IT Program Manager

Federal Aviation Administration •

Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States

Position Type: Contractor

Job Description:

The Chief Data Office Business Intelligence and Analytics Enablement Division (ADO-200) is responsible for collaborating with business partners to help the agency drive value from data and advanced analytics, which includes expanding the use of analytical techniques and solutions.

Duties

In this position, you will apply your expert knowledge of cloud (AWS) service costs and resource estimation to promote the successful collaboration between the AI/ML, GIS and BI product team and the cloud infrastructure support team that supports them, while enhancing ADO-200’s product ownership responsibilities by providing project management guidance.”

This organization oversees a growing suite of business intelligence (BI) and Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning (AI/ML) tools utilized throughout the agency to conduct analytics and deliver data visualizations and reporting.

If you are selected for this position, you will provide your program management expertise to support BI, AI/ML, Data Science, and GIS product managers within ADO-200. You will be responsible for the following:

• Manage a technology budget to ensure adequate resources (i.e., cloud infrastructure) to meet BI, AI/ML and data analytics product needs.

• Forecast cloud infrastructure costs and resource needs based on proposed use-case requirements.

• Serve as project manager or team leader planning, coordinating, and conducting projects and studies. Is responsible for developing, integrating, and implementing solutions to diverse, complex problems.

• Communicate and ensure accurate understanding of AWS cloud resource requirements from AI/ML and BI product team to AWS infrastructure support team.

• Support the development of guidance to document AI/ML processes, Machine Learning Operations (MLOPs), and governance policies

• Create roadmaps and project plans in support of BI, AI/ML and data analytics products and artificial intelligence and machine learning operations.

• Analyze trends, identify problems and those factors most likely to impact operating costs, profitability, and continued compliance with regulatory requirements.

• Conduct and/or facilitate technical briefings, and outreach to user communities.

• Collaborate across organizations and partner with others to prioritize in a shared-resource environment.

• Deliver communications to executive & upper management levels blending technical and non-technical concepts / concerns.

• Apply technical management skills and principles for assigned BI, AI/ML, and data analytics special projects.

Job Requirements:
Requirements Conditions of Employment

US Citizenship is required.
Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.

Qualifications

For additional information please view the complete OPM qualification standard for IT Specialist, please visit:

Information Technology (IT) Management Series 2210 (Alternative A) (opm.gov)

To qualify for this position you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to FV-I / FG/GS-13. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position.

Specialized experience is: Experience managing a large IT organization’s technology budget, ensuring adequate resources to meet product needs, and analyzing trends which would impact operating costs, profitability, and continued compliance with regulatory requirements.

Applicants should include examples of specialized experience in their work history.

Qualifications must be met by the closing date of this vacancy announcement.

You may also be considered for this vacancy based on eligibility under the 30% or More Disabled Veteran Program, and Persons with Disabilities/Persons with Targeted Disabilities. To be considered for one of these special hiring authorities, you must identify your eligibility in your questionnaire in the Applicant-Preferred Conditions of Employment section. In addition, you must submit documentation that provides evidence of eligibility as indicated in the Required Documents section of the announcement.

If the Agency decides to interview any qualified employee on the selection list, then all on the list who are qualified must be interviewed. If the selection list is shortened to a best qualified list through a comparative process, then the best qualified list shall be considered to be the selection list.

Selection may be made from this announcement or from ACT-AFN-24-ADO200-90331.

How You Will Be Evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

IMPORTANT: Applicants may be rated on the extent and quality of experience, education, and training relevant to the duties of the position(s). All answers provided in the on-line process must be substantiated. Ensure that your application package/resume supports your responses.

Required Documents

Only supplemental documentation, e.g. transcripts or veteran's documentation will be accepted in combination with your on-line application. These documents must be uploaded or emailed to jennifer.a.lowery@faa.gov on or before the closing date of this announcement. All submitted documents should reference the announcement number.

If you want consideration for one or more of the Special Hiring Authorities, documentation that must be submitted at time of application can be found at Direct Hiring Authorities | Federal Aviation Administration (faa.gov).

All Veterans: If you are claiming veterans' preference, you must submit either a DD Form 214 Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (Member 4 Copy or equivalent), or a document from the armed forces certifying that within 120 days you are expected to be discharged or released from active duty service under honorable conditions. If you are claiming 10 point preference, you must also submit a completed SF-15, Application for 10-Point Veteran's Preference, and supporting documents outlined on the SF-15. Documents must be uploaded or faxed to the Servicing Human Resource Management Office listed in this announcement and all documents must be received by the closing date of the announcement. If you fail to submit documentation, you will be assessed as a non-veteran.

If you are claiming 10 point preference but fail to submit the supporting documents outlined on the SF-15, you will be tentatively assessed as a 5 point preference eligible provided your DD Form 214 reflects that you have the service required to qualify for preference. Documents must be uploaded or faxed to the Servicing Human Resource Management Office listed in this announcement and all documents must be received by the closing date of the announcement. If you fail to submit documentation, you will be assessed as a non-veteran.

Veterans currently on active duty claiming veterans' preference: You will be granted tentative preference if you submit a document from the armed forces certifying that within 120 days you are expected to be discharged or released from active duty service under honorable conditions and your application shows that you have the required service. Prior to being appointed, you must provide to the Servicing Human Resource Management Office a DD Form 214 documenting discharge/release and showing that the service was honorable or general. If you are on terminal leave, you must provide documentation certifying authorized terminal leave.

If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.

Salary Range: $92,964 - $144,121

Job Ident #: 7942178001

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