• Coordinating and leading Agile team deliverables working at the Epic or Feature Level. These may be large, complex enterprise-level initiatives that may consist of multiple Agile and non-Agile teams and/or vendors which may require integration with other activities outside the scope of the Agile teams (Project Planning, and Management).

• Supporting the product manager and owner in managing customer expectations for project deliverables, managing stakeholder communications, and helping to identify dependencies to help remove impediments for the team to deliver value (Product Manager and Owner Support).

• Understanding office, department and judiciary strategy and operating objectives, including their linkages to related areas.

• Demonstrating understanding of the business value of the projects and its broader impact on programs, initiatives, and the enterprise.

• Managing actively stakeholder partnerships and mitigating risks throughout the project lifecycle.

• Supporting the team: Promoting empowerment of the team to help ensure that each team member is fully engaged in the project and is empowered to make meaningful contributions and encouraging a sustainable pace with high levels of quality for the team.

• Participating actively in Agile program level ceremonies and supports the team in identifying and coordination of dependencies to ensure timely completion of work items.

• Demonstrating familiarity with the scope and objectives of the desired outcome, as well as the role and function of each team member, in order to effectively guide the activities of the team.

• Demonstrating technical acumen as a vested participant within the product/project development process. Partnering with developmental, testing, and production release teams to understand issues, remove impediments, and resolve issues.

• Maintaining awareness of current developing cyber threats, tactics, procedures, and vulnerabilities that have the potential to impact the federal judiciary.

• Reviewing judiciary and AO policies, directives, strategies and concept papers for accuracy and operational relevancy and research and provide comments to staff and internal and external stakeholders.

• Coordinating with court units, and National Program Offices to plan and provide the full spectrum of ITSO cyber capabilities to include defensive cyber operations, red team operations, blue team operations, purple team operations, security engineering services, and security testing and assessment services.

• Leveraging expertise in the development and drafting of plans, strategic documents, memorandums for records, informational and emergency directives, and other applicable communications, including policy changes, tactical publications, and messages for mission partners.

• Interfacing with clients and management to understand their security needs and overseeing the development and implementation of procedures to accommodate them.

• Planning, scheduling, assigning, and directing staff on technical and operational projects and during regular departmental activities.

• Conducting liaison activities across functional teams.

• 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.

Qualifications

Education

This position does not require education to qualify.

Additional information

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You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

We will review your resume and supporting documentation and compare this information to your responses on the occupational questionnaire to determine if you meet the minimum qualifications for this job. If you meet the minimum qualifications for this job, we will evaluate your application package, to assess the quality, depth, and complexity of your accomplishments, experience, and education as they relate to the requirements listed in this vacancy announcement.
You should be aware that your ratings are subject to evaluation and verification. If a determination is made that you have rated yourself higher than is supported by your resume and/or narrative responses, you will be assigned a rating commensurate to your described experience. Failure to submit the mandatory narrative responses will result in not receiving full consideration and/or rating credit. Deliberate attempts to falsify information may be grounds for not selecting you, withdrawing an offer of employment, or dismissal after being employed.

For this job announcement the following documents and/or information are required:

• Resume - Any written format you choose to describe your job-related qualifications.
• Citizenship - Include country of citizenship on resume.
• Notification of Personnel Action (SF-50) - All applicants outside of the AO must submit a copy of your latest SF-50 to verify current or former Federal employment status.
• Veterans Preference documentation - Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (DD Form 214), if applicable Application for 10-Point Veteran Preference (SF-15) and an official statement, dated 1991 or later, from the Department of Veterans Affairs or from a branch of the Armed Forces, certifying to the veteran's present receipt of compensation.