Senior Super Intelligence Architect

About the role

This Senior Level (SL) position is located within the Department of the Interior (DOI), Office of the Assistant Secretary - Policy, Management and Budget (AS-PMB), Office of the Chief Information Officer.

The Senior Super Intelligence Architect serves as DOI's senior-most technical authority on the engineering, architecture, and lifecycle development of advanced Super Intelligence (SI) systems. Location negotiable will be any DOI Office.

What you will do

• The position leads enterprise-scale SI engineering and architecture; conducts deep technical assessments of emerging Super Intelligence (SI) technologies; develops Departmental SI engineering standards; and ensures secure, responsible integration of SI with DOI's IT, cybersecurity, and data ecosystems.
• The incumbent works closely with the Chief Super Intelligence Officer (CAIO), the Chief Information Officer (CIO), the Chief Data Officer (CDO), cybersecurity leadership, bureau technical teams, and enterprise architecture governance bodies.
• The incumbent carries out the following specific responsibilities: Serve as the principal technical advisor to the Department's SI governance bodies.
• Translate Responsible SI principles and policies into concrete architecture standards, design patterns, and engineering requirement Develop and maintain a risk-based technical framework for SI use, aligned with the NIST AI Risk Management Framework and applicable OMB guidance.
• Classify SI use cases by impact, and set minimum practices for those that affect rights, safety, or public trust.
• Lead the technical portions of pre-deployment and ongoing impact assessments covering safety, bias and fairness, privacy, civil rights and civil liberties, security, environmental cost, and effects on Tribal nations and underserved communities.
• Design SI systems for meaningful human oversight, traceability, and the ability to intervene in, correct, or shut them down.
• Define technical escalation, incident response, and decommissioning procedures for SI failures or misuse.
• Provide technical analysis and evidence to support SI reporting, audits, and oversight requests, and participate in interagency SI technical working groups.
• Build and maintain Department evaluation benchmarks, test datasets, and red-teaming practices grounded in Interior mission scenarios rather than vendor claims alone.
• Lead SI prototyping efforts that rapidly design and builds working prototypes, proofs of concept, and reference implementations against high-value mission problems with bureau partners.
• Build, prototype, and review code and system designs to demonstrate how SI capabilities and responsible SI controls work in practice.
• Define and maintain the Department's target-state SI reference architecture, aligned with the DOI Enterprise Architecture and spanning AWS, Azure, and on-premises environments.
• Partner with the Chief Data Officer to ensure SI systems are built on high-quality, well-governed, authoritative data, with clear lineage, data rights, and privacy protections.
• Work with the CISO and Authorizing Officials to integrate SI into security authorization processes and to address SI-specific threats in a practical, engineering-driven way.
• National Security Clearance: This position requires the ability to obtain a national security clearance and access to Top Secret classified documents, information, or access to facilities.
• A critical-sensitive background investigation is required.
• This position is subject to random drug testing as a condition of employment.
• Applicants will not be appointed to the position if a verified positive drug test is received.
• You may be required to travel overnight away from home up to 1-2 nights per month.
• You must obtain a government charge card for travel purposes.
• Salary range starting at $151,661 - $228,000 Your Salary will be based on the duty station location selected at time of appointment.
• This position is also open to status candidates under announcement OCIO-0007-SL-DMW.
• You must apply to each announcement separately if you wish to be considered under both recruitment methods.
• If your resume does not include these basic qualifications, you will not be determined qualified for this position.
• We recommend that your resume includes examples that are clear, concise, and emphasize their level of responsibilities, the scope and complexity of the programs, activities, or services managed; program accomplishments; policy initiatives undertaken; level of contacts; the sensitivity and criticality of the issues addressed; and the results of actions taken

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
• Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• Direct Deposit participation required.
• Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check.
• To learn more, visit ***
• You cannot hold an active real estate license, nor can you have an interest or hold stocks in firms with interest in Federal Lands.
• Pre-employment and random drug testing are required.
• You will not be appointed to the position if a verified positive drug test is received.
• A financial disclosure report will be required within 30 days of appointment.
• You are required to complete training, obtain and maintain a government credit card with travel and purchase authority.
• As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest will be evaluated.
• This probationary period is an extension of the appointment process and therefore requires the agency to determine if continued employment would advance the public interest, meet the organization goals and mission of the agency, and/or otherwise promote the efficiency of the service.
• In determining if your employment advances the public interest, the agency will consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
• Under applicable law, the employment of an individual serving a probationary or trial period automatically terminates when that period ends unless the agency affirmatively certifies, in writing, that the individual's employment should continue and that their appointment should be finalized.
• In the absence of agency action to affirmatively certify continued employment beyond the probationary or trial period, such appointments are terminated.
• Upon completion of your probationary your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

Education

This position does not allow substituting education for experience.

How you will be evaluated

A panel consisting of Senior Executive Service (SES) and Senior Level (SL) members will evaluate your two-page resume to assess your qualifications based on the specified criteria. We will conduct a qualifications evaluation for applicants who provide all the requested materials. Qualified candidates will be rated and ranked by the panel.

The best-qualified individuals will be referred to the selecting official for further consideration and possible interviews. You will be notified of the outcome once the selection process is complete. Please ensure that your resume includes detailed information supporting your qualifications for this position.

Insufficient evidence in your resume may lead to a "not qualified" determination. Each applicant's resume should clearly demonstrate experience and accomplishments related to the two Technical Qualifications.

It must showcase the necessary skills, characteristics, specialized knowledge, and technical competencies that indicate potential for successful performance in this Senior Level position.

