IT Specialist (APPSW

• Node React/Java/Python/Mainframe Developer Social Security Administrion Chief Informion Officer (CIO) Summary The position description number for this position is

PD06F0050 . A

summary of the major duties are listed below. You may also view the full position description on the Agency intranet the following link: PD Search The incumbent is a technical expert and works with a diverse group of stakeholders across the agency to provide vision, discipline, and consultancy for IT architecture, while modernizing the digital services SSA delivers to citizens and business. Learn more about this agency Summary The position description number for this position is

PD06F0050 . A

summary of the major duties are listed below. You may also view the full position description on the Agency intranet the following link: PD Search The incumbent is a technical expert and works with a diverse group of stakeholders across the agency to provide vision, discipline, and consultancy for IT architecture, while modernizing the digital services SSA delivers to citizens and business. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion 13 vacancies in the following locions: Woodlawn, MD Durham, NC No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $131,342

• $187,093 per year NOTE
• Salary range for

Durham NC:

$131,342

• 170,750; Salary Range for

Woodlawn MD:

$143,913

• 187,093 Pay scale & grade GS 14 Promotion potential None Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time
• Flex time and alterne schedules may be available.

Travel Required Not required 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 Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure required Yes Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

SSA-13055493-MP26-CIO

Control number 885340000 This job is open to Help Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement. Clarificion from the agency Current permanent SSA employees in CIO only. Duties Help Delivers specialized technical direction in the planning, design, development, testing, and ongoing support of advanced business applicions and technology solutions aligned with agency goals. Provides recommendions on industry-leading practices and stregies to improve the productivity and quality of systems development processes. Serves as an expert advisor on software engineering and applicion development. Coordines the integrion of large-scale technology solutions in support of Agency objectives and needs. Provides technical leadership in the design, execution, and maintenance of adaptable applicions . Facilites the implemention of new technologies, including cloud computing and artificial intelligence, to help improve automion and efficiency. Directs implemention and coordinion activities for complex da systems and architectures to support organizional needs. Ensures the development and maintenance of secure, dependable, and effective da management solutions. Provides technical leadership, direction, and guidance for multiple products and projects, collaboring with developers, business analysts, and cross-functional teams to deliver new feures and innovive solutions. Requirements Help Conditions of employment All applicion merials must be received by the closing de. Applicants must be in good standing. Applicants must have a fully successful ring of record. Official Personnel Folders will not be reviewed. Requests for copies of applicion documents will not be accepted. All applicion forms submitted become the property of SSA Human Resources. Qualificions Resumes exceeding two pages in length will not be Visit the 'Required Documents' section below for more informion.

YOUR RESUME OR SSA-45 MUST INCLUDE YOUR OFFICIAL DUTY STATION AND YOUR ORGANIZATION

(I.E., SECURITY

AND RESILIENCY

)

OR YOU MAY BE FOUND INELIGIBLE.

To qualify for the 2210 IT Specialist series , the applicant must demonstre the following competencies: Attention to Detail (Level 4, Advanced)

• Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about tending to detail. Customer Service (Level 4, Advanced)
• 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.

Decision Making (Level 3, Intermedie)

• 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. Informion Management (Level 4, Advanced)
• Identifies a need for and knows where or how to gher informion; organizes and maintains informion or informion management systems. Interpersonal Skills (Level 4, Advanced)
• Shows understanding, friendliness, courtesy, tact, emphy, concern, and politeness to others; develops and maintains effective relionships with others; may include effectively dealing with individuals who are difficult, hostile, or distressed; reles well to people from varied backgrounds and different situions. Oral Communicion (Level 3, Intermedie)
• 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. Problem Solving (Level 4, Advanced)
• Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of informion; uses sound judgment to genere and evalue alternives, and to make recommendions. Teamwork (Level 4, Advanced)
• Encourages and facilites cooperion, pride, trust, and group identity; fosters commitment and team spirit; works with others to achieve goals. Technical Competence (Level 4, Advanced)
• 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.

