IT Specialist (Cybersecurity Architecture)

IT Specialist (Cybersecurity Architecture) Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Office of Informion Technology (OIT) Summary This position is loced in the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Office of Informion Technology (OIT),Division of Identity Management Enterprise Systems (DIMES). As an IT Specialist (Cybersecurity Architecture), GS-2210-14, you will serve as a technical lead th develops comprehensive cybersecurity solutions for critical systems,while supporting the transformion of security frameworks into new cloud-based security infrastructures. Learn more about this agency Summary This position is loced in the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Office of Informion Technology (OIT),Division of Identity Management Enterprise Systems (DIMES). As an IT Specialist (Cybersecurity Architecture), GS-2210-14, you will serve as a technical lead th develops comprehensive cybersecurity solutions for critical systems,while supporting the transformion of security frameworks into new cloud-based security infrastructures. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/14/2026 to 05/20/2026 Salary $141,367

• $187,093 per year Please see "Additional Informion" for further salary details. Pay scale & grade GS 14 Locions 2 vacancies in the following locions: Woodlawn, MD Setle, WA Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Travel Required Occasional travel
• You may be expected to travel up to 5% for this position.

Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential 14 Job family (Series) 2210 Informion Technology Management Supervisory stus No Security clearance Not Required Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk High Risk (HR) Trust determinion process Credentialing Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure No Bargaining unit stus No Announcement number

CMS-OIT-26-12941506-DH

Control number 869103100 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL) Federal employees whose job, agency or department was elimined and are eligible for priority over other applicants. Clarificion from the agency This announcement is advertised under Direct Hire Authority and is open to all United Stes Citizens or Nionals. Videos Duties Help Serve as the technical security design lead, working with customers to design new cybersecurity feures as well as representing the teams in security architecture planning and technical meetings providing complex security architecture diagrams. Assist in design planning for continuous security integrion, deployment, and operions concepts in a cloud environment (such as Google, Azure, or Amazon Web Service, OCI). Conduct comprehensive vulnerability assessments, penetrion testing, and risk analyses to identify and mitige potential security weaknesses in systems and networks. Work with cross-functional teams, including developers, system administrors, and business leaders, to integre security into every aspect of the organizion's operions. Requirements Help Conditions of employment You must be a U.S. Citizen or Nional to apply for this position. You subject to a background and suitability investigion.

Selective Service:

Males born after December 31, 1959, must be registered or exempt from Selection Service

• http://www.

sss.gov. One-year probionary period may be required. If you are selected for this position, the documention th you present for purposes of completing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) form I-9 verified through the DHS "E-Verify" System. All Federal employees are required to have Federal salary payments made by direct deposit to a financial institution of their choice. Qualificions

ALL QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS MUST BE MET BY THE CLOSING DATE OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.

Your resume (limited to no more than 2 pages) must include detailed informion as it reles to the responsibilities and specialized experience for this position. Evidence of copying and pasting directly from the vacancy announcement without clearly documenting supplemental informion to describe your experience will result in an ineligible ring. This will prevent you from receiving further considerion.

Basic Requirement:

You must have IT-reled experience demonstring each of the four competencies listed below: 1. Attention to Detail

• is thorough when performing work and conscientious about tending to detail; 2. Customer Service
• Works with clients and customers (th is, any individuals who use or receive the services or products th your work unit produces, including the general public, individuals who work in the agency, other agencies, or organizions outside the Government) to assess their needs, provide informion or assistance, resolve their problems, or sisfy their expections; knows about available products and services; is committed to providing quality products and services; 3.

Oral Communicion

• Expresses informion (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nure of the informion (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral presentions; listens to others, tends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriely; AND 4. Problem Solving
• identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of informion; uses sound judgment to genere and evalue alternives, and to make recommendions.

