PROGRAM MANAGER (INFORMATION RESOURCES)

Duties

This position is being filled under DoD Direct Hire Auth 5 U.S.C. § 9905, 10/15/2021.

As a PROGRAM MANAGER (INFORMATION RESOURCES) at the GS-0340-13 some of your typical work assignments may include:

• Oversees all aspects of assigned programs, including but not limited to the IT Budget Formulation and Resource Reporting program, and ensures assignments are completed timely, accurately, on budget, and within program parameters.
• Provides administrative, programmatic, technical and fiscal direction and management to assigned personnel to include professional staff and contractor support personnel.
• Provides guidance and subject matter expert assistance to Agency program managers, project officers, and associated specialists and support personnel; as well as prepares periodic and ad hoc resource analyses, reports, and exhibits on Agency IT and cybersecurity activity (CA) resources and resource profiles for Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), Combatant Commands (CCMDs) and a variety of other DoD, U.S. Government, and international partners, as directed/required.
• Isolates and defines unprecedented conditions, resolves critical problems, and implements new processes and policies.
• Represents the Agency in external action-officer level working-group fora establishing or implementing IRM guidance and processes, and advises Agency decision-makers on the impact to Agency programs and investments.
• Maintains synchronicity of complex Agency IT/CA resource planning, execution, and descriptive data which consists of budget, system, data center, architectural alignment, cyber, and acquisition approval data all interconnected with co-dependencies, used to drive DoD decisions on Fourth Estate and support DoD reporting to OMB and Congress.
• Responsible for multiple reporting and certification channels and systems in order to ensure Agency IT/CA investments are clearly and consistently defined, and resourced in an informed and defensible manner. This includes externally-visible IT/CA acquisition lifecycle data on all Agency IT mission critical, mission essential, and mission support systems and capabilities; Agency data center capacity and capabilities; and Agency IT/CA investments spanning all sub-organizations; and IT/CA investment and budget justifications and narratives supporting IT/CA facilities, networks, systems, and supporting capabilities, services, and personnel. All such data is visible to the Department of Defense and, aggregated with other DoD Component IT/CA resource and investment data, drives decision-making at the Department level.
• Identifies and aligns IT/CA investments with mission priorities, and maintains currency and accuracy of program definition and investment data within the Department's four IT resource management systems of record (DITIP, SNAP-IT, DITPR, and DCIM).
• Serves as the DTRA system administrator for those systems, managing Agency personnel system access, and exercising necessary and appropriate change controls over DTRA IT/CA program, resource, and investment data.
• Produces regular and ad hoc reports on DTRA program definitions and IT/CA investment data as required; ensuring all such reporting is consistent, accurate, and complete.
• Liaisons with DoD CIO staff regarding all DTRA-reported IT program, resource and investment information through normal and ad hoc reporting cycles, as reported in the Department's four IT resource management systems, and the Department's centralized investment management dashboard (Advana).
• Manages, monitors, and coordinates on multiple portfolios of high-visibility Agency resources with special reporting requirements; develops, coordinates, and staffs materials necessary to support Agency certification of resources and/or requests to external certification authorities.
• Performs Agency IT/CA budget exhibit formulation and integration, budget execution activities and mandatory/recurring resource reporting including, but not limited to, budget exhibits and requests for resource information for the Future Year Defense Program, Program Objective Memoranda, IT/CA Budget Estimate Submission, President's IT/CA Budget Exhibit, and amended IT/CA budget reports.
• Provides Agency input to the Department's Congressional Justification Book on Cybersecurity programs and investments.
• Briefs completed packages through the DTRA CIO and DTRA Comptroller and secures their respective endorsements for the annual Statement of Compliance.
• Responds to ad hoc DoD, Combatant Command, Service, and Agency requests for information/ coordination, including those associated with transformation and reform of DoD IT and IT/CA resource management systems.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• Must be a U.S. Citizen
• Occasional Travel
• Work Schedule: Full-time
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service
• Suitable for Federal employment, determined by a background investigation
• May be required to successfully complete a probationary period
• Overtime: Occasionally
• Tour of Duty: Flexible
• Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized; https://www.dtra.mil/Business/DTRA-Opportunities/
• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Exempt
• Financial Disclosure: Required
• Telework Eligibility: This position is telework eligible
• COVID19: Please see, additional information.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a TOP SECRET/SCI security clearance.
• Must consent to and pass pre-employment drug testing and be subject to periodic drug testing thereafter.

Qualifications

You may qualify at the GS 13 , if you fulfill the following qualifications:

A. One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service as listed below:

• Experience overseeing the maintenance and synchronization of complex Agency IT/Cyber Activity (IT/CA) resource planning, execution, and acquisition approvals.
• Experience supporting multiple reporting channels and systems in order to ensure organization investments are clearly defined and resourced, including externally-visible acquisition lifecycle data on all Agency IT mission critical, mission essential, and mission support systems and capabilities.
• Experience coordinating with Agency program managers and project officers to identify and align organizational investments with mission priorities.
• Experience in identifying and applying relevant IT resource planning regulations and policies, such as the Clinger-Cohen Act, sufficient to develop, implement, and interpret assessments of program effectiveness and efficiency.
• Experience in evaluating and reporting on the effectiveness and efficiency of IT projects, programs, and related activities throughout their life-cycle.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (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. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education

Substitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level.

Additional information

Due to COVID-19, the agency is currently in an expanded telework posture. If selected, you may be expected to temporarily or intermittently telework.

Other Notes:
Overtime/compensatory time may be required to accommodate operational needs of the organization.

Travel in the performance of temporary assignments may be required up to 10% of duty time.

This is an Acquisition Workforce position in the Program Management Functional Area. The incumbent is required to become certified at the Practitioner Tier within five years, unless a position requirements waiver is approved to extend. Once certified, the incumbent must obtain a minimum of 80 continuous learning points (CLPs) for every 2 year CLP period, with a goal of at least 40 annually.

This position is designated as and Information Assurance Manager Level III (IAM-III) in accordance with DoD Directive 8570.1. Incumbent is required to become certified at the IAM-III level within 24 months, unless a position requirements waiver is approved to extend, and maintain such certification through completion of requisite annual CLPs.

The incumbent is required to submit a Financial Disclosure Statement, OGE-450, (5CFR Part 2634, Subpart I USOGE, 6/08). Executive Branch Personnel Confidential Financial Disclosure Report upon entering the position and annually, in accordance with DoD Directive 5500.7-R, Joint Ethics Regulation, per latest change.

RE-EMPLOYED ANNUITANT: This position DOES NOT meet criteria for re-employed annuitant. The DoD criteria for hiring Re-employed Annuitants can be found at: https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/140025/1400.25-V300.pdf

All applicants must meet qualifications and eligibility criteria by the closing date of the announcement.

Interagency Career Transition Assistance Programs: This program applies to employees who have been involuntarily separated from a Federal service position within the competitive service or Federal service employees whose positions have been deemed surplus or no longer needed. To receive selection priority for this position, you must: 1) meet ICTAP eligibility criteria; 2) be rated well-qualified for the position; Well qualified is defined as possessing the type and quality of experience that exceeds the positions minimum qualifications. and 3) submit the appropriate documentation to support your ICTAP eligibility. For more information:
https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/

Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (see Who Needs to Register | Selective Service System : Selective Service System (sss.gov) )