Summary
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The Chief Technology Officer (CTO) maintains comprehensive situational awareness of IT developments, their impacts, and their applicability to capability gaps or new capabilities. The CTO organizes research of, development of, and adoption of technical standards that promote the insertion of new technologies in an effective manner.
Duties
The Chief Technology Officer provides guidance, oversight, and direction for the application of information technology within the Department of the Air Force (DAF), ensuring that the DAF uses best-in-class technologies and practices in support of its missions.
The CTO:
1. Supports the Chief Information Officer in ensuring that information technology infrastructure supports the current and future needs of OAF processes.
2. Works closely with U.S. Air Force (USAF) and U.S. Space Force (USSF) organization, i.e. appropriate numbered Air Forces, Major Commands, Field Commands, and Direct Reporting Units, to understand issues related to the operation, threats, and defense of the DAF information technology infrastructure, and identify potential technology answers to these issues.
3. Develops and maintains relevant information technology road maps.
4. Supports enterprise architecture through the development and maintenance of information technology reference models and information technology transition plans. These models and plans document what technologies, standards and practices the DAF will adopt at enterprise level, and how this adoption will be executed.
5. Supports the CIO in discharging its duties under the Clinger Cohen act, in particular, in validating the technological viability of IT investments.
6. Works with research laboratories, industry, academia and acquisition experts to identify best-in-class technologies and practices.
7. Develops, maintains, and leads a network of key information technology engineers within the DAF and across industry and academia to enhance the identification/ development, review, and adoption/dissemination of new standards and technologies.
8. Maintains clear, published, executable short-term priorities that will be shared across all key stakeholders in the information technology 'supply chain'.
Requirements
Conditions of Employment
- U.S. Citizenship Required
- If authorized, PCS will be paid IAW JTR and AF Regulations. If receiving an authorized PCS, you may be subject to completing/signing a CONUS agreement. More information on PCS requirements, may be found at: https://afciviliancareers.com/regulatory/
- Males must be registered for Selective Service, see www.sss.gov
- Position is designated as a Testing Designated Position (TDP). Position requires the incumbent sign a Drug Testing letter and pass urinalysis testing prior to appointment.
- Must have or be able to obtain a TOP SECRET/SCI Security clearance
- Must file an Executive Personnel Financial Disclosure Report
- PROBATIONARY PERIOD. An individual's initial SL career appointment becomes final only after the individual successfully completes a 1-year probationary period.
- Active Duty Military Members must indicate retirement eligibility
- Recruitment/Relocation Incentive may be offered
- Disclosure of Political Appointments
- EXECUTIVE PERSONNEL FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE REPORT (Standard Form 278). Selected candidate must file this report in accordance with the Ethics in Government Act of 1978.
- Veterans' preference is applicable to Air Force Senior Level (SL) positions.
Qualifications
Eligibility will be based upon a clear showing the applicant has training, education and experience of the scope and quality sufficient to effectively carry-out the duties of the position. Candidates must exemplify the corporate perspective, leadership vision, broad experience and character needed in the Civilian Senior Executive Service corps not only to satisfy the immediate vacancy, but future vacancies which will occur in a variety of organizations, functions and locations.
MANDATORY TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS (NTE 2 Pages per MTQ): A supplemental statement must be submitted separately addressing each TQ. TQs must provide specific examples that address relevant experience and accomplishments. Applicants should focus on recent experience, education, and training, as some Recruitment Panel members may consider experience that's over 10 years old to be outdated. Applicants must reflect superior technical qualifications demonstrated through leadership and management in the following:
1. Demonstrated knowledge and experience in information technology (IT) strategic road mapping, IT infrastructure development and management, systems integration, IT acquisition and vendor management, IT lifecycle management, and hardware and software development.
2. Expertise in Zero Trust, Cloud, DevSecOps, Data, Kubernetes/Containerization, AI/ML and other technologies.
Education
Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution in an engineering or technical field is highly desired. A master's or advanced degree in an appropriate technical field or management is highly desired.
Benefits
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How You Will Be Evaluated
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Applications will be evaluated against the foregoing qualification requirements. Failure to meet any one of the mandatory technical or senior professional qualification standards will eliminate a candidate from further consideration. A screening panel composed of a diverse mix of senior executives selected for their relevant organizational and/or functional backgrounds will evaluate the candidates for this position. The panel members will individually review each of the applications in terms of the qualifications criteria contained in this announcement. The qualifications stated are the minimum requirements of the position to be Qualified, a rating schedule will be applied by a screening panel to determine which candidates are considered to be Best Qualified. Then, the panel will meet to discuss each application and reach a consensus decision as to the best qualified, qualified, or not qualified candidates. The panel will interview all of the best-qualified candidates based upon consistently applied criteria. The panel will then make a recommendation of those best-qualified candidates who should be referred to the selecting official, in priority order. Final selection of a candidate is contingent upon USecAF approval.