AND In order to qualify for the GS-14 , you must meet the following: You must demonstre in your resume least one year (52 weeks) of qualifying specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal government, obtained in either the prive or public sector, to include: 1) Serving as a lead or principal cybersecurity architect responsible for designing, documenting, and implementing enterprise or mission-critical security architectures for complex IT environments; AND 2) Designing and integring cloud-based cybersecurity architectures in Azure, AWS, or GCP, including secure landing zones, identity architectures, logging pipelines, and security monitoring solutions; AND 3) Architecting and integring cybersecurity technologies such as SIEM, SOAR, EDR, network security controls, identity and access management (IAM), encryption technologies, and vulnerability management tools; AND 4) Providing technical leadership and consultive support to system owners, engineers, and senior stakeholders by reviewing security designs, producing architecture diagrams, and advising on secure system integrion and modernizion efforts. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (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 th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Click the following link to view the occupional questionnaire: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12941506 Educion This job does not have an educion qualificion requirement. Additional informion

Bargaining Unit Position:

No Tour of Duty:

Flexible Recruitment Incentive:

Not Authorized Relocion Incentive:

Not Authorized Financial Disclosure:

Not Required Additional Salary Informion:

Setle, WA:

$141,367 to $183,782

Woodlawn, MD:

$143,913 to $187,093

Workplace Flexibility CMS:

This position has a regular and recurring reporting requirement to the CMS office listed in this announcement. CMS offers flexible working arrangements and allows employees the opportunity to participe in alternive work schedules the manager's discretion. The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced federal employees with selection priority over other candides for competitive service vacancies. To be qualified you must submit the required documention and be red well-qualified for this vacancy. Click here for a detailed description of the required supporting documents . A well-qualified applicant is one whose knowledge, skills and abilities clearly exceed the minimum qualificion requirements of the position. Additional informion about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website www.opm.gov/rif/employee_guides/career_transition.asp . Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. You evalued based on how well you meet the qualificions listed in this vacancy announcement. Your qualificions evalued based on your applicion merials (e.g., resume, supporting documents), the responses you provide in the applicion questionnaire, and the results of the online assessment(s) required for this position. A Subject Mter Expert will assist in the resume review process to help determine whether you meet the minimum job qualificions. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your ring. You assessed on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics): Accountability Attention to Detail Customer Service Decision Making Flexibility Influencing/Negotiing Integrity/Honesty Interpersonal Skills Learning Reading Comprehension Reasoning Self-Management Stress Tolerance Teamwork In order to be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process. In addition to the applicion and applicion questionnaire, this position requires an online assessment. The online assessment measures critical general competencies required to perform the job. The assessment includes a cut score based on the minimum level of required proficiency in these critical general competencies. You must meet or exceed the cut score to be You will not be considered for the position if you score below the cut score or fail to complete the assessment. Oversting your qualificions and/or experience in your applicion merials or applicion questionnaire may result in your removal from considerion. Cheing on the online assessment may also result in your removal from considerion. RPL Applicants RPL applicants who are verified as registered for the same series, grade, and locion as this vacancy announcement placed in one of the following cegories based on cegory ring procedures: Best Qualified

• significantly exceeds the evaluion criteria Well Qualified
• excelsin the evaluion criteria Qualified
• meets the minimum qualificion requirements If you are found to be among the top-qualified candides, you referred to the selecting official for employment considerion.

The cegory ring process does not add veterans' preference points but protects the rights of veterans by placing them ahead of non-preference eligibles within each cegory. Veterans' preference eligibles who meet the minimum qualificion requirements and who have a compensable service-connected disability of least 10 percent listed in the highest quality cegory (except in the case of professional or scientific positions the GS-09 level or higher). Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help The following documents are

REQUIRED

1. Resume showing relevant experience; cover letter optional .

NOTE:

As of September 27, 2025, federal agencies will only accept resumes th are two pages or less in length. Your resume must indice your citizenship and whether you are registered with the Selective Service if you are a male born after 12/31/59. Your resume must also list your work experience and educion (if applicable), including the start and end des (mm/yyyy) of each employment, along with the number of hours worked per week. For work in the Federal service, you must include the series and grade level for the position(s). Your resume used to valide your responses to the assessment tool(s). For resume and applicion tips, : https://www.cms.gov/files/document/2026-required-documents.pdf 2. CMS Required Documents (e.g., SF-50, DD-214, SF-15, etc.). Required documents may be necessary to be considered for this vacancy announcement. Click here for a detailed description of the required documents . Failure to provide the required documention WILL result in an ineligible ring OR non-considerion. 3. Reasonable Accommodion (RA)