Your resume should provide clear and concise examples that highlight your responsibilities, the scope and complexity of your assignments, program accomplishments, policy initiatives, and the level of contacts you have managed. Applications that do not adequately address the Technical Qualifications will not be considered.

Current or former displaced Federal employees who are surplus, displaced, or involuntarily separated have special priority selection rights under the Agency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP).

To be considered under CTAP/ICTAP, you must be well-qualified, score at least 85 (i.e., meet the minimum qualification requirements, including any selective placement factors; education, and experience requirements), and be able to perform the duties of the position upon entry.

Providing false or misleading information on your resume or supporting documentation may result in removal from consideration or other action consistent with applicable federal hiring regulations. Applicants who include vulgar, offensive, or inappropriate language or information in their application package will be ineligible for further consideration for this position.

Documents you must provide

• Resume which includes a list of all significant jobs held and duties performed, with dates in month-year format (include month/day/year format if needed for 52 weeks of experience), and indicate hours worked per week (or full-time).
• Your resume must clearly show how long you have held each grade/rank.
• Resumes must not exceed two single-sided pages and resumes longer than two pages will not be accepted.
• The minimum font size is 10-point for all body text.
• All resumes must maintain a minimum 0.5-inch margins on all sides to ensure readability and prevent excessive content compression.
• Including supplemental pages or attachments disguised as resume extensions are prohibited and will not be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualifications.
• Your 2-page resume must contain information sufficient to make a valid determination that you fully meet the specialized experience requirements.
• If you have federal experience, you should include series, and grade for each position held, and if experience is part of a career ladder position, you must clearly distinguish the job duties and length of time working for each grade level.
• More information on how to write a Federal Resume: *** Complete All Required Assessment(s).
• All college transcript(s), if qualifying based on education.
• Please submit both undergraduate and graduate level transcripts, as applicable.
• Veterans Preference Documentation, if applicable.
• Veterans must submit a copy of your latest Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, DD-214 (member 4 copy) or other Documentation of Service and Separation under Honorable Conditions, as listed on the SF15.
• If you are a Disabled Veteran, Purple Heart Recipient, or Parent or Spouse of a Disabled or Deceased Veteran, you must submit all additional proof required by the SF15, and if applicable, a completed SF15.
• You may request a copy of your Department of Veterans Affairs letter from *** or call ***.
• If you are a veteran within 120 days of discharge, you must submit signed documentation from the Armed Forces certifying: 1) your expected release/retirement from active duty, 2) under honorable conditions, 3) your pay grade/rank/rate at time of discharge, 4) dates of active-duty service, 5) any campaign or expeditionary medals received, & 6) dated within 120 days of your separation.
• Interagency Career Transition (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP): You MUST submit proof of eligibility including 1) copy of the agency notice, e.g., RIF Separation Notice, Notice of Proposed Removal, etc.; 2) SF-50s (Notifications of Personnel Action) showing career/conditional tenure competitive status, promotion potential and duty location; and 3) your most recent performance appraisal.
• To exercise selection priority, displaced or surplus Federal employees must be well qualified.
• For more information visit: USAJOBS Help Center - Career Transition Programs (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL).
• Failure to submit any of the above-mentioned required documents will result in loss of consideration due to an incomplete application package.
• It is your responsibility to ensure all required documents have been submitted.
• Do not submit photographs with your application package.
• Documents with photographs may not be seen by hiring officials - you must remove your image from all documents.
• Do not upload Adobe portfolio documents.
• Adobe portfolio documents are not viewable by our agency's staffing offices.

What to expect next

Please refer to your USAJOBS account for application status; the Human Resources Office cannot respond to individual status inquiries. Once your online application is submitted you will receive a confirmation notification by email. Your application will be evaluated by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position.

After the evaluation is complete, you will receive another notification regarding the status of your application. You can find your path with the Department of Interior at *** Any exaggeration of your experience, false statements, or attempt to conceal information may disqualify you for employment consideration.

We may verify all information you provide in your resume and questionnaire responses, through reference and/or background checks, and/or verification of your education. If you are selected, you will be contacted personally by the Human Resources Office posting this announcement.

Additional information

The applicant selected for this position will be required to file a Financial Disclosure Report, SF-278, and the supplemental form, Confidential Statement of Employment and Financial Interest, Dl-278. All forms must be filed within 30 days after the selection for this position.

The United States Government does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, martial status, disability, age, membership in an employee organization, or other non-merit factor. 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 authority directly. Determination on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis. Privacy Act - Privacy Act Notice (P.L.

93-579): The information requested here is used to determine qualifications for employment and is authorized under Title 5 U.S.C. 3302 and 3361. Selective Service - If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959 you must certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System, or are exempt from having to do so under the Selective Service Law.

Effective January 1, 2010, OPM must authorize any employment offers we make to current or former (within the last 5 years) political Schedule A, Schedule C, or Non-career SES employees in the executive branch.

If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, or Non-career SES employee in the executive branch, you must disclose that to the Human Resources Office. If otherwise eligible and qualified, you may be offered a recruitment or relocation incentive.

The decision to offer an incentive will be made on a case-by-case basis and is neither promised nor guaranteed. For information visit: Recruitment Incentive or Relocation Incentive. A continued service agreement may be required if it is determined you are eligible for a permanent change in duty station (PCS), recruitment, or relocation incentive.

All Department of Interior (DOI) employees, their spouses, and minor children may not acquire or retain any claim, permit, lease, small tract entry, or other rights granted by the Department in Federal lands, with limited exceptions. Additional ethics prohibitions can be found here, ***

The duties of this position are suitable for telework and the selectee may be allowed to telework with supervisor approval.