Chief Technology Officer Department of the Air Force Department of the Air Force Headquarters DoD Cyber Crime Center Summary Click on "Learn more about this agency" button below to view Eligibilities being considered and other

IMPORTANT

informion. The primary purpose of this position is to provide senior executive technical leadership and stregic advisement to the Chief Informion Officer (CIO) to establish rigorous standards and guide the design, selection, and architecture of DC3 enterprise systems. Learn more about this agency Summary Click on "Learn more about this agency" button below to view Eligibilities being considered and other

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informion. The primary purpose of this position is to provide senior executive technical leadership and stregic advisement to the Chief Informion Officer (CIO) to establish rigorous standards and guide the design, selection, and architecture of DC3 enterprise systems. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Linthicum, MD No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed Yes—You may qualify for reimbursement of relocion expenses in accordance with agency policy. Salary $151,661

• $209,600 per year Pay scale & grade SL 00 Promotion potential None Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required 25% or less
• You may be expected to travel for this position.

Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 2210 Informion Technology Management Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Sensitive Compartmented Informion Position sensitivity and risk High Risk (HR) Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance . The type depends on the job. Background check type Suitability/Fitness Nional security Financial disclosure required Yes Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

MRL2026-328571

Control number 884713100 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Duties Help The Chief Technology Officer (CTO) provides senior executive technical leadership and stregic advisement to the Chief Informion Officer (CIO) to establish rigorous standards and guide the design, selection, and architecture of DC3 enterprise systems. The incumbent leads the development of the agency's IT Stregic Plan and oversees the evolution of its enterprise architecture, guiding the deployment of scalable, cloud-nive models across secure plforms to support complex governance and executive decision-making. Opering as the premier technical authority, the CTO directs the research, development, and operional integrion of advanced AI/ML algorithms, Large Language Model (LLM) ecosystems, and da science methodologies to process petabyte-scale dasets and extract actionable cyber intelligence. Additionally, the incumbent drives the technological evolution of digital and multimedia forensics operions, pioneering novel exploition techniques for emerging technologies and advanced malware while maintaining strict evidentiary integrity. By bridging the gap between innovive cyber capabilities and tactical operions, the CTO collabores across the Department of War (DoW), the Intelligence Community, and internional partners to transition ste-of-the-art capabilities to operional elements. Finally, the incumbent represents the agency the highest levels, chairing joint committees, advocing for research and development resources, and ensuring technical execution aligns with critical nional security mission objectives. Requirements Help Conditions of employment U.S. Citizenship Required If authorized, PCS paid IAW JTR and AF Regulions. If receiving an authorized PCS, you may be subject to completing/signing a CONUS agreement. More informion on PCS requirements, may be found : https://afciviliancareers.com/regulory/ Males must be registered for Selective Service, see www.sss.gov Position is designed as a Testing Designed Position (TDP). Position requires the incumbent sign a Drug Testing letter and pass urinalysis testing prior to appointment. Must have or be able to obtain a

TOP SECRET/SCI

Security clearance Must file an Executive Personnel Financial Disclosure Report

PROBATIONARY PERIOD.

An individual's initial SL career appointment becomes final only after the individual successfully completes a 1-year probionary period. Active Duty Military Members must indice retirement eligibility Recruitment/Relocion Incentive may be offered Disclosure of Political Appointments

EXECUTIVE PERSONNEL FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE REPORT

(Standard Form 278). Selected candide must file this report in accordance with the Ethics in Government Act of 1978. Veterans' preference is applicable to Air Force Senior Level (SL) positions. Within the Department of War (DoW), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediely following retirement de to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United Stes Code 3326. Qualificions

QUALIFICATIONS

Eligibility based upon a clear showing the applicant has training, educion and experience of the scope and quality sufficient to effectively carry-out the duties of the position. Candides must exemplify the corpore perspective, leadership vision, broad experience and character needed in the Civilian Senior Executive Service corps not only to sisfy the immedie vacancy, but future vacancies which will occur in a variety of organizions, functions and locions.

