The positions are located within the United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) & Maritime Administration (MARAD) U.S. Depart of Transportation, in Kings Point, NY. The USMMA is a federal service academy that educates and graduates leaders of exemplary character who are committed to serve the national security, marine transportation, and economic needs of the United States as licensed Merchant Marine Officers and commissioned officers in the Armed Forces.
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CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:
To meet the minimum qualifications for this position, you must meet the specialized experience qualifications for the grade at which you are requesting consideration.
To qualify for the Grade 15, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equal or equivalent to the GS-14, it must include:
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas:
For all types of consideration, 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.
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All applicants must meet all qualification requirements by the closing date of this announcement.
This announcement may be used to fill additional positions if similar vacancies occur within 90 days of the issue date of the referral certificate.
Qualified CTAP/ICTAP candidates receive priority and will be referred to the hiring manager.
The Director, Office of Information Technology (IT) is responsible for overseeing all IT campus services, administrative, and educational systems which includes including policies, planning, development, implementation, and operations and maintenance. Provide oversight and leadership of IT projects that enable program offices to successfully perform business functions and mission objectives. The services include but not limited to network, data center, telecom, video teleconferencing, end-user applications both COTS and custom, desktops and disaster recovery. In addition, provide cyber security technology and initiatives support. A major component of this position is working with system owners to ensure that security assessments and authorizations and continuous monitoring activities are performed in a timely manner and consistent with DOT OCIO FITARA authorities, and other Federal requirements. Maintains a strong collaboration with DOT OCIO, other IT leaders within the department, and external partners to foster innovative technological solutions.
The Director, Cybersecurity and Privacy, performs a wide range of duties relating to Information Systems Security to ensure the confidentiality, integrity and availability of Information Technology Systems and applications and the information they process, generate, and contain. Develop short-term maintenance actions and long-range plans to optimize cybersecurity solutions to protect OST’s data and IT infrastructure in a manner that anticipates, identifies, evaluates, mitigates, and minimizes the risks associated with IT network, system, application, and other resource vulnerabilities. A major component of this position is working with system owners to ensure that security assessments and authorizations and continuous monitoring activities are performed in a timely manner and consistent with DOT OCIO FITARA authorities, and other Federal requirements.
The Director, Application Solutions has responsibility for managing, leading and planning activities as they relate to IT applications, programs, procurement actions and requirements, and projects. In addition, the Director, Application Solutions will work to streamline administration and project activities with strategic goals aligning to the IT strategic and cybersecurity plans and serves as a liaison to advance cross-functional processes that impact business and projects. This includes complying with DOT OCIO FITARA authorities and other Federal requirements including, but not limited to IT budget and IT spend plan processes.