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Informion Technology Specialist (INFOSEC) Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Office of Security, Facilities, and Logistics Operions (OSFLO) Summary This position is loced in the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Office of Security, Facilities and Logistics Operions (OSFLO). As an Informion Technology Specialist (INFOSEC), GS-2210-13, you will serve as an IT Specialist (INFOSEC) supporting CMS physical security systems, HSPD-12/FIPS 201 integrion, IT automion, interoperability, and NIST-based security controls for federal identity and access management. 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 Security, Facilities and Logistics Operions (OSFLO). As an Informion Technology Specialist (INFOSEC), GS-2210-13, you will serve as an IT Specialist (INFOSEC) supporting CMS physical security systems, HSPD-12/FIPS 201 integrion, IT automion, interoperability, and NIST-based security controls for federal identity and access management. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted today • Apply by 06/03/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 3, 2026 Locion Woodlawn, MD No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $121,785 - $158,322 per year Pay scale & grade GS 13 Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel up to 10% 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 No Security clearance Not Required 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 Credentialing Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number
CMS-OSFLO-26-12970625-ST
Control number 870731300 This job is open to Help Federal employees - Competitive service Current federal employees whose agencies follow the U.S. Office of Personnel Management's hiring rules and pay scales. Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL) Federal employees whose job, agency or department was elimined and are eligible for priority over other applicants. Land and base management Current or former employees of a base management agency. Veterans Veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces or a spouse, widow, widower or parent of a veteran, who may be eligible for derived preference Military spouses Military spouses of active duty service members or whose spouse is 100 percent disabled or died on active duty. Videos Duties Help Serving on a team tasked with ensuring technical compliance with governing documents regarding administering and overseeing various policies and mandes associed with physical access control systems. Collaboring with CMS OIT, HHS, and others as necessary to cree and maintain physical access and informion systems. Serving as subject mter expert regarding incorporing DPSO IT infrastructure into shared Federal infrastructure. Drafting security policies and procedures th are used by staff and contractors working various CMS locions. 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. Time-in-Grade restrictions apply. Selective Service:
Males born after December 31, 1959, must be registered or exempt from Selective 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 WITHIN 30 DAYS OF 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 being considered further. You must have IT-reled experience demonstring each of the four competencies listed below: 1. Attention to Detail - Is thorough when performing work and conscientiously tends to detail. 2. Customer Service - Works with clients and customers (th is, any individual who uses or receives the services or products th your work or 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; and 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. 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-13 , you must meet the following: You must demonstre in your resume least one year (52 weeks) of qualifying specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal government, obtained in either the prive or public sector, to include: 1. Reviewing Informion Technology (IT) systems to identify problems and recommend improvements th increased system efficiency and effectiveness; 2. Determining and implementing system changes needed to maintain compliance with federal requirements and support continued system authorizion and operion; AND 3. Identifying staffing, funding, and technical resources needed to support system upgrades, installions, and expansion 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. Time-in-Grade:
To be eligible, current or former Federal employees and current or former Federal employees applying under the VEOA eligibility who hold or have held a permanent General Schedule position in the previous year must have served least 52 weeks (one year) the next lower grade level from the position/grade level(s) to which they are applying. Click the following link to view the occupional questionnaire: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12970625 Educion This job does not have an educion qualificion requirement. Additional informion Bargaining Unit Position:
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Not Authorized Relocion Incentive:
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Not Required 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 on the applicion questionnaire, and the results of the online assessments required for this position. A Subject Mter Expert may 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. 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 apply for this position, you must submit a complete Applicion Package which includes: 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 December 31, 1959. 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). For resume and applicion tips, : https://www.cms.gov/files/document/2026-required-documents.pdf IN DESCRIBING YOUR WORK EXPERIENCE AND/OR EDUCATION, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE OR EDUCATION.
We strongly encourage applicants to utilize the USAJOBS resume builder in the creion of resumes. Determining length of general or specialized experience is dependent on the below informion and failure to provide ALL informion WILL result in a finding of ineligible. Official Position Title (include series and grade if Federal job) Duties (be specific in describing your duties) Employer's name and address Supervisor name and phone number Start and end des in the month and year form (e.g. June 2007 to April 2008) Full-time or part-time stus (include hours worked per week) Salary 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. 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 . 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 06/03/2026. 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 06/03/2026. 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 Security, Facilities and Logistics Operions 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, 06/03/2026, 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 To apply for this position, you must submit a complete Applicion Package which includes: 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 December 31, 1959. 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). For resume and applicion tips, : https://www.cms.gov/files/document/2026-required-documents.pdf IN DESCRIBING YOUR WORK EXPERIENCE AND/OR EDUCATION, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE OR EDUCATION.
We strongly encourage applicants to utilize the USAJOBS resume builder in the creion of resumes. Determining length of general or specialized experience is dependent on the below informion and failure to provide ALL informion WILL result in a finding of ineligible. Official Position Title (include series and grade if Federal job) Duties (be specific in describing your duties) Employer's name and address Supervisor name and phone number Start and end des in the month and year form (e.g. June 2007 to April 2008) Full-time or part-time stus (include hours worked per week) Salary 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. 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 . 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 06/03/2026. 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 06/03/2026. 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 Security, Facilities and Logistics Operions 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, 06/03/2026, 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 Posted today • Apply by 06/03/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 3, 2026 Locion Woodlawn, MD No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $121,785 - $158,322 per year Pay scale & grade GS 13 Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel up to 10% 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 No Security clearance Not Required Position sensitivity and risk Jobs require a and some require a . The type depends on the job. Background check type Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number CMS-OSFLO-26-12970625-ST
Control number 870731300