Basic Requirement:

You must have IT-reled experience demonstring each of the five competencies listed below: 1. Informion Management

• Identifies a need for and knows where or how to gher informion; organizes and maintains informion or informion management systems. 2. Decision Making
• Makes sound, well-informed, and objective decisions; perceives the impact and implicions of decisions; commits to action, even in uncertain situions, to accomplish organizional goals; causes change. 3. Problem Solving
• Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of informion; uses sound judgment to genere and evalue alternives, and to make recommendions. 4. Reasoning
• Identifies rules, principles, or relionships th explain facts, da, or other informion; analyzes informion and makes correct inferences or draws accure conclusions. 5. Technical Competence
• Uses knowledge th is acquired through formal training or on-the-job experience to perform one's job; works with, understands, and evalues technical informion reled to the job; advises others on technical issues.

AND TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS

Applicants must reflect superior technical qualificions demonstred through leadership and management in the following: TQ1: Demonstred executive-level technical experience leading enterprise IT stregy, cloud architecture, and the operional integrion of advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) solutions. This includes proven expertise in designing scalable architectures (e.g., cloud plforms, containers, microservices) and overseeing the deployment of Large Language Model (LLM) ecosystems and Nural Language Processing (NLP) frameworks to process petabyte-scale dasets. Experience must demonstre the ability to align complex technology architectures with stregic mission goals, establish rigorous enterprise standards, and ensure AI/ML systems are secure, reliable, and compliant with organizional governance to extract actionable cyber intelligence. TQ2: Demonstred expert-level experience pioneering digital forensics methodologies and driving technological innovion to support multi-domain cyber operions (Law Enforcement, Counterintelligence, and critical infrastructure protection). This includes experience anticiping adversarial thre shifts (e.g., APT malware, IoT exploition) and transling highly complex operional capability gaps into deployable technical specificions. Experience must demonstre the ability to serve as a senior technical authority who successfully fosters stregic interoperability and champions technical initiives across interagency, defense, academic, and prive sector partnerships. A separe narrive stement is not required

• this informion should be embedded within the resume . The ideal candide would possess the following:
• Proven expertise architecting, deploying, and scaling advanced AI/ML models (including LLM ecosystems, NLP, and vector dabases) over petabyte-scale dasets.
• Extensive experience pioneering novel technical techniques, leading the development of innovive tools or concepts for emerging technologies (IoT, cloud infrastructure, and APT malware), and driving R&D projects.
• Demonstred ability to opere credibly both highly stregic and deeply technical levels, with a track record of building coalitions across the Department of War (DoW), the Intelligence Community, Nional Laborories, and prive-sector tech executives.

Educion Educion:

A master's or advanced degree from an accredited institution in Computer Science, Da Science, Cybersecurity or a reled highly technical field is highly desired. An undergradue technical degree or an advanced degree in either a technical or management field is highly desired. Additional informion

Veterans' Preference:

Veterans' preference is applicable to Air Force Senior Level (SL) positions.

Relocion Authorized:

Payment of Permanent Change of Stion (PCS) costs is authorized in accordance with the Joint Travel Regulions (JTR).

Recruitment/Relocion Incentive:

May be offered. Employed Annuitants (Reemployed Annuitants): Applicants in receipt of an annuity based on civilian employment in the Federal Service are subject to the DoD Policy on The Employment of Annuitants. Click here for more informion.

