Corporate Expert (Senior Technical Advisor), CX-0570-00 Job

Vacancy No. 2026-CX-0277 Department Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Salary $280,000.00 to $295,000.00 Grade 00 to 00
Perm/Temp Permanent FT/PT Full-time
Open Date 9/11/2026 Close Date 9/17/2026
Job Link Apply Online Who may apply Status Candidates
Locations:
San Francisco, CAWashington, DCAtlanta, GAChicago, IL
Braintree, MAKansas City, MONew York, NYDallas, TX


Corporate Expert (Senior Technical Advisor), CX-0570-00

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Summary

There is one position located in the Division of Risk Management Supervision (RMS) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in Washington, D.C., or one of the area or regional offices. 

Salary reflects a pay cap for this position of $295,000.

This job is open to

Clarification from the agency

This announcement is open to current FDIC permanent employees with competitive status eligibility.

Duties

  • Assists the Division of Risk Management Supervision's (RMS's) Executive Management Team as a technical expert, responsible for planning and directing the Business Process Modernization Initiative (Initiative). Working across the Corporation to ensure the Initiative is properly scoped by developing, maintaining, and successfully executing the program work.
  • Collaborates with senior and executive management across Divisions to ensure that the Initiative’s technical requirements, such as those relating to enterprise architecture, security, integrations, data, program work sequencing, and other strategies under consideration or in development are successfully aligned.
  • Participates in conferences, forums, and meetings with Corporation staff nationwide, as well as other regulatory agencies, outside organizations, and bank personnel as necessary regarding RMS supervisory procedures.
  • Prepares Initiative briefings for executives, management, employee groups and conferences. Coordinates and collaborates on the development of briefing materials. Creates documents, including policy documents and directives related to the Initiative. Identifies and raises policy and program issues and recommends solutions to issues and provides alternatives for consideration.
  • Develops and prioritizes the Initiative’s program work. Partners with product managers, sponsors, and/or stakeholders to establish the strategic direction.
  • Advises executive management on operational, systems, and technical risk issues arising from automating the Division’s end-to-end business processes, which requires complex analyses of technical matters, such as those that impact legal, policy, specialty areas, and others.
  • Oversees the Initiative’s most complex assignments, such as monitoring Scrum Teams; oversees budgets and project plans; approves staffing plans; and educates the Chief Information Officer Organization (CIOO) contracting staff.
  • Advises on the business requirements needed to develop contractual documentation (Statements of Work (SOWs) and Statements of Objectives (SOOs)) for acquiring Information Technology (IT) systems, equipment, and services (both in the cloud and on premises) required for the program.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

2-page Resume Requirement: Please limit your résumé to 2 pages (minimum 10-point font). If more than 2 pages are submitted, only the first 2 pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualifications.

Employment Conditions

High Risk - Background Investigation (BI) required.

Employee may be relocated to any duty location to meet management needs.

As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be serving in a position in Schedule Policy/Career of the excepted service. You will obtain competitive status after two years of service in this position [if applicable]. Your employment in this position will be at-will. Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) appeals of adverse actions concerning performance, discipline, and other matters arising under chapters 23, 43, and 75 of title 5, United States Code will not be available to an individual serving in this position. Prohibitions on prohibited personnel practices will be enforced by the Office of General Counsel [or agency equivalent position] and not the Office of Special Counsel.

Qualifications

To meet the minimum qualifications, applicants must possess the leadership and technical experiences listed below. These qualifications would typically be gained through serving in roles that require managing projects/teams or guiding the technical work of others.

Qualifying experience may be obtained in the private or public sector. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic, religious/spiritual; community; student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: All applicants must submit a resume that addresses each minimum qualification experience. Examples should be clear, concise, and emphasize your level of responsibilities; the scope and complexity of the programs, activities, or services you managed; program accomplishments; policy initiatives undertaken; level of contacts; the sensitivity and criticality of the issues you addressed; and the results of your actions. You should use action-oriented leadership words to describe your experience and accomplishments and quantify your experience wherever possible to demonstrate your accomplishments (e.g., number of employees supervised). 

