IT Specialist

**Duties**:
**Digital Identity Guidance, Advice, and Consultation**
- Represents Login.gov on matters concerning digital identity, technology policies, and directives, to establish, develop, maintain, and cultivate effective strategic and working relationships with key mission partners operating in the digital identity space.
- Advises and assists Login.gov partners on digital identity risk assessment, selection of appropriate identity assurance levels, fraud risks, and collaborative processes.
- Develops, briefs, and communicates digital identity policies to Login.gov management

**Digital Identity Compliance Verification and Validation**
- Provides leadership on, coordinates, is accountable for, and maintains the program office NIST SP 800-63 Digital Identity Guidelines compliance program.
- Manages third party audit relationships and trustmark responsibilities.

**Committee and Management Representation**
- Serves as an authority on private sector and federal government governance approaches, models, and business frameworks encompassing digital identity, equity, and transparent processes and activities.

**IT Program Policy Development and Analysis**
- Develops and publishes technical policies to support the Login.gov program, including but not limited to digital identity, artificial intelligence, data retention, equity, and user privacy.
- Provides expert legislative review of draft interpretation of Public Laws, regulations, congressional testimony, NIST special publications, OMB policies, Dept. of Homeland Security Binding Operational Directives, United States Code and the Code of Federal Regulations, Comptroller General and GAO audit decisions, and other legal precedents.

**Requirements**:
**Conditions of Employment**:

- US Citizenship or National (Residents of American Samoa and Swains Island)
- Meet all eligibility requirements within 30 days of the closing date.
- Register with Selective Service if you are a male born after 12/31/1959

If selected, you must meet the following conditions:

- **Current or Former Political Appointees**: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C or NonCareer SES employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the HR Office. Failure to disclose this information could result in disciplinary action including removal from Federal Service.
- Undergo and pass a background investigation (Tier 2 investigation level).
- Have your identity and work status eligibility verified if you are not a GSA employee. We will use the Department of Homeland Security’s e-Verify system for this. Any discrepancies must be resolved as a condition of continued employment.
- Serve a one year probationary period, if required.

**Qualifications**:
For each job on your resume, provide:

- the exact dates you held each job (from month/year to month/year)
- number of hours per week you worked (if part time).

For a brief video on creating a Federal resume, click here.

The GS-15salary range starts at $143,736 per year.

If you are a new federal employee, your starting salary will likely be set at the Step 1 of the grade for which you are selected.

To qualify, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 level or higher in the Federal service.

**IT Specialist competency requirements**:

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

**Specialized experience requirements: Specialized experience for this role is defined as**:
**To qualify, you must have one (1) year of specialized experience. Specialized experience is defined as**:

- Experience formulating digital identity policy recommendations and guidance.
- Experience supporting and advising the strategic and technical implementation of technology policies,