SUPERVISORY INVESTIGATOR (Director of Digital Forensics and Investigative Technologies)

Clarification from the agency

Status Candidates (on career or career-conditional appointments), including former Federal employees with reinstatement eligibility, and those eligible for CTAP; ICTAP.

As the Director of the Digital Forensics and Investigative Technologies (DFIT) Division you will be responsible for supervising and directing the specialized investigative functions of the digital-forensics investigative program including but not limited to electronic-evidence, eDiscovery, and investigative technology functions supporting OIG, Office of Investigations criminal, civil, and administrative investigative mission.
Duties may include:

• Direct DFIT investigative support operations, establish priorities, service standards, work plans and multi-year strategy.
• Direct the complete digital-evidence lifecycle and ensure integrity, chain of custody, forensic readiness, and legally defensible results.
• Lead modernization and governance of digital forensic laboratories, eDiscovery platforms, investigative tools, and enterprise technology requirements
• Advise investigative leadership, attorneys and partners on complex electronic-evidence issues, forensic methods, limitations, and lawful use.
• Oversee digital forensic examinations, forensic reporting, tool validation, and eDiscovery execution and quality.
• Establish and enforce DFIT policy, SOPs, laboratory quality assurance, performance measures, and records/evidence controls.
• Safeguard sensitive investigative data and coordinate information security, privacy, access, and classified-information requirements.
• Coordinate and represent DFIT with investigators, legal counsel, IT/security offices, and domestic and international partners.
• Manage DFIT budgets, acquisition planning, technology lifecycle, licensing, contracts and resource allocation.
• Supervise personnel: assign and evaluate work; hire, develop and mentor employees; address performance, conduct and employee relations

Conditions of employment

• United States citizenship is required.
• Relevant experience (see Qualifications below) is required.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance with access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI).
• Males born after 12/31/1959, must be registered with the Selective Service.
• Designated and/or random drug testing required.
• Must possess and maintain a valid state driver's license.
• Domestic and overseas travel is required
• United States citizenship is required.

Qualifications

To qualify for the GS-15 grade level, you must have one year of specialized experience at the GS-14 level in the Federal service or equivalent. Specialized experience is defined as:(1) directing or leading digital forensic or investigative technology operations supporting criminal, civil, or administrative investigations; (2) overseeing acquisition, preservation, examination, analysis, and reporting of electronic evidence using defensible forensic procedures; (3) evaluating complex digital forensic examinations, forensic methodologies, tools, or eDiscovery products and advising investigative or legal stakeholders on results and limitations; and (4) establishing operational priorities, quality standards, policies, or resource plans for a digital forensic or investigative technology program.

Your resume and questionnaire responses serve as the basis for qualification determinations and must highlight your most relevant and significant work experience and education (if applicable) as it relates to this job opportunity. 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). Your resume must include the dates of all qualifying experience (from month/year to month/year).

Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-14).

Applicant must have successfully completed the DoD Certified Digital Forensics Examiner course and/or the FLETC Seized Computer Evidence Recovery Specialist certifications or successor certifications/equivalents (proof of completion must be provided at time of application).

Qualifications must be met by the closing date of this vacancy announcement.

Career Transition Program: This program applies to Federal workers whose positions have been deemed 'surplus' or no longer needed, or an employee has been involuntarily separated from a Federal service position within the competitive service. For information on how to apply and what documents to submit as an ICTAP or CTAP eligible, go to: http://www.opm.gov/rif/employee_guides/career_transition.asp.ICTAP/CTAP candidates must be rated well-qualified for the position to receive consideration for special priority. ICTAP/CTAP eligibles will be considered "well-qualified" if they attain at least a rating score of 88 in a numerical rating scheme. Be sure to review to reflect that you are applying as an ICTAP/CTAP eligible and submit supporting documentation.

How you will be evaluated

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

We use a multi-step process to review and evaluate applicants:

You will be evaluated based on how well you meet the qualifications listed in this announcement.

Evaluation will be based on your application materials (such as your resume and supporting documents), your responses to the application questionnaire, and the results of all required assessments.

Resume Requirement
Please limit your resume to 2 pages with the font size no smaller than 10 points. If your resume is more than 2 pages, only the first 2 pages will be reviewed and considered for the qualifications determination.