Leadership Experience: Experience in either the federal or state government or the private sector, leading and coordinating projects, including establishing expectations, reviewing work products/services, monitoring progress, and providing guidance and feedback to team members; AND

Technical Experience: Experience in either the federal or state government or the private sector, leading and directing initiatives that require coordination across multiple divisions and senior executives and/or involve multidisciplinary work, including prioritizing program deliverables, overseeing project teams, and ensuring alignment of resources and technical requirements.

Selective Placement Factor: Candidates must be a Commissioned Risk Management in the FDIC or another organization with comparable commissioning criteria used by the FDIC's Division of Risk Management Supervision.

Education

There is no substitution of education for the experience for this position.

Additional information

To read about your rights and responsibilities as an applicant for Federal employment, click here.

If selected, you may be required to serve a probationary or trial period as applicable to appointment type. During the probationary or trial period, you will be evaluated for fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may 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.

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

Additional selections may be made from this vacancy announcement to fill identical vacancies that occur subsequent to this announcement.

This position is a Corporate Expert, CX-00, which is equivalent to above the CG/GS-15.

This position is in the Excepted Service. 

The range of pay shown includes base pay plus supplemental locality adjustments. The locality rates for these duty locations range from a low of 18.97% to a high of 51.75%. Pay will vary by grade level and the locality rate for the geographic location where the selectee is located. For more on FDIC locality rates, click here.

Financial Institution Examiners must maintain the highest personal ethical standards as provided in Part 336 of the FDIC's Rules and Regulations, (Employee Responsibilities and Conduct). Financial Institution Examiners must comply with Section 3201.102 of Supplemental Standards of Ethical Conduct for FDIC Employees (5 CFR Part 3201), which, in part, prohibits them and their immediate families from accepting certain credit from State nonmember banks.

All Financial Institution Examiners are prohibited from the following:
1. Obtaining a loan or a line of credit from any insured state nonmember bank or its subsidiaries. Any extensions of credit held by the Examiner, the Examiner's spouse, or any dependent children are direct or indirect extensions of credit to the Examiner.
Exceptions:
a. Loans for a primary residence are permissible. The Examiner must not participate in any examination of that institution with which he holds the primary residence loan, and a "cooling off" period is required before negotiating a loan for a primary residence from any institution the Examiner has examined.
b. No restrictions on obtaining credit cards issued under the same terms and conditions available to the public from an insured state nonmember bank either within or outside of their field office of assignment.
2. Participating in any examination, or other matter, involving an insured depository institution or any person with whom the Examiner has an outstanding loan or line of credit.
3. Performing any service for compensation with any bank, or for any officer, director, or employee thereof, or for any person connected therewith.
4. Disclosing any confidential information from a bank examination report except as authorized by law.
5. Soliciting or accepting any gift from a prohibited source or because of the Examiner's official position.

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.

A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.

The FDIC offers comprehensive benefits to its employees. These benefits, some at minimal cost, are some of the best and most competitive in both the private and public sectors.

In addition, under FDIC’s Group Life Insurance Program, basic life insurance coverage for Corporate Experts and Executive Managers is automatically equal to 3 times their salary (rounded to the next higher thousand) up to a maximum of $800,000. Executives may also choose from two other lower coverage options. The Corporation pays for the cost of the basic coverage unless employees also elect to be covered under the Federal Employees Group Life Insurance Program (FEGLI).

To find out more, click here.

Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.

How you will be evaluated

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

1. Your resume will be reviewed, to determine whether you meet the qualification requirements outlined in this announcement. Therefore, it is imperative that your resume contains sufficiently detailed information upon which to make the qualification determination. 

2. If you are found minimally qualified, a Management Screening Panel (MSP) will review your resume against pre-established benchmarks related to the competencies/Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs), to determine if you possess the competencies/KSAs and key experiences.

3. Top ranked candidates will be invited to participate in one or more structured panel interviews to further assess technical competencies, confirm organizational fit, and commitment to American ideals.

The competencies/Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs) you will be assessed on are listed below.