Requests:

If you believe you have a disability (i.e., physical or mental), covered by the Rehabilition Act of 1973 as amended, th would interfere with completing the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, you granted the opportunity to request a RA in your online applicion. Requests for RA for the USA Hire Competency-Based Assessments and approprie supporting documention for RA must be received prior to commencing the USA Hire Competency-Based Assessments. Decisions on requests for RA are made on a case-by-case basis. If you meet the minimum qualificions of the position, after notificion of the adjudicion of your request, you will receive an email invition to complete the USA Hire Competency-Based Assessments, based on your adjudicion decision. You must complete all assessments within 48 hours of receiving the URL to access the USA Hire Competency-Based Assessments if you received the link after the close of the announcement. To determine if you need a RA, please click here to review the Procedures for Requesting a Reasonable Accommodion for Online Assessments . 4.

RPL Eligibility Required Documents :

If you are claiming RPL eligibility, the following documents are required to verify your RPL eligibility: 1) Your most recent SF-50 (Notificion of Personnel Action), or equivalent, as sted in the job announcement th shows position occupied (block #34 of your SF-50), tenure, grade and step, salary, and full performance level; 2) Your SF-50 showing Separion

• RIF.

If th is not available yet, then official documention of your Reduction in Force (RIF) separion notice or a proposed removal/separion notice; AND 3) Your lest performance ring and ring of record (if separe documents) showing your ring score as least fully successful or equivalent.

PLEASE NOTE

A complete applicion package includes the online applicion, resume, and CMS required documents. Please carefully review the full job announcement, which includes the "Required Documents" and "How to Apply" sections. Failure to submit the online applicion, resume, and CMS required documents will result in your not being considered for employment. How to Apply Help Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an applicion. To apply and be considered for this position, you must complete all required questionnaires, assessments and submit all required documention as specified in the How to Apply and Required Documents sections. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 05/20/2026. The applicion process is as follows: Click the Apply button. Answer the questions presented in the applicion and tach all necessary supporting documention. Click the Submit Applicion button prior to 11:59 PM (ET) on 05/20/2026. If you are required to complete any USA Hire Assessments, you notified after submitting your applicion. The notificion provided in your applicion submission screen and via email. The notificion will include your unique assessment access link to the USA Hire system and the completion deadline. Additionally, in USAJOBS you can click "Track this applicion" to return to your assessment completion notice. Access USA Hire using your unique assessment link. Access is granted through your USAJOBS login credentials. Review all instructions prior to beginning your assessments. You will have the opportunity to request a testing accommodion before beginning the assessments should you have a disability covered under the Rehabilition Act of 1973 as amended. Set aside least 3 hours to take the USA Hire Assessments; however, most applicants complete the assessments in less time. If you need to stop the assessments and continue ler, you can re-use your unique assessment link. Your responses to the USA Hire Assessments reused for one year (in most cases) from the de you complete an assessment. If future applicions you submit require completion of the same assessments, your responses automically reused. Visit the USA Hire Applicant Resource Center for practice assessments and assessment preparion resources https://support-usahire.opm.gov/hc/en-us . To upde your applicion, including supporting documention: During the announcement open period, return to your USAJOBS account, find your applicion record, and click Edit my applicion . This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed. To view the announcement stus or your applicion stus: Visit https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to/applicion/stus . Your applicion stus page is where you can view your applicion stus, USA Hire assessment completion stus, and review your notificions sent by the hiring agency regarding your applicion. Commissioned Corps Officers (including Commissioned Corps professionally boarded applicants) who are interested in applying to this position must send their 1-page cover letter and 2-page ONLY professional resume (not PHS Curriculum Vitae) to CMSCorpsJobs@cms.hhs.gov in lieu of applying through this announcement. The resume should specifically explain how you are qualified for this position and draw specific tention to your skills and experiences th demonstre these qualificions. Also, send any transcripts, licenses, or certificions as requested in this announcement. Please send all documents in 1 PDF file . In the subject line of your e-mail, include only the Job Announcement Number. In the body of your e-mail, include your current rank name and serial number. Failure to provide this informion may impact your considerion for this position. Additional selections may be made for similar positions across the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) within the local commuting area(s) of the locion identified in this announcement. By applying, you agree to have your applicion shared with interested selecting official(s) HHS. Clearance of