Direct Deposit:

All federal employees are required to have direct deposit. Disabled veteran leave is available to a Federal employee hired on/after 5 Nov 2016, who is a veteran with a service-connected disability ring of 30% or more. For more informion, click here . If you have questions regarding this announcement and have hearing or speech difficulties click here . 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. Applicions evalued against the foregoing qualificion requirements. Failure to meet any one of the mandory technical or senior professional qualificion standards will elimine a candide from further considerion. A screening panel will evalue the candides for this position composed of senior executives selected for organizional and/or functional backgrounds relevant to this position. The panel members will individually review each of the applicions in terms of the qualificions criteria contained in this announcement. The qualificions sted are the minimum requirements of the position to be Qualified, a ring schedule applied by a screening panel to determine which candides are considered to be Best Qualified. Then, they will meet to discuss each applicion, and reach a consensus decision as to the best qualified, qualified or not qualified candides. The panel will interview all of the best-qualified candides based upon consistently applied criteria. The panel will then make a recommendion of those best-qualified candides who should be referred to the selecting official, in priority order. Final selection of a candide is contingent upon USecAF approval. 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 To receive full considerion, each applicant must submit the (MANDATORY) documents in the form as designed. Packages th do not include all of the required documents or meet form requirements will not be forwarded for considerion.

• ALL DOCUMENTS MUST BE UPLOADED IN PDF FORMAT

• The Qualificions Documents must be formted using Times New Roman, size 12 font, with 1-inch margins.

Do not use borders, provide photos, or list a Social Security Number on any of the Qualificions Documents.

DO NOT COMBINE DOCUMENTS. A.

(Mandory) Resume in the preferred (Limit 2 pages). Upload in PDF form .

PLEASE DO NOT USE USAJOBS RESUME BUILDER. B.

(Optional) Most recent completed Performance Appraisal (current and/or former federal employees) or Performance Report (OPR or EPR). For applicants in the prive sector, please provide a copy of your equivalent Evaluion Report. C. Most recent Notificion of Personnel Action, SF-50, noting your current position, grade level and salary level and a SF-50 reflecting the highest grade held if different from your recent SF-50 (applies only to current or former civilian government employee). D. College transcript(s) (copy is acceptable) which demonstres the acceptable combinions of educion and experience as noted by OPM. E. (Mandory) Military Retired

• a copy of your DD214 and/or Retirement orders; Active Duty
• Are you an active duty service member with a stement of service showing th you expect to be honorably discharged or released from the armed forces under honorable conditions no ler than 120 days after submitting your applicion?

PLEASE NOTE

you ineligible for considerion if your stement of service is not submitted with your applicion or it shows an expected discharge or release de greer than 120 days from the de of the submission of the certificion. Documents are required.

DO NOT SUBMIT ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Extraneous merials such as copies of position descriptions, award certifices and transmittal letters will not be forwarded for review. How to Apply Help Please follow the below instructions to submit applicions. Any applicions received th do not include all of the required documents or do not meet form requirements will not be forwarded for considerion. The complete Applicion Package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 09/29/2026. To begin the process, click the Apply Online button to cree an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account. Follow the prompts to complete the applicion questionnaire. Please ensure you click the Submit My Applicion button the end of the process.

PLEASE NOTE

It is the applicant's responsibility to verify th informion entered and/or uploaded, (i.e., resume) is received, accure, and submitted by the closing de. You may verify your documents have been processed with your applicion package successfully. You can access your USAJOBS account to do so by clicking here . Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan. Human Resources

WILL NOT

modify or change any answers submitted by an applicant.

PREFERRED RESUME FORMAT

(Limit 2 pages/Times New Roman 12-font) ( Do Not Use the USAJOBS Resume Builder )

• Please submit a typewritten resume (upload as a PDF), including the following informion:

Job Informion:

Announcement number (MRL2026-328571) and title of the position to which you are applying.

Personal Informion:

Full name, mailing address (with zip code), day and evening phone numbers (with area code) and complete e-mail address where you would like to receive correspondence regarding your applicion.

• PLEASE DO NOT INCLUDE SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER

•

Active-Duty/Retired Military:

Ste highest rank held, de of promotion and de eligible to retire or de of retirement, (e.g., Colonel/June 2006/December 2014).

NOTE:

IAW 5 U.S.C.

