IT Project Manager (PLCYPLN) (Financial Technology Manager) Department of Defense Defense Informion Systems Agency DISA
- Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO) Summary This position is loced in Defense Informion Systems Agency, Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO) Fort Meade, MD (DISA HQS Command Bldg).
Learn more about this agency Summary This position is loced in Defense Informion Systems Agency, Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO) Fort Meade, MD (DISA HQS Command Bldg). Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Fort Meade, MD 1 vacancy No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—Situional Telework Only, including Emergency and OPM Prescribed Unscheduled Telework Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed Yes—You may qualify for reimbursement of relocion expenses in accordance with agency policy. Salary $169,279
- $197,200 per year Pay scale & grade GS 15 Promotion potential 15 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 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 Special-Sensitive (SS)/High Risk Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance . The type depends on the job. Background check type Nional security Financial disclosure required Yes Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number
DHA-DISA-13098281-26SU
Control number 889912900 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Clarificion from the agency All U.S. Citizens Videos Duties Help Serve as the stregic architect for the J8's financial da ecosystem, designing and executing the authoritive technical blueprint th ensures all financial da is traceable, auditable, and seamlessly integred across its lifecycle. Establish and enforce da governance, making authoritive determinions on enterprise da architecture, standards, and metada management to preserve da lineage, elimine informion silos, and ensure rigorous compliance with DoD and GAAP. Lead J8 process transformion, re-engineering workflows into an active "System of Action" while clearly communicing the stregic vision and benefits to stakeholders all levels to drive successful organizional change management. Orchestres technical integrion between J8 financial systems and external applicions (Manpower/Contracting) to elimine da silos and deliver a unified, enterprise-wide opering picture. Serves as principal technical advisor to J8 SES leadership, proactively evaluing emerging tech, validing IT modernizion ROI, and transling complex da stregies into actionable executive-level intelligence. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Must be a U.S. Citizen. This nional security position, which may require access to classified informion, requires a favorable suitability review and security clearance as a condition of employment. Failure to maintain security eligibility may result in terminion. The incumbent is required to submit a Financial Disclosure Stement, OGE-450 Executive Branch Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, upon entering the position and annually thereafter, in accordance with DoD 5500.07-R, Joint Ethics Regulion. In accordance with DoD 8140 policy series, the position is subjected to completing Foundional Qualificions in 9 months and completing Residential qualificion requirements in 12 months. This is a drug testing designed position. Qualificions This position has a Basic Requirement and a
Specialized Experience Requirement:
Basic Requirement:
Applicants must have a degree in computer science, engineering, informion science, informion systems management, mhemics, operions research, stistics, or technology management or degree th provided a minimum of 24 semester hours in one or more of the fields identified above and required the development or adaption of applicions, systems or networks. OR demonstre on their resume th they have IT-reled experience demonstring each of the four competencies listed below: Attention to Detail
- experience reviewing my own informion technology-reled work or da and have been responsible for reviewing the work of others to ensure accuracy, completeness, and consistency with standards Customer Service
- developing and maintaining relionships with customers, anticiping and assessing the current and future informion technology needs of customers, and developing or identifying informion technology products or services th are tailored to meet customer needs Oral Communicion
- briefing senior-level management and IT staff on the stus of informion technology systems, projects, or daily operions, including the communicion of complex technical informion to a non-technical audience Problem Solving
- identifying alternives to address unique, highly complex, or sensitive informion technology-reled issues.
I have anticiped informion technology-reled problems and have identified and evalued potential sources of informion to genere alternive solution
AND Specialized Experience:
For the GS-15, you must have least one year of specialized experience equivalent in level of difficulty and responsibility to the GS-14 grade level in the Federal service, or comparable in difficulty and responsibility to GS-14 if outside the Federal service.
Specialized experience is defined as:
Experience serving as a senior technical advisor responsible for briefing senior leadership on technology stregy and modernizion efforts (such as designing, developing, and executing enterprise financial da stregies or financial management system architectures ) AND experience leading financial IT systems integrion and business process re-engineering efforts; OR Experience advising senior leadership on evaluing emerging financial technologies , da governance standards, and financial system investment portfolios to ensure compliance with overarching architectural and financial auditability requirements. In addition to meeting the specialized experience requirements, qualified applicants must also possess the quality of experience as it reles to how closely or to wh extent an applicant's background, recency of experience, educion, and training are relevant to the duties and responsibilities of the announced position. Candides must clearly demonstre the possession of competencies necessary to successfully perform the work of the position the approprie level to be qualified for the position. Applicants must describe how their experience meets the competencies within the body of the resume. No separe stements addressing competencies are required. Qualificions must be met within 30 days after the closing de of this announcement. Educion
THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION AT THE GS-15 GRADE LEVEL
If using educion to meet the basic requirement please provide transcripts. Educion must have been obtained in an accredited college or university. You must report only tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions th are recognized by the U.S.