  • Advising
  • Change Management
  • Direction Setting
  • Influencing Others
  • Organizational Awareness
  • Acquires, maintains, and applies knowledge of the financial services industry and of financial institution supervisory methods, techniques and procedures, including laws, regulations, application and enforcement matters, administrative decisions, practices, procedures, and policies.  
  • Knowledge of project management techniques and tools related to systems development including, but not limited to, work sequencing, resource alignment, requirements gathering, data management and conversion, test script development, acceptance testing, and implementation. 
  • Knowledge of strategies for leading and directing initiatives that require coordination across multiple divisions and senior executives and/or involve multidisciplinary work, including prioritizing program deliverables, overseeing project teams, and ensuring alignment of resources and technical requirements. 

Your resume will serve as responses to the competencies/KSAs. Only include experience directly relevant to the position.

Experience must be explicitly stated in the resume as experience not specifically described in the resume cannot be assumed. Resumes that are vague or don't address specific requirements will not receive maximum consideration.


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Required Documents

Failure to provide all of the required documentation as stated in this vacancy announcement, may result in an ineligible determination or may affect your consideration status. Please review the following to determine your eligibility and which document(s) is required to complete your application:

Your two (2) page resume showing all relevant work experience (paid and unpaid) including: duties performed; full name and address of each employer; start and end dates (month/day/year); work schedule (part-time, full-time, number of hours if intermittent); salary; and any completed education and training (program title, subject area, number of hours completed, and completion date).

FDIC EMPLOYEES: If you want to be considered non-competitively include a copy of your SF-50. The SF-50 must show the highest grade level or full performance level applicant has attained competitively on a permanent basis, and grade must be equivalent or higher than the grade for which applying. Multiple SF-50s may be necessary to determine your eligibility.

If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.

How to Apply

To begin, click the “Apply” button and follow the prompts. If you haven’t already, register and establish a USAJOBS account. After you register online, click the “Apply” button to complete the online assessment questionnaire, and submit all required documents. Please be sure to click “Submit Application” to complete the application process. You must apply online.

To apply for this position, you MUST provide a complete application package which includes:

Your two (2) page resume showing all relevant work experience (paid and unpaid) including: duties performed; full name and address of each employer; start and end dates (month/year); work schedule (part-time, full-time, number of hours if intermittent); salary; and any completed education and training (program title, subject area, number of hours completed, and completion date).

Applicants requesting an exception from the online process must contact the Human Resources Specialist or point of contact listed in this announcement prior to 12:00 noon local time on the closing date.

To return to your saved application, log in to your USAJOBS account and click on “Applications” tab. Click on the “Position Title,” and then select “Update Application” or “Additional Application Information” to continue.

You have until 11:59 p.m. ET (Eastern Time) on the closing date of this announcement to complete the application process.

Please ensure you have completed the application process by verifying the status of your application on-line to reflect: “Received”. Failure to complete the application process will result in an incomplete application and you will not be considered for the position.

Agency contact information

Melissa Jones
Phone
571-858-8245
Email
melijones@fdic.gov
Address
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Human Resources Branch, Executive Services Staff
3501 Fairfax Dr.
Room VS-E3012
Arlington, Virginia 22226
United States

Next steps

You may check the status of your application on-line 24 hours a day, 7 days a week through USAJOBS by signing in and selecting "Application Status." Thank you for your interest in working for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

The Fair Chance Act prohibits inquiries concerning an applicant's criminal history information unless the hiring agency has made a conditional (tentative) offer of employment to the applicant. An applicant may submit a complaint, or any other information, to the agency within 30 calendar days of the date of alleged non-compliance by contacting the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s Human Resources Staffing Policy and Accountability team at FairChanceAct@fdic.gov.

For more information go to FDIC Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act.

Additional locations

Braintree, MA
Kansas City, MO
New York, NY
Dallas, TX

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

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Agency contact information

Melissa Jones
Phone
571-858-8245
Email
melijones@fdic.gov
Address
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Human Resources Branch, Executive Services Staff
3501 Fairfax Dr.
Room VS-E3012
Arlington, Virginia 22226
United States