3326, a 180-day waiver required for retired or retiring members of the armed forces during the period of 180 days immediely after retirement.

Please note:

you ineligible for considerion if your stement of service is not submitted with your applicion or it shows an expected discharge or release de greer than 120 days from the de of the submission of the certificion.

Educion:

Educional informion, including the name, city and ste of colleges or universities you tended, as well as the type and year of any degree received. Report only tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion. For more informion, you may refer to the following U.S.

Department of Educion website:

http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html

Work Experience:

Give the following informion for your paid and non-paid work experience reled to the job for which you are applying: (Do not send job descriptions).

• Starting and ending des (month and year)
• Job title (for government position, include civilian series and grade or military rank)
• Employer's name and address
• Supervisor's name and phone number, please indice if we may contact your current supervisor
• Salary (current)
• Applicants should focus on recency of experience, hiring officials may consider experience over 10 years outded.

References:

Provide the names, addresses and telephone numbers of three individuals who can comment on your qualificions for this position. Please do not list supervisors already listed above. This agency provides reasonable accommodions to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodion for any part of the applicion or hiring process, please notify this office. The decision on granting reasonable accommodions on a case-by-case basis.

SAF/MRL CONTACT INFORMATION

Questions regarding this announcement may be directed to Air Force Senior Executive Management Office SAF.MRL.Workflow@us.af.mil Agency contact informion Monique Morgan monique.morgan.1@us.af.mil Address AF Senior Executive Management 1040 Air Force Pentagon Room 4D Washington, DC 20330 US Next steps Once your applicion package is received an acknowledgement email sent. If you provided an email address, you will receive an email message acknowledging receipt of your applicion. Your applicion package used to determine your eligibility and qualificions for considerion. If you are determined to be ineligible or not qualified, your applicion will receive no further considerion. To check the stus of your applicion or return to a previous or incomplete applicion, log into your USAJOBS account, select My Applicions, and click on the more informion link under the applicion stus for this position. If you do not provide an email address, you are responsible for checking stus updes and notificions in USAJOBS. Hard copy notificions will not be sent to you. 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 To receive full considerion, each applicant must submit the (MANDATORY) documents in the form as designed. Packages th do not include all of the required documents or meet form requirements will not be forwarded for considerion.

• ALL DOCUMENTS MUST BE UPLOADED IN PDF FORMAT

• The Qualificions Documents must be formted using Times New Roman, size 12 font, with 1-inch margins.

Do not use borders, provide photos, or list a Social Security Number on any of the Qualificions Documents.

DO NOT COMBINE DOCUMENTS. A.

(Mandory) Resume in the preferred (Limit 2 pages). Upload in PDF form .

PLEASE DO NOT USE USAJOBS RESUME BUILDER. B.

(Optional) Most recent completed Performance Appraisal (current and/or former federal employees) or Performance Report (OPR or EPR). For applicants in the prive sector, please provide a copy of your equivalent Evaluion Report. C. Most recent Notificion of Personnel Action, SF-50, noting your current position, grade level and salary level and a SF-50 reflecting the highest grade held if different from your recent SF-50 (applies only to current or former civilian government employee). D. College transcript(s) (copy is acceptable) which demonstres the acceptable combinions of educion and experience as noted by OPM. E. (Mandory) Military Retired

• a copy of your DD214 and/or Retirement orders; Active Duty
• Are you an active duty service member with a stement of service showing th you expect to be honorably discharged or released from the armed forces under honorable conditions no ler than 120 days after submitting your applicion?

PLEASE NOTE

you ineligible for considerion if your stement of service is not submitted with your applicion or it shows an expected discharge or release de greer than 120 days from the de of the submission of the certificion. Documents are required.