CTAP/ICTAP

applied for similar positions across HHS. Agency contact informion CMS HR Inquiries hrinquiries@cms.hhs.gov Address Office of Informion Technology 7500 Security Blvd Woodlawn, MD 21244 US Next steps Based on your applicion and your responses to the applicion questionnaire, you may be presented with instructions on how to access the USA Hire system to complete the online assessments. The online assessments must be completed within 48 hours following the close of this announcement. You will have the opportunity to request a testing accommodion for the assessment should you have a disability covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Your assessment results kept on record for one year and used toward future positions for which you might apply th require the same assessments. To be considered for the position, you must meet all qualificions, including meeting or exceeding the cut score on the required assessments. Within 30 business days of the closing de, 05/20/2026, you may check your stus online by logging into your USAJOBS account ( https://login.usajobs.gov/Account/ ). We will upde your stus after each key stage in the applicion process has been completed. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help The following documents are

REQUIRED

1. Resume showing relevant experience; cover letter optional .

NOTE:

As of September 27, 2025, federal agencies will only accept resumes th are two pages or less in length. Your resume must indice your citizenship and whether you are registered with the Selective Service if you are a male born after 12/31/59. Your resume must also list your work experience and educion (if applicable), including the start and end des (mm/yyyy) of each employment, along with the number of hours worked per week. For work in the Federal service, you must include the series and grade level for the position(s). Your resume used to valide your responses to the assessment tool(s). For resume and applicion tips, : https://www.cms.gov/files/document/2026-required-documents.pdf 2. CMS Required Documents (e.g., SF-50, DD-214, SF-15, etc.). Required documents may be necessary to be considered for this vacancy announcement. Click here for a detailed description of the required documents . Failure to provide the required documention WILL result in an ineligible ring OR non-considerion. 3. Reasonable Accommodion (RA)

Requests:

If you believe you have a disability (i.e., physical or mental), covered by the Rehabilition Act of 1973 as amended, th would interfere with completing the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, you granted the opportunity to request a RA in your online applicion. Requests for RA for the USA Hire Competency-Based Assessments and approprie supporting documention for RA must be received prior to commencing the USA Hire Competency-Based Assessments. Decisions on requests for RA are made on a case-by-case basis. If you meet the minimum qualificions of the position, after notificion of the adjudicion of your request, you will receive an email invition to complete the USA Hire Competency-Based Assessments, based on your adjudicion decision. You must complete all assessments within 48 hours of receiving the URL to access the USA Hire Competency-Based Assessments if you received the link after the close of the announcement. To determine if you need a RA, please click here to review the Procedures for Requesting a Reasonable Accommodion for Online Assessments . 4.

RPL Eligibility Required Documents :

If you are claiming RPL eligibility, the following documents are required to verify your RPL eligibility: 1) Your most recent SF-50 (Notificion of Personnel Action), or equivalent, as sted in the job announcement th shows position occupied (block #34 of your SF-50), tenure, grade and step, salary, and full performance level; 2) Your SF-50 showing Separion

• RIF.

If th is not available yet, then official documention of your Reduction in Force (RIF) separion notice or a proposed removal/separion notice; AND 3) Your lest performance ring and ring of record (if separe documents) showing your ring score as least fully successful or equivalent.