Required Documents
To receive full consideration, each applicant must submit the documents in the format as designated. Packages that do not include all of the required documents or meet format requirements will not be forwarded for consideration.
**************ALL DOCUMENTS MUST BE UPLOADED IN PDF FORMAT*******************
The Qualifications Documents must be formatted using Times New Roman, size 12 font, with 1-inch margins. Do not use borders, provide photos, or list a Social Security Number on any of the Qualifications Documents. DO NOT COMBINE DOCUMENTS.
A. Resume in the preferred (Limit 5 pages). Upload in PDF format. PLEASE DO NOT USE USAJOBS RESUME BUILDER.
B. Mandatory Technical Qualifications Statement addressing each of the TQs (NTE 2 Pages per MTQ). Upload in PDF format and include the MTQ statement as indicated in the announcement.
C. Most recent completed Performance Appraisal (current and/or former federal employees) or Performance Report (OPR or EPR). For applicants in the private sector, please provide a copy of your equivalent Evaluation Report.
D. Most recent Notification of Personnel Action, SF-50, noting your current position, grade level and salary level (applies only to current or former civilian government employee).
E. Military: Retired - a copy of your DD214 and/or Retirement orders; Active Duty - submit a Statement of Service Letter and state highest rank held date of promotion and date eligible to retire or date of retirement. Documents are required.
F. (Optional): Ethnicity and Race Identification, SF-181 -- Form available at: https://www.opm.gov
G. (Optional): Self-Identification of Disability, SF-256 -- Form available at: https://www.opm.gov
DO NOT SUBMIT ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Extraneous materials such as copies of position descriptions, award certificates and transmittal letters will not be forwarded for review.
How to Apply
Please follow the below instructions to submit applications. Any applications received that do not include all of the required documents or do not meet format requirements will not be forwarded for consideration.
The complete Application Package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 10/10/2024.
To begin the process, click the Apply Online button to create an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account. Follow the prompts to complete the application questionnaire. Please ensure you click the Submit My Application button at the end of the process.
PLEASE NOTE: It is the applicant's responsibility to verify that information entered and/or uploaded, (i.e., resume) is received, accurate, and submitted by the closing date. You may verify your documents have been processed with your application package successfully. You can access your USAJOBS account to do so by clicking here. Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan.
Human Resources WILL NOT modify or change any answers submitted by an applicant.
PREFERRED RESUME FORMAT: (Limit 5 pages/Times New Roman 12-font) (Do Not Use the USAJOBS Resume Builder) - Please submit a typewritten resume (upload as a PDF), including the following information:
Job Information: Announcement number (MRL2024-42) and title of the position to which you are applying.
Personal Information: Full name, mailing address (with zip code), day and evening phone numbers (with area code) and complete e-mail address where you would like to receive correspondence regarding your application. **PLEASE DO NOT INCLUDE SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER**
Active-Duty/Retired Military: State highest rank held, date of promotion and date eligible to retire or date of retirement. (e.g., Colonel/June 2006/December 2014). NOTE: IAW 5 U.S.C. 3326, a 180-day waiver will be required for retired or retiring members of the armed forces during the period of 180 days immediately after retirement.
Education: Educational information, including the name, city and state of colleges or universities you attended, as well as the type and year of any degree received. Report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For more information, you may refer to the following U.S. Department of Education website: http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html
Work Experience: Give the following information for your paid and non-paid work experience related to the job for which you are applying: (Do not send job descriptions).
- Starting and ending dates (month and year)
- Job title (for government position, include civilian series and grade or military rank)
- Employer's name and address
- Supervisor's name and phone number, please indicate if we may contact your current supervisor
- Salary (current)
*Applicants should focus on recency of experience, hiring officials may consider experience over 10 years outdated.
References: Provide the names, addresses and telephone numbers of three individuals who can comment on your qualifications for this position. Please do not list supervisors already listed above.
This agency provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process, please notify this office. The decision on granting reasonable accommodations will be on a case-by-case basis.
SAF/MRL CONTACT INFORMATION: Questions regarding this announcement may be directed to Ms. Keirsten Ramon, keirsten.ramon@us.af.mil.
Next steps
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