Specialized Experience:

Applicants must have specialized experience th is directly reled to the work of the position and have equipped them with the competencies required to successfully perform the duties of the role. These knowledge, skills, and abilities/competencies are normally tained through the equivalent of one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level of the position being filled. To qualify the GS-14 level, you must have specialized experience the GS-13 level, or equivalent. This experience must demonstre proficiency in two of the following: Designing and developing large-scale applicions, Using automion to move software through the development lifecycle, Faciliting technical discussions for enterprise-level IT projects, Researching and solving issues in production, and Leading peers on technical mters. The specialized experience is REQUIRED and must be explicitly documented/described in your resume, or you disqualified from further considerion. Qualificion standards and additional informion for this position can be found here: Competency-Based Qualificion Standard for the Informion Technology Management Series, 2210

NOTE :

You cannot be credited for experience unless you clearly show your grade level the time the experience was gained, as well as the des you were th grade level. If you combine career-ladder experience into a single description of duties, you may be elimined from considerion based on failure to clearly document the required experience the required grade level for the required period of time. Qualificion requirements must be met by the closing de of this announcement. Applicants for promotion must have 52 weeks GS

• 13 .

Time in grade requirement must be met by the closing de of this announcement. Educion This job does not have an educion qualificion requirement. Additional informion

NONCOMPETITIVE CONSIDERATION DUE TO SPECIAL HIRING AUTHORITY

Applicions for noncompetitive considerion accepted from SSA employees in the area of considerion who are currently serving under the following types of appointments: Schedule A, Reg. 213.3102 (U) appointments for individuals with disabilities; and time limited appointments for veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30% or more. Applicants serving under these provisions do not need to submit copies of your disability or Veteran's documention. However, you must submit a current SF-50 th provides informion on the appointment authority under which you were hired . Otherwise, you will not receive non-competitive considerion.

NOTE :

Excepted service employees serving under Schedule A appointments for Attorney positions or Phways Programs appointments (Presidential Management Fellows, Recent Gradues, and Interns) are not eligible for considerion. This is a non-bargaining unit position to be filled under the provisions of the Management Officials Promotion Plan . The best-qualified list for this vacancy may be used to fill the same or similar positions in a component(s) under the same Deputy Commissioner. Additional selections may be made within 6 months of the de the best qualified list is issued.

LOCALITY PAY

Salary set in accordance with locality pay provisions. Candides currently receiving a higher locality pay than the office applied for are advised th should they be selected, they will lose entitlement to the higher locality pay. NOTE

• Salary range for

Durham NC:

$131,342

• 170,750; Salary Range for

Woodlawn MD:

$143,913

• 187,093

OTHER NOTES:

The selectee required to file an OGE form 450, Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, in accordance with 5 CFR section 2634, subpart i. This position is not eligible for telework. Relocion expenses will not be paid. This is a high-risk public trust position. The selected employee required to complete a Standard Form 85P, Questionnaire for Public Trust Positions, in order to have the approprie investigion conducted, unless the employee has been previously certified eligible to occupy a position this level. 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. Applicants red based on the following knowledge, skills, and abilities: Skill in designing, developing, and implementing software for a complex Agency disability programmic system, applying coding best practices. Skill with software development technologies and approaches, such as mainframe, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and Agile. Ability to usher software through the stages of a software development lifecycle using version control, code management tools, and automion. Skill in analyzing and resolving system performance and other production issues through the use of system monitoring and logging tools and proposing and implementing working solutions. Ability to collabore with and lead others in the design, development, and implemention of software. Applicants assessed using the ring criteria listed in the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13055493 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 section provides informion on supporting documention th must be submitted. We encourage you to submit a two-page resume for OPM compliance, as well as the SSA-45 under "Other," to ensure th all your qualificions are fully Per OPM's new resume guidance , resumes must be limited to 2 pages only. Additional documents such as the SSA-45 may be uploaded using the 'Other documents' option. SSA-45 (all applicants) SF-50 th provides informion on the appointment authority under which you were hired (applicants for Noncompetitive Considerion due to a Special Hiring Authority only) Your SSA-45 must provide all of the informion necessary to make qualificions determinions (e.g., all experience reled to your qualificions for this position, full performance level of your current position, the des each grade level of your current or prior career-ladder position(s), etc.). These documents referred to the selecting official if you are eligible for the best qualified list. Employees' Official Personnel Folders will not be reviewed. Your SSA-45 must specifically demonstre, in your own words, the possession of the required experience reled to the minimum qualificions, selective placement factors and/or evaluion criteria. Informion th is copied or rested language from the vacancy announcement, ring criteria, KSAs and/or position description will not be If this occurs, you may lose considerion for one or more grade levels or found ineligible. How to Apply Help Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your eligibility. When answering the questionnaire, remember th your experience is subject to verificion by the selecting official. You may be asked to provide specific examples or documention of experience to support your answers, or you may be required to verify a response by a practical demonstrion of your claimed ability to perform a task. Notice Concerning Merially False, Fictitious, or Fraudulent Stements Anything you claim in the occupional questionnaire or in your SSA-45 may be subject to verificion. By completing the electronic applicion process, you are certifying th any stements you make are true, complete, and correct to the best of your knowledge and belief and are made in good faith. Merially false, fictitious, or fraudulent stements or representions are subject to disciplinary action. To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes: SSA-45

