Applications Delivery Manager

About the role

Are you interested in a rewarding and challenging IT career with the Civil Division? Join a team of dedicated professionals who provide IT support to one of the largest litigating components within the Department of Justice!

As the Applications Delivery Manager and first line supervisor for a team of GS-2210-14 IT Specialists, you will be responsible for enterprise application development, modernization, integration, implementation, cybersecurity, and operational support.

What you will do

• Providing expert guidance in the design, development, modification, testing, implementation, and support of new or existing application software solutions delivered through Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) for the OIT application portfolio, including work to modernize claims, case, and matter management solutions.
• Directing and integrating the work of Applications Specialists and development teams responsible for complex enterprise application initiatives, ensuring that technical approaches, architectures, schedules, resources, and implementation strategies are coordinated across related projects and services.
• Interpreting and analyzing new and evolving Government, Department, Division, and OIT regulations, initiatives, and policies for applicability to enterprise application and digital service offerings and ensures compliance and alignment.
• Providing managerial direction for the evaluation, modernization, integration, and deployment of enterprise applications within the assigned portfolio.
• Ensuring cybersecurity requirements and designs incorporated into applications and web services appropriately account for system performance, scalability, and availability.
• Performing formally designated System Owner security responsibilities for assigned systems within the Applications Services portfolio and is accountable for ensuring that assigned systems meet applicable security, privacy, and compliance requirements.
• Identifying significant cybersecurity risks affecting assigned applications and recommending mitigation strategies to the ACIO and appropriate cybersecurity officials.

Education

This position does not have an educational requirement.

How you will be evaluated

Once the announcement closes, a review of your resume and supporting documentation will be conducted by the HR Specialist. This information will be compared against your responses to the application questionnaire to determine your eligibility for Federal employment, and then whether you are qualified for this particular position.

If a determination is made that you have inflated your responses when compared to your background information, you may be deemed ineligible. BASIS OF RATING: DOJ's Merit Promotion Procedures will be used to evaluate candidates. Your resume and supporting documentation will be used to determine whether you meet the job qualifications listed on this announcement.

If you are basically qualified for this job, your resume and supporting documentation will be compared to your responses on the online assessment questionnaire. Qualified applications will be placed in one of three categories: Best Qualified, Highly Qualified, or Qualified.

Names of all candidates in the highest qualified category will be sent to the hiring official for employment consideration.

Your qualifications will be evaluated on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, and other characteristics): Attention to Detail Customer Engagement Cybersecurity Decision Making Enterprise Application Management Interpersonal Skills Leadership Oral Communication Problem Solving Project Management Systems Development and Application Engineering Applicants are expected to demonstrate a high-level of proficiency in the competencies listed above.