Department of Educion Foreign Educion :
If you are using educion completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualificion requirements, you must show th the educion credentials have been evalued by the Nional Associion of Credential Evaluion Services the time of applicion. Nional Associion of Credential Evaluion Services . Additional informion
Veterans Preference:
Veterans preference does not apply under this Direct-Hire Authority (DHA) This position is being filled under the Direct Hire Authority for Certain Personnel of the Department of Defense via deleged authority by the Office of the Secretary of Defense. A one year probionary period may be required. Accepting this position, you may be required to serve a 1-year probionary period during which we will evalue your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. Telework availability based upon the mission requirements and supervisory determinion. Individuals tentively selected for drug testing designed positions the Defense Informion Systems Agency required to submit to urinalysis for illegal drugs prior to appointment or placement. We may use this announcement to fill additional vacancies within 90 days of the closing de. Moving costs MAY be paid. Recruitment, relocion, or retention incentives may be authorized. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 makes certain reimbursements/payments taxable. For informion on these changes and the Relocion Income Tax Allowance (RITA), for which some appointees are eligible, click here . This position is covered under DoD Manual 8140 which subject to future Cyber Workforce requirements as defined by the Manual. This is a covered position and the person selected for this position must complete an OGE Form 450, Confidential Financial Disclosure Report within 30 days of appointment pursuant to 5 CFR 2634.903(b) (DoD 5500.7). For more informion on veterans' preference click here . Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (to verify your registrion stus click here). The Department of Defense (DoD) policy on employment of annuitants issued March 18, 2004 used in determining eligibility of annuitants. This position is subject to the limitions imposed by the DOD Priority Placement Program. PPP Applicion Based Preference Eligibles (Military Reserve and Nional Guard technicians, Military Reserve and Nional Guard technicians receiving disability retirement, and Retained Grade employees) will receive priority considerion the full performance level only. For more informion regarding qualificions requirements please click here. You may submit a cover letter which forwarded to the selecting official with your resume. Your cover letter will not be used to verify your qualificions or eligibility. All applicants are encouraged to apply electronically. If you are unable to apply on-line, you may contact 317-212-0454 for assistance. 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. Once the applicion process is complete, a review of your resume and supporting documention made and compared against your responses to the assessment questionnaire to determine if you are qualified for this job. The numeric ring you receive is based on your responses to the questionnaire. The score is a measure of the degree to which your background mches the competencies required for this position. If, after reviewing your resume and or supporting documention, a determinion is made th you have infled your qualificions and or experience, you may lose considerion for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your ring. The Assessment Questionnaire takes approximely 15 minutes to complete and collects informion on your educion, training and experience reled to the following critical competencies: Stregic Thinking Enterprise Architecture Business Process Reengineering Stregic Communicion Technical Credibility You can preview the Assessment Questionnaire here: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13098281 Criminal History Inquiries
- If you apply to this position and are selected, we will not ask about your criminal history before you receive a conditional job offer.
If you believe you were asked about your criminal history improperly, contact the agency @ dfas.indianapolis-in.zh.mbx.ssc-cc@mail.mil 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
FOR THIS JOB ANNOUNCEMENT THE FOLLOWING SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS ARE REQUIRED AS THEY APPLY STATED BELOW AND MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE CLOSE OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT. NOT ALL DOCUMENTS WILL APPLY TO EVERYONE.
Resume:
A two-page maximum resume is required. Applicant guidance on the two page resume requirement may be found https://www.opm.gov/policy-da-oversight/hiring-informion/merit-hiring-plan-resources/applicant-guidance-on-the-two-page-resume-limit/ . Learn more about the new resume requirements Complete initial
Eligibility Questionnaire:
Your resume must demonstre the quality of your work as it reles to the experience requirements outlined in the job announcement. Transcripts (if applicable) If you are substituting educion for specialized experience you must submit all of your transcripts. The absence of this informion will result in an ineligible ring. SF-50
- Current and former federal employees, including those currently working for the agency, must submit their SF-50 (Notificion of Personnel Action) reflecting their highest grade held on a permanent basis for least 52 weeks, tenure, and appointment type.
