IT SPEC (INFOSEC)

About the company

This position is located at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in the Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO), Office of Financial Management Systems (OFMS). The primary mission of the USPTO is to build for the future and promote U.S. competitiveness in the global marketplace by protecting and strengthening intellectual property rights world-wide. The OCFO supports this mission in the areas of procurement, corporate planning, and finance

Requirements

You must meet the United States Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) qualification requirements (including specialized experience and/or educational requirements) for the advertised position. You must meet all eligibility and qualifications requirements by the closing date of the job announcement. OPM Qualifications Standards are available at Quals Standards. Specialized Experience is experience that has equipped applicants with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To be creditable, you must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade in the Federal service: For this position, the next lower grade level is a GS-13. Specialized experience for this position includes:

• Experience leading and supporting the development of new or existing ITsystems with experience in Agile and DevSecOPs methodologies.
• Experience leading the operation and maintenance of IT systems including enforcing security policies, principles, and standards, implementing defense-in-depth protections, and supporting continuous monitoring and Assessment and authorization (A&A) activities using NIST Risk Management Framework
• Experience identifying and documenting solutions to information security problems/issues and recommending changes to prevent recurrences.
• Experience building service-oriented web applications and APIs in Agile environments - Angular, Spring Boot; Java, TypeScript, Node.js; REST/SOAP; AWS/PaaS.
• Experience in object-oriented development with DBs (DB2, SQL, MongoDB, PostgreSQL) and CI/CD pipelines for modern delivery.

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 may not be substituted for specialized experience at this grade level.

Other

Major duties The physical worksite for this position is located in Alexandria, Virginia. Presence at the Alexandria, VA campus is required for this role, as it includes on site functions that must be performed in person. Position may be eligible for situational telework in accordance with agency policy/business unit discretion. The agency currently allows for 52 hours of telework per leave year. The role is the ideal next career step for you if: You enjoy evaluating available tools, methodologies, and processes for feasibility in improving effectiveness and efficiency in meeting the requirements, functions, and services of automated financial and planning / budgeting systems. You are committed to leading teams on projects related to the design, development, modification, testing, installation, implementation, and support of new and existing automated financial and planning / budgeting systems You are skilled in ensuring enforcement IT security policies, principles, and practices for all production systems; Participates in and maintain ownership of the Certification and Accreditation process as well as the Annual Security Assessment activities ensuring coordinated execution, accurate documentation, and timely completion of all required deliverables. You enjoy defining project/task requirements through appropriate planning, implementations, reporting on, and evaluating projects and tasks.