their problems, or satisfy their expectations; knows about available products and services; is committed to providing quality products and services. Oral Communication - Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately. Problem Solving - Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations. The basic requirements MUST be substantiated in your resume. Failure to provide the required information will render your application ineligible for consideration. AND, Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-14 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: directing multidisciplinary teams responsible for enterprise Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ICAM/IAM), Active Directory, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), and database administration programs across large-scale IT environments. Overseeing infrastructure assurance and protection initiatives, ensuring the security, availability, and compliance of mission-critical systems in accordance with federal cybersecurity standards. Managing IT budgets and resources across multiple technical teams, advising senior leadership on identity governance and infrastructure risk, and overseeing vendor and contract management for critical support systems and services. This experience must be detailed in your resume to receive credit. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.

Education

There is no educational substitution at this grade level.