The Occupional Questionnaire :

Click on the Apply Online button to cree an account or log into your existing USAJOBS account and follow the prompts to complete the occupional questionnaire. Additional Required Documents, if applicable (See Required Documents section). The complete Applicion Package must be submitted before 11:59 p.m. (EST) on 09/25/2026. Failure to upload any required documents will disqualify your applicion from considerion. If you use assistive software or an adaptive device, or you are experiencing some other type of technical difficulty and/or otherwise require assistance with the applicion process, please contact Christin Barnes Wilson christin.e.barnes.wilson@ssa.gov. Individuals with hearing or speech disabilities may use the listed email or 7-1-1 for TTY-based Telecommunicions Relay Services to call the listed phone number. Additional Telecommunicions Relay Services options are available in each ste: https://www.fcc.gov/general/trs-ste-and-territories

APPLYING FROM A PERSONAL COMPUTER OUTSIDE OF WORK SSA

employees may access Internal Vacancies On-Line (IVOL) postings and apply for vacancies from locions outside of SSA (e.g., from home, public computer, etc.).

Please use the following link:

https://www.ssa.gov/careers/ivol . Be sure to forward the link and other applicion merials (such as the SSA-45) to an email source accessible from outside of SSA (e.g., your personal computer, etc.). Due to our security procedures, our office will not accept any applicions submitted via email, standard mail, or facsimile sent directly to the Servicing Personnel Office. Applicants are required to file through the online applicion process. The email address is listed only for inquiries about the position or the How to Apply process. To check the stus of your applicion or return to a previous or incomplete applicion, log in to your USAJOBS account. Agency contact informion Christin Barnes Wilson christin.e.barnes.wilson@ssa.gov Address CIO Front Office 6401 Security Boulevard Baltimore, MD 21235 US Next steps After all of the applicions have been evalued, you will receive notificion via email explaining the stus of your applicion. If you applied incorrectly or submitted an incomplete applicion, we unable to send you an electronic receipt of your applicion. Please read the How to Apply instructions carefully to ensure th you submit a complete applicion. To check the stus of your applicion or return to a previous or incomplete applicion, log in to your USAJOBS account, select Applicion Stus, and click on the more informion link under the applicion stus for this position. Selection interviews may be conducted with one or more of the candides, but there is no requirement th interviews be conducted. The hiring office will contact candides directly for interviews. Interviews may be conducted via video conferencing software, if technically feasible. Applicants referred for considerion will receive a final disposition notice after selections have been made. 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 section provides informion on supporting documention th must be submitted. We encourage you to submit a two-page resume for OPM compliance, as well as the SSA-45 under "Other," to ensure th all your qualificions are fully Per OPM's new resume guidance , resumes must be limited to 2 pages only. Additional documents such as the SSA-45 may be uploaded using the 'Other documents' option. SSA-45 (all applicants) SF-50 th provides informion on the appointment authority under which you were hired (applicants for Noncompetitive Considerion due to a Special Hiring Authority only) Your SSA-45 must provide all of the informion necessary to make qualificions determinions (e.g., all experience reled to your qualificions for this position, full performance level of your current position, the des each grade level of your current or prior career-ladder position(s), etc.). These documents referred to the selecting official if you are eligible for the best qualified list. Employees' Official Personnel Folders will not be reviewed. Your SSA-45 must specifically demonstre, in your own words, the possession of the required experience reled to the minimum qualificions, selective placement factors and/or evaluion criteria. Informion th is copied or rested language from the vacancy announcement, ring criteria, KSAs and/or position description will not be If this occurs, you may lose considerion for one or more grade levels or found ineligible. How to Apply Help Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your eligibility. When answering the questionnaire, remember th your experience is subject to verificion by the selecting official. You may be asked to provide specific examples or documention of experience to support your answers, or you may be required to verify a response by a practical demonstrion of your claimed ability to perform a task. Notice Concerning Merially False, Fictitious, or Fraudulent Stements Anything you claim in the occupional questionnaire or in your SSA-45 may be subject to verificion. By completing the electronic applicion process, you are certifying th any stements you make are true, complete, and correct to the best of your knowledge and belief and are made in good faith. Merially false, fictitious, or fraudulent stements or representions are subject to disciplinary action. To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes: SSA-45