PLEASE NOTE

A complete applicion package includes the online applicion, resume, and CMS required documents. Please carefully review the full job announcement, which includes the "Required Documents" and "How to Apply" sections. Failure to submit the online applicion, resume, and CMS required documents will result in your not being considered for employment. How to Apply Help Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an applicion. To apply and be considered for this position, you must complete all required questionnaires, assessments and submit all required documention as specified in the How to Apply and Required Documents sections. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 05/20/2026. The applicion process is as follows: Click the Apply button. Answer the questions presented in the applicion and tach all necessary supporting documention. Click the Submit Applicion button prior to 11:59 PM (ET) on 05/20/2026. If you are required to complete any USA Hire Assessments, you notified after submitting your applicion. The notificion provided in your applicion submission screen and via email. The notificion will include your unique assessment access link to the USA Hire system and the completion deadline. Additionally, in USAJOBS you can click "Track this applicion" to return to your assessment completion notice. Access USA Hire using your unique assessment link. Access is granted through your USAJOBS login credentials. Review all instructions prior to beginning your assessments. You will have the opportunity to request a testing accommodion before beginning the assessments should you have a disability covered under the Rehabilition Act of 1973 as amended. Set aside least 3 hours to take the USA Hire Assessments; however, most applicants complete the assessments in less time. If you need to stop the assessments and continue ler, you can re-use your unique assessment link. Your responses to the USA Hire Assessments reused for one year (in most cases) from the de you complete an assessment. If future applicions you submit require completion of the same assessments, your responses automically reused. Visit the USA Hire Applicant Resource Center for practice assessments and assessment preparion resources https://support-usahire.opm.gov/hc/en-us . To upde your applicion, including supporting documention: During the announcement open period, return to your USAJOBS account, find your applicion record, and click Edit my applicion . This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed. To view the announcement stus or your applicion stus: Visit https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to/applicion/stus . Your applicion stus page is where you can view your applicion stus, USA Hire assessment completion stus, and review your notificions sent by the hiring agency regarding your applicion. Commissioned Corps Officers (including Commissioned Corps professionally boarded applicants) who are interested in applying to this position must send their 1-page cover letter and 2-page ONLY professional resume (not PHS Curriculum Vitae) to CMSCorpsJobs@cms.hhs.gov in lieu of applying through this announcement. The resume should specifically explain how you are qualified for this position and draw specific tention to your skills and experiences th demonstre these qualificions. Also, send any transcripts, licenses, or certificions as requested in this announcement. Please send all documents in 1 PDF file . In the subject line of your e-mail, include only the Job Announcement Number. In the body of your e-mail, include your current rank name and serial number. Failure to provide this informion may impact your considerion for this position. Additional selections may be made for similar positions across the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) within the local commuting area(s) of the locion identified in this announcement. By applying, you agree to have your applicion shared with interested selecting official(s) HHS. Clearance of

CTAP/ICTAP

applied for similar positions across HHS. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion CMS HR Inquiries hrinquiries@cms.hhs.gov Address Office of Informion Technology 7500 Security Blvd Woodlawn, MD 21244 US Next steps Based on your applicion and your responses to the applicion questionnaire, you may be presented with instructions on how to access the USA Hire system to complete the online assessments. The online assessments must be completed within 48 hours following the close of this announcement. You will have the opportunity to request a testing accommodion for the assessment should you have a disability covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Your assessment results kept on record for one year and used toward future positions for which you might apply th require the same assessments. To be considered for the position, you must meet all qualificions, including meeting or exceeding the cut score on the required assessments. Within 30 business days of the closing de, 05/20/2026, you may check your stus online by logging into your USAJOBS account ( https://login.usajobs.gov/Account/ ). We will upde your stus after each key stage in the applicion process has been completed. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/14/2026 to 05/20/2026 Salary $141,367

• $187,093 per year Please see "Additional Informion" for further salary details. Pay scale & grade GS 14 Locions 2 vacancies in the following locions: Woodlawn, MD Setle, WA Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Travel Required Occasional travel
• You may be expected to travel up to 5% for this position.

Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential 14 Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

CMS-OIT-26-12941506-DH

Control number 869103100