If you would like to preview the application questionnaire, please see: ***

Documents you must provide

• It is your responsibility to carefully review the list of required documents below and submit the necessary documentation based on your eligibility.
• Resume Resume - All Applicants: You must submit a 2-page resume containing the following information for each job entry on your resume: Official position title, Employer name and contact information, Start and end dates (including month and year), Indicate full-time or number of hours worked per week if part-time, and A list of duties performed and accomplishments.
• If you are a current or former Federal employee: You must submit your most recent SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action) or equivalent agency form.
• Do not submit an award SF-50.
• Your SF-50 should list the full position title, series, grade and step, organization, duty location, service computation date, effective date, and your service type and tenure status.
• Submit a copy of your most recent performance evaluation or appraisal, signed, showing your final rating.
• If a performance appraisal is not available submit a statement explaining why one is not available.
• Note: See USAJOBS Current & Former Employees for more information.
• Due Weight for Performance: You must submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal, and A list of any awards you received in the last 5 years.
• Any performance appraisal/evaluation and award documentation you provide will be forwarded to the selecting official.
• The selecting official will review this documentation and give it due weight consideration during the overall selection process.
• Due weight for performance applies to federal and non-federal work.
• If you are a Veteran or a qualifying parent or spouse: When claiming Veteran's Preference, you must submit your last DD-214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty), specifically the Member #4 Copy, indicating dates and character of service and discharge type.
• If you are a Veteran with a service-connected disability rating, you must submit the SF-15 (Application for 10-point Veterans Preference) and a copy of your VA Letter stating your disability rating.
• If you are the qualifying parent or spouse of a disabled, deceased, or deployed Veteran, and are seeking a derived preference eligibility, you must submit appropriate supporting documentation such as the Veterans DD-214, SF-15, VA Letter, and/or Permanent Change of Station (PCS) orders.
• See Veteran Family Preference for more information.
• For more information on each type of Veterans Preference, and the documentation required for each, see FedsHireVets.
• If you are applying for consideration under the Military Spouse Appointing Authority: Spouse of a member of the armed forces on active duty: documentation showing 1) your spouse's active-duty status and 2) your marriage to the member of the armed forces (i.e., a marriage certificate or other legal documentation verifying marriage).
• Spouse of service members who incurred a 100% disability because of the service member's active-duty service: documentation showing 1) the member of the armed forces retired, or was released or discharged from active duty, with a disability rating of 100 percent; and 2) documentation of marriage to the member of the armed forces.
• Spouse of service members killed while on active duty: documentation showing a) the member was released or discharged from active duty due to his or her death while on active duty; b) the member of the armed forces was killed while serving on active duty; c) proof of the widow or widower's marriage to the member of the armed forces; and d) a statement certifying that the individual seeking to use the authority is the un-remarried widow or widower of the service member.
• If you are a person with a disability, claiming eligibility under Schedule A: You must submit "proof of a disability" documentation ("Proof of a disability" is a letter stating that you have an intellectual, severe physical, or psychiatric disability).
• You must get this letter from your doctor, a licensed medical professional, a licensed vocational rehabilitation specialist, or any Federal, state, or local agency that issues or provides disability benefits.
• For more information about Schedule A and verification requirements, please see OPM's Schedule A site.
• If you are a displaced Federal employee claiming eligibility under CTAP or ICTAP: You must submit your separation notice or agency RIF letter OR if you have not yet been separated, you can provide the letter of intent to separate you from the agency because of reduction-in-force.
• Submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal and SF-50 showing current/former position, grade, promotion potential, and duty location OR Certification of Expected Separation, Reduction-In-Force Separation Notice, or Notice of Proposed Removal; SF-50 that documents the RIF separation action; and most recent performance appraisal.
• See USAJOBS' Career Transition Programs for more information.

What to expect next

You will receive e-mail notifications as your application status is updated by DOJ. However, you can also see your application status any time by logging in to your USAJOBS account and looking on the "Applications" page. Click the position title to expand the display for each application in the list.

We strive to extend a final offer of employment within 90 days from the close of this announcement. Additional selections may be made from this announcement within 90 days.

Additional information

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution. Candidates will not be hired based on their race, sex, color, religion, or national origin.

Career Transition Assistance Program/Interagency Transition Assistance Program (CTAP/ICTAP): This program applies to employees who meet the definition of surplus or displaced from a position in the competitive service.

To receive selection priority for this position, you must: Meet CTAP/ICTAP eligibility criteria; Be rated well-qualified for the position with a score of 85 or above (or rated in the highly qualified category) based on the competencies; and Submit the appropriate documentation to support your CTAP/ICTAP eligibility.

Probationary or Trial Period (as applicable): As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you may be required to serve a 1-year probationary period or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.

In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: 1) your performance and conduct; 2) the needs and interests of the agency; 3) whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and 4) whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

Upon completion of your probationary period or trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

EEO Statement/Policy: The United States government does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service or other non-merit factor.

More information can be found here: *** DOJ Reasonable Accommodation Policy: Federal agencies must provide reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities where appropriate. Applicants requiring reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should contact the hiring agency directly.

Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.

The DOJ Reasonable Accommodation policy can be found here: *** Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs: The Fair Chance Act prohibits Federal agencies from requesting an applicant's criminal history information before the agency makes a conditional offer of employment.

If you believe a DOJ employee or Federal contractor acting on its behalf has violated your rights under this Act, you may submit a written complaint within 30 days of the date of the alleged non-compliance directly to Victoria Jones at *** or ***.

Note: In accordance with 5 U.S. Code § 9202(c) and 5 C.F.R § 920.201(b) certain positions are exempt from the provisions of the Fair Chance Act. This position is excluded from the bargaining unit.