DO NOT SUBMIT ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Extraneous merials such as copies of position descriptions, award certifices and transmittal letters will not be forwarded for review. How to Apply Help Please follow the below instructions to submit applicions. Any applicions received th do not include all of the required documents or do not meet form requirements will not be forwarded for considerion. The complete Applicion Package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 09/29/2026. To begin the process, click the Apply Online button to cree an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account. Follow the prompts to complete the applicion questionnaire. Please ensure you click the Submit My Applicion button the end of the process.

PLEASE NOTE

It is the applicant's responsibility to verify th informion entered and/or uploaded, (i.e., resume) is received, accure, and submitted by the closing de. You may verify your documents have been processed with your applicion package successfully. You can access your USAJOBS account to do so by clicking here . Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan. Human Resources

WILL NOT

modify or change any answers submitted by an applicant.

PREFERRED RESUME FORMAT

(Limit 2 pages/Times New Roman 12-font) ( Do Not Use the USAJOBS Resume Builder )

• Please submit a typewritten resume (upload as a PDF), including the following informion:

Job Informion:

Announcement number (MRL2026-328571) and title of the position to which you are applying.

Personal Informion:

Full name, mailing address (with zip code), day and evening phone numbers (with area code) and complete e-mail address where you would like to receive correspondence regarding your applicion.

• PLEASE DO NOT INCLUDE SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER

•

Active-Duty/Retired Military:

Ste highest rank held, de of promotion and de eligible to retire or de of retirement, (e.g., Colonel/June 2006/December 2014).

NOTE:

IAW 5 U.S.C.

3326, a 180-day waiver required for retired or retiring members of the armed forces during the period of 180 days immediely after retirement.

Please note:

you ineligible for considerion if your stement of service is not submitted with your applicion or it shows an expected discharge or release de greer than 120 days from the de of the submission of the certificion.

Educion:

Educional informion, including the name, city and ste of colleges or universities you tended, as well as the type and year of any degree received. Report only tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion. For more informion, you may refer to the following U.S.

Department of Educion website:

http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html

Work Experience:

Give the following informion for your paid and non-paid work experience reled to the job for which you are applying: (Do not send job descriptions).

• Starting and ending des (month and year)
• Job title (for government position, include civilian series and grade or military rank)
• Employer's name and address
• Supervisor's name and phone number, please indice if we may contact your current supervisor
• Salary (current)
• Applicants should focus on recency of experience, hiring officials may consider experience over 10 years outded.

References:

Provide the names, addresses and telephone numbers of three individuals who can comment on your qualificions for this position. Please do not list supervisors already listed above. This agency provides reasonable accommodions to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodion for any part of the applicion or hiring process, please notify this office. The decision on granting reasonable accommodions on a case-by-case basis.

SAF/MRL CONTACT INFORMATION

Questions regarding this announcement may be directed to Air Force Senior Executive Management Office SAF.MRL.Workflow@us.af.mil Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Monique Morgan monique.morgan.1@us.af.mil Address AF Senior Executive Management 1040 Air Force Pentagon Room 4D Washington, DC 20330 US Next steps Once your applicion package is received an acknowledgement email sent. If you provided an email address, you will receive an email message acknowledging receipt of your applicion. Your applicion package used to determine your eligibility and qualificions for considerion. If you are determined to be ineligible or not qualified, your applicion will receive no further considerion. To check the stus of your applicion or return to a previous or incomplete applicion, log into your USAJOBS account, select My Applicions, and click on the more informion link under the applicion stus for this position. If you do not provide an email address, you are responsible for checking stus updes and notificions in USAJOBS. Hard copy notificions will not be sent to you. 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 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Linthicum, MD No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed Yes—You may qualify for reimbursement of relocion expenses in accordance with agency policy. Salary $151,661

• $209,600 per year Pay scale & grade SL 00 Promotion potential None Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required 25% or less
• You may be expected to travel for this position.

Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Sensitive Compartmented Informion Position sensitivity and risk Jobs require a and some require a . The type depends on the job. Background check type Financial disclosure required Yes Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

MRL2026-328571

Control number 884713100