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IT Specialist (Pol & Plng/Syst Admin)
Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts · Posted today
HybridWashington, DC$85K – $163KApply by May 20, 2026Information Technology ManagementENTJINTJINTPISTJ
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The IT Specialist (Policy & Planning/System Administration) position is in the Office of the Deputy Director, Case Management Modernization (CMM) Program Office. The CMM drives change management and adoption practices to achieve delivery of a modernized, efficient, and secure case management environment. This role leads teams, manages resources, and delivers solutions supporting the judiciary's mission and operational excellence.
What You'll Do
- →The Administrative Office of the U.S.
- →Courts (AO), Case Management Modernization (CMM) Program Office, is seeking an experienced IT Specialist (Policy & Planning/System Administration) to coordinate technical change management activities related to security configurations, policies, tooling updates, and other security-impacting changes.
- →The incumbent helps ensure changes are properly assessed, approved, documented, implemented, and validated to reduce risk and meet compliance expectations and operational continuity across delivery pods.
- →The incumbent must have strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills and the ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders; manage multiple priorities under demanding circumstances and time constraints; coordinate across teams and release cadences; and support secure and consistent execution of change management processes.
- →The duties of this position include, but are not limited to: Managing security-related change intake, security impact assessment, approvals, and implementation coordination across delivery pods as part of the CMM's broader change and configuration management function.
- →Running technical change management processes for security configurations, policies, and tooling updates aligned to the security workstream.
- →Coordinating vulnerability remediation sequencing with delivery backlogs and release trains to reduce security risk while minimizing disruption to program delivery.
- →Maintaining change records, approvals, implementation documentation, and evidence artifacts required to support auditability, risk management, and compliance outcomes.
- →Partnering with the incident handler, platform operations, and other stakeholders to support emergency change paths, post-change validation, and timely response to operational security needs.
- →Providing change governance input to security workstream leadership and supporting consistent execution of change management practices across pods.
- →Monitoring technical changes for completeness, readiness, implementation quality, and post-implementation follow-through.
- →Supporting process improvement efforts related to technical change governance, documentation, and operational coordination.
- →Communicating change status, risks, dependencies, and issues to stakeholders and leadership as appropriate.
Requirements
- ✓CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT All information is subject to verification.
- ✓Applicants are advised that false answers or omissions of information on application materials or inability to meet the following conditions may be grounds for non-selection, withdrawal of an offer of employment, or dismissal after being employed.
- ✓Selection for this position is contingent upon completion of OF-306, Declaration of Federal Employment during the pre-employment process and proof of U.S. citizenship for competitive status positions or conversion to a competitive status position with the AO.
- ✓If non-citizens are considered for hire into a temporary or any other position with non-competitive status or when it is confirmed by the AO Human Resources Office there are no qualified U.S. citizens for a competitive status position (unless prohibited by a law or statue), non-citizens must provide proof of authorization to work in the U.S. and proof of entitlement to receive compensation.
- ✓Additional information on the employment of non-citizens can be found at USAJOBS Help Center | Employment of non-citizens/.
- ✓For a list of documents that may be used to provide proof of citizenship or authorization to work in the United States, please refer to Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification.
- ✓All new AO employees will be required to complete an FBI fingerprint-based national criminal database and records check and pass a public trust suitability check.
- ✓New employees to the AO will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check.
- ✓To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights/responsibilities, visit https://www.e-verify.gov/.
- ✓All new AO employees are required to identify a financial institution for direct deposit of pay before appointment.
- ✓You will be required to serve a trial period if selected for a first-time appointment to the Federal government, transferring from another Federal agency, or serving as a first-time supervisor.
- ✓Failure to successfully complete the trial period may result in termination of employment.
- ✓If appointed to a temporary position, management may have the discretion of converting the position to permanent depending upon funding and staffing allocation.
- ✓This position does not have an education qualification requirement.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 57b2dc99-3fd8-4160-9d0a-2ee10e654dd4
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