Failure to provide this document may result in disqualificion. Veterans Preference Documention (if applicable): You must submit a copy of your DD Form-214, Certifice of Release or Discharge from Active Duty", showing the des of active duty service, type of discharge and the character of service. Alternively, If you are a current military member in active duty service and do not have a copy of your DD Form-214, you must submit a written documention (certificion) from your branch of service certifying th you are expected to be discharged or released from active duty under honorable conditions no ler than 120 days after the de the certificion is submitted with your applicion for this position. The certificion should also include your rank, des of active duty service and wh they condition of discharge is thought to be. If claiming 10-point preference and/or are a 30% or more Disabled Veteran, you must submit both a DD Form-214 or expected discharge documention as described above AND a copy of a letter from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) or your branch of service certifying the presence of service-connected disability and indicing the percentage of disability If you are claiming eligibility based on 10-point derived veterans' preference (i.e. a spouse, widow/widower, or parent of a veteran claiming veterans' preference when the veteran is unable to use it), you must also submit a Standard Form 15 (SF-15) "Applicion for 10-Point Veteran's Preference" and any required documents indiced on the SF-15 to substantie the claimed preference. Your complete Applicion Package (containing the above required documents) must be received no ler than 11:59 pm Eastern Time 10/29/2026.
WARNING:
Failure to submit a complete applicion package including any required documention by 11:59 PM (EST) on10/29/2026 , or the time of applicion for announcements with an extended closing de, may result in an ineligible ring and loss of considerion. To verify th your applicion is complete, log into your USAJOBS account, select Applicion Stus and More Informion. The Details page will display the stus of your applicion. It is the applicant's responsibility to verify th informion entered, uploaded is received, legible and accure. HR will not modify answers submitted by an applicant. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package. See required documents below. Your Resume Your resume MUST include the following informion for each job listed: Job title; duties (be as detailed as possible); month & year start/end des (e.g. June 2007 to April 2008); and full
- time or part-time stus (include hours worked per week).
Read more about wh should I include in my federal resume here . DO NOT include the following informion: Classified or government sensitive informion; Social Security Number; Photos of yourself; Personal informion, such as age, sex, religious affiliion, etc.; or encrypted and digitally signed documents. Read more about wh should I leave out of my resume here . A complete Assessment Questionnaire Other required supporting documents: (SEE
BELOW FOR MORE INFORMATION ON REQUIRED SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS
) Click 'Apply Online' to cree an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account. Follow the prompts to complete the assessment questionnaire and upload required documents. Please ensure you click the Submit My Answers button to submit your applicion. Check applicion stus by logging into your USAJOBS account, clicking Applicion Stus, then More Informion for this position. Return to an incomplete applicion by logging into your USAJOBS account and clicking Upde Applicion in the vacancy announcement. You must re-select your resume and other documents from your USAJOBS account or your applicion incomplete. Agency contact informion HR Customer Care Center Phone (317) 212-0454 dfas.indianapolis-in.zh.mbx.dfasmeritcc@mail.mil Address DISA
- CF/Office of the Chief Financial Officer 6910 Cooper Road Fort Meade, MD 20755-7088 US Next steps Once the online questionnaire is received you will receive an acknowledgement email th your submission was successful.
The occupional questionnaire and the resume th you submit used to assess your qualificions for the job, and to identify the best qualified applicants to be referred to the hiring manager for further considerion and possible interviews. We will notify you of the outcome after each of these steps has been completed. After making a tentive job offer, we will conduct a suitability/security background investigion. (317) 212-0454 dfas.indianapolis-in.zh.mbx.dfasmeritcc@mail.mil 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
FOR THIS JOB ANNOUNCEMENT THE FOLLOWING SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS ARE REQUIRED AS THEY APPLY STATED BELOW AND MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE CLOSE OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT. NOT ALL DOCUMENTS WILL APPLY TO EVERYONE.