The Occupional Questionnaire :

Click on the Apply Online button to cree an account or log into your existing USAJOBS account and follow the prompts to complete the occupional questionnaire. Additional Required Documents, if applicable (See Required Documents section). The complete Applicion Package must be submitted before 11:59 p.m. (EST) on 09/25/2026. Failure to upload any required documents will disqualify your applicion from considerion. If you use assistive software or an adaptive device, or you are experiencing some other type of technical difficulty and/or otherwise require assistance with the applicion process, please contact Christin Barnes Wilson christin.e.barnes.wilson@ssa.gov. Individuals with hearing or speech disabilities may use the listed email or 7-1-1 for TTY-based Telecommunicions Relay Services to call the listed phone number. Additional Telecommunicions Relay Services options are available in each ste: https://www.fcc.gov/general/trs-ste-and-territories

APPLYING FROM A PERSONAL COMPUTER OUTSIDE OF WORK SSA

employees may access Internal Vacancies On-Line (IVOL) postings and apply for vacancies from locions outside of SSA (e.g., from home, public computer, etc.).

Please use the following link:

https://www.ssa.gov/careers/ivol . Be sure to forward the link and other applicion merials (such as the SSA-45) to an email source accessible from outside of SSA (e.g., your personal computer, etc.). Due to our security procedures, our office will not accept any applicions submitted via email, standard mail, or facsimile sent directly to the Servicing Personnel Office. Applicants are required to file through the online applicion process. The email address is listed only for inquiries about the position or the How to Apply process. To check the stus of your applicion or return to a previous or incomplete applicion, log in to your USAJOBS account. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Christin Barnes Wilson christin.e.barnes.wilson@ssa.gov Address CIO Front Office 6401 Security Boulevard Baltimore, MD 21235 US Next steps After all of the applicions have been evalued, you will receive notificion via email explaining the stus of your applicion. If you applied incorrectly or submitted an incomplete applicion, we unable to send you an electronic receipt of your applicion. Please read the How to Apply instructions carefully to ensure th you submit a complete applicion. To check the stus of your applicion or return to a previous or incomplete applicion, log in to your USAJOBS account, select Applicion Stus, and click on the more informion link under the applicion stus for this position. Selection interviews may be conducted with one or more of the candides, but there is no requirement th interviews be conducted. The hiring office will contact candides directly for interviews. Interviews may be conducted via video conferencing software, if technically feasible. Applicants referred for considerion will receive a final disposition notice after selections have been made. 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 13 vacancies in the following locions: Woodlawn, MD Durham, NC No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $131,342

• $187,093 per year NOTE
• Salary range for

Durham NC:

$131,342

• 170,750; Salary Range for

Woodlawn MD:

$143,913

• 187,093 Pay scale & grade GS 14 Promotion potential None Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time
• Flex time and alterne schedules may be available.

Travel Required Not required 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 Yes Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

SSA-13055493-MP26-CIO

Control number 885340000