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Supervisory IT Specialist
Office of Personnel Management · Posted 77 days ago
Hybrid District of Columbia, DC $148K – $197K Apply by Jul 8, 2026 Information Technology Management ENTJINTJINTPISTJ EngineeringData
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As Division Chief you will serve as senior technical authority for engineering and delivering enterprise IT systems including AI, ML, and LLM capabilities supporting mission-critical decision making across OPM. You will set technical direction and engineering standards for infrastructure modernization, lead the full SDLC, own budget execution for major IT investments, and lead a multidisciplinary team of federal and contract engineers, data scientists, and IT professionals.
What You'll Do
- →-Serves as the principal technical authority and Division Chief, directing the engineering, architecture, and lifecycle management of enterprise IT systems incorporating artificial intelligence, machine learning, large language models, and advanced algorithmic/data capabilities that support agency decision-making.
- →Establishes technical direction, engineering standards, and architecture patterns for system development, modernization, cloud infrastructure, and hosted services underpinning mission-critical OPM IT programs.
- →Directs the full system development life cycle, from requirements and design through engineering, testing, deployment, and sustainment, and leads budget formulation/execution and cross-organizational coordination for major IT investments.
- →Renders authoritative technical guidance and final engineering decisions on AI-enabled system design, infrastructure architecture, availability engineering, deployment/migration strategy, and mitigation of complex technical risks.
- →Directs management of project resources, contractor performance, service agreements, and expenditures across concurrent modernization and AI initiatives, holding delivery to engineering quality standards.
- →Supervises a multidisciplinary workforce of federal and contract engineers, data scientists, and IT specialists, including subordinate managers/team leads, setting technical performance expectations.
- →Serves as principal technical advisor to senior leadership and represents the division externally (OMB, GSA, industry, oversight bodies) on IT/AI engineering strategy, emerging technology, and technical risk
Requirements
- ✓Must be a U.S.
- ✓This position is not eligible for inclusion in a bargaining unit
Personality Fit
Job ID: 0da500c9-cd41-40d5-a870-c05d63a3d75f
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