Resume:
A two-page maximum resume is required. Applicant guidance on the two page resume requirement may be found https://www.opm.gov/policy-da-oversight/hiring-informion/merit-hiring-plan-resources/applicant-guidance-on-the-two-page-resume-limit/ . Learn more about the new resume requirements Complete initial
Eligibility Questionnaire:
Your resume must demonstre the quality of your work as it reles to the experience requirements outlined in the job announcement. Transcripts (if applicable) If you are substituting educion for specialized experience you must submit all of your transcripts. The absence of this informion will result in an ineligible ring. SF-50
- Current and former federal employees, including those currently working for the agency, must submit their SF-50 (Notificion of Personnel Action) reflecting their highest grade held on a permanent basis for least 52 weeks, tenure, and appointment type.
Failure to provide this document may result in disqualificion. Veterans Preference Documention (if applicable): You must submit a copy of your DD Form-214, Certifice of Release or Discharge from Active Duty", showing the des of active duty service, type of discharge and the character of service. Alternively, If you are a current military member in active duty service and do not have a copy of your DD Form-214, you must submit a written documention (certificion) from your branch of service certifying th you are expected to be discharged or released from active duty under honorable conditions no ler than 120 days after the de the certificion is submitted with your applicion for this position. The certificion should also include your rank, des of active duty service and wh they condition of discharge is thought to be. If claiming 10-point preference and/or are a 30% or more Disabled Veteran, you must submit both a DD Form-214 or expected discharge documention as described above AND a copy of a letter from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) or your branch of service certifying the presence of service-connected disability and indicing the percentage of disability If you are claiming eligibility based on 10-point derived veterans' preference (i.e. a spouse, widow/widower, or parent of a veteran claiming veterans' preference when the veteran is unable to use it), you must also submit a Standard Form 15 (SF-15) "Applicion for 10-Point Veteran's Preference" and any required documents indiced on the SF-15 to substantie the claimed preference. Your complete Applicion Package (containing the above required documents) must be received no ler than 11:59 pm Eastern Time 10/29/2026.
WARNING:
Failure to submit a complete applicion package including any required documention by 11:59 PM (EST) on10/29/2026 , or the time of applicion for announcements with an extended closing de, may result in an ineligible ring and loss of considerion. To verify th your applicion is complete, log into your USAJOBS account, select Applicion Stus and More Informion. The Details page will display the stus of your applicion. It is the applicant's responsibility to verify th informion entered, uploaded is received, legible and accure. HR will not modify answers submitted by an applicant. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package. See required documents below. Your Resume Your resume MUST include the following informion for each job listed: Job title; duties (be as detailed as possible); month & year start/end des (e.g. June 2007 to April 2008); and full
- time or part-time stus (include hours worked per week).
Read more about wh should I include in my federal resume here . DO NOT include the following informion: Classified or government sensitive informion; Social Security Number; Photos of yourself; Personal informion, such as age, sex, religious affiliion, etc.; or encrypted and digitally signed documents. Read more about wh should I leave out of my resume here . A complete Assessment Questionnaire Other required supporting documents: (SEE
BELOW FOR MORE INFORMATION ON REQUIRED SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS
) Click 'Apply Online' to cree an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account. Follow the prompts to complete the assessment questionnaire and upload required documents. Please ensure you click the Submit My Answers button to submit your applicion. Check applicion stus by logging into your USAJOBS account, clicking Applicion Stus, then More Informion for this position. Return to an incomplete applicion by logging into your USAJOBS account and clicking Upde Applicion in the vacancy announcement. You must re-select your resume and other documents from your USAJOBS account or your applicion incomplete. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion HR Customer Care Center Phone (317) 212-0454 dfas.indianapolis-in.zh.mbx.dfasmeritcc@mail.mil Address DISA
- CF/Office of the Chief Financial Officer 6910 Cooper Road Fort Meade, MD 20755-7088 US Next steps Once the online questionnaire is received you will receive an acknowledgement email th your submission was successful.
The occupional questionnaire and the resume th you submit used to assess your qualificions for the job, and to identify the best qualified applicants to be referred to the hiring manager for further considerion and possible interviews. We will notify you of the outcome after each of these steps has been completed. After making a tentive job offer, we will conduct a suitability/security background investigion. (317) 212-0454 dfas.indianapolis-in.zh.mbx.dfasmeritcc@mail.mil 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: Fort Meade, MD 1 vacancy No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—Situional Telework Only, including Emergency and OPM Prescribed Unscheduled Telework Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed Yes—You may qualify for reimbursement of relocion expenses in accordance with agency policy. Salary $169,279
- $197,200 per year Pay scale & grade GS 15 Promotion potential 15 Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel
- 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
DHA-DISA-13098281-26SU
Control number 889912900