IT SPECIALIST (DATA MANAGEMENT)

Federal Energy Regulatory CommissionWashington, District of Columbiausajobspublished 10/06/2026
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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is ranked within the top 5 mid-size agencies as a "Best Place to Work" in the Federal government! This IT SPECIALIST (DATA MANAGEMENT) position is located in the Office of Executive Director. For more information visit: OED

Major duties

This IT Specialist (Data Management) position is in the Data Governance Division (DGD) within the Office of the Executive Director (OED) at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. As a IT SPECIALIST (DATA MANAGEMENT), some of your typical work assignments may include: Leading the design, development, and operation of the agency's data platform delivering data ingestion, transformation, visualization, and reporting capabilities in alignment with enterprise data governance and stewardship standards and practices. Managing data infrastructure throughout its lifecycle including architecture, design, deployment, maintenance, and deprovisioning phases. Engaging with architecture governance bodies and working groups to align data infrastructure approaches and adopt industry best practices. Collaborating effectively with IT partners to ensure that systems and processes comply with administrative and security requirements established by federal mandate, agency policy, or departmental policy. Ensuring that controls implemented on data stores and analytics applications are consistent with agency policies on access to sensitive data. Promoting the adoption of data platform capabilities by improving the user experience, identifying training needs, and creating effective communications in consultation with change management specialists. Providing Agile Data Management leadership by sustaining Agile work practices, articulating objectives and requirements, evaluating completed work, and engaging in Agile ceremonies in alignment with Division and Enterprise standards for Agile development.

Qualifications

You must meet the qualification (experience and/or education) requirements by the closing date of this announcement. Time-in-grade requirements must be met within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement unless you are (1) eligible for a special hiring authority OR (2) reinstatement eligible. To view the eligibility and qualification requirements of an IT SPECIALIST (DATA MANAGEMENT), GS-2210 -14 please visit: 2210 IT Specialist. You must have one full year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-13 level. Specialized experience is defined as: Leading or managing a technical team to deliver data access, data movement, data pipelines, data transformation, data visualization, or data analytics in support of users or mission. 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 any volunteer experience. Please do not cut and paste the position description, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire from this announcement into your resume, as this will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position.

Education

There is no education requirement for this position; therefore, transcripts are not required.