Application Development Manager

About the company

This position is part of the Department of Energy's Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence. Counterintelligence in Cyberspace are measures to identify, penetrate, or neutralize foreign operations that use cyber means as the primary tradecraft methodology, as well as foreign intelligence service collection efforts that use traditional methods to gauge cyber capabilities and intentions.

Your tasks

1. Leading enterprise application development using Development Security and Operations frameworks, accelerating iterative software releases while maintaining strict cybersecurity compliance, automated quality testing, and system reliability.
2. Evaluating, selecting, and implementing advanced or emerging development tools, methods, and technologies to modernize enterprise applications and optimize the software delivery lifecycle.
3. Managing cross-functional development teams, sprint planning, and vendor performance, aligning complex technical roadmaps and modernization milestones with agency leadership priorities.

Requirements

BASIC REQUIREMENT: For IT positions individuals must have IT-related experience demonstrating each of the four competencies listed below:

1. Attention to Detail - Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Problem Solving - Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations.

AND SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS: A qualified candidate's online application and resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level GS-13 in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position is defined as meeting 2 of the following 3:

"Experience" refers to paid and unpaid experience. Examples of qualifying unpaid experience may include: volunteer work done through National Service programs (such as Peace Corps and AmeriCorps); as well as work for other community-based philanthropic and social organizations. 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. Limit your resume to no more than two (2) pages. If more than two pages are submitted, only the first two pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility and qualifications. Your full resume will be made available to the hiring manager if you are referred. CTAP/ICTAP candidates: To be considered "well qualified" you must (1) meet all of the requirements as described in this section; and 2) be rated "well-qualified", which is defined as scoring in the in Well Qualified category (or higher). You must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

There are no specific education requirements or substitution of education for experience for this position.

Other

Major duties .This is an Excepted Service position. This appointment will not confer Competitive Service career-conditional or career tenure status. This means that if you are selected, you would have to compete with other applicants in open competition to meet requirements for another Federal position, unless you meet the requirements for reinstatement. Applicants who voluntarily convert from the competitive service, Senior Executive Service, or other pay systems to a non-time limited appointment under this excepted service authority are not afforded "fallback rights" to the pay system previously assigned prior to conversion. As a Application Development Manager , you will: Direct and execute full-lifecycle application development using Agile methodologies to accelerate iterative software delivery. Configure and maintain mission-critical software solutions across diverse application development platforms (including cloud environments) ensuring applications are scalable, interoperable, and aligned with enterprise architectural standards across the organization. Investigate and resolve complex, high-visibility technical failures across application code, underlying infrastructure, database layers, and third-party interfaces. Serve as a technical authority and oversight lead for contractor-supported development initiatives. Evaluate software delivery workflows to identify operational bottlenecks and modernize outdated legacy processes.