Minimum Qualification Question
As part of the application process, you must answer a minimum qualification question addressing whether you meet the Specialized Experience required for this position, as described in this announcement.

Your response must be supported by the experience documented in your resume. If your resume does not demonstrate the required Specialized Experience, you may be found not qualified.

SME Resume Review Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) will review your resume to determine whether you meet the required Specialized Experience.

SME Structured Interview You may be invited to participate in a structured interview with one or more Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to assess the required competencies for the position.

Applicants who successfully pass the assessment(s) may be referred to the Hiring Manager for consideration.

You must complete all required steps in the process, including submitting an application and resume and participating in the structured interview, to be considered for this position.

The scored occupational questionnaire will evaluate you on the following competencies:

• Digital Forensics and Electronic Evidence
• Information Security and Privacy
• Investigative Program Management
• Leadership and Supervision
• Oral and Written Communication
• Technical Judgment and Problem Solving
• Technology Management and Modernization

It is the Government's policy not to deny employment simply because an individual has been unemployed or has had financial difficulties that have arisen through no fault of the individual. USAID OIG will use information about an individual's employment experience only to determine their qualifications and assess their relative level of knowledge, skills, and abilities. Although an individual's conduct may be relevant in any employment decision, including behavior during periods of unemployment or evidence of dishonesty in handling financial matters, financial difficulty that has arisen through no fault of the individual will generally not be the basis of an unfavorable suitability or fitness determination.

• Resume (limited to 2 pages) showing relevant experience including month and year.
• Most recent performance appraisal if applicable
• Veterans' documentation, if requesting consideration under any veterans' hiring eligibilities such as VRA, preference point entitlement (e,g, DD214, SF-15, and Veteran's Administration Letter). For a detailed list of documents, click here.
• Supporting documentation if seeking eligibility based any other special hiring authority (e.g., disabled veteran, Schedule A) For a detailed list of documents, click here.
• Supporting documentation ICTAP/CTAP if applicable
• Status candidates submit a recent copy of your SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action); your document must reflect grade, step, tenure code 1 or 2, and type of position occupied.
• Proof of government service documenting that you have met the time-in-grade requirements.
• Proof of Criminal Investigator Training Program Completion.

• Documents That Are Required for Verification Of Eligibility:

  Your resume: your resume must support the specialized experience described in this announcement. Please limit your resume to 2 pages with the font size no smaller than 10 points. If your resume is more than 2 pages, only the first 2 pages will be reviewed and considered for the qualification determination.
• Other supporting documents:

• Proof of Eligibility to Apply: Your application must include the documents which prove you are eligible to apply for the vacancy. You must meet the requirements of at least one of the authorities listed in the Who May Apply section above to receive further consideration.

• (If applies) Copies of transcripts are required if qualifying based on education for this announcement; failure to submit will result in removal from consideration. If you are selected for the position, official transcripts are required before appointment to official duty
• Veterans' documentation, if requesting consideration under any veterans' hiring eligibilities such as VRA, preference point entitlement (e,g, DD214, SF-15, and Veteran's Administration Letter). For a detailed list of documents, click here.
• Proof of United States Citizenship (birth certificate or other acceptable documentation, may be required upon request).
• Proof of military service (DD214s or other equivalent documents).
• Proof of government service providing reinstatement eligibility Notification of Personnel Action, SF-50 or other equivalent document.
• SF15, Application for 10-Point Veteran's Preference and appropriate documentation (for 10-point compensable or non-compensable disability preference, Purple Heart, disability pension, or preference based on service of spouse or child).
• Supporting documentation if seeking eligibility based any other special hiring authority (e.g., disabled veteran, Schedule A) For a detailed list of documents, click here.
• Status candidates can submit a recent copy of your SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action), your document must reflect grade, step, tenure code 1 or 2, and type of position occupied.
• Proof of government service documenting that you have met time-in-grade requirement: If you are applying for a higher grade and your SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you meet the one year time-in-grade requirement so you will need to provide an SF-50 which clearly demonstrates you meet the time-in-grade requirements (examples of appropriate SF-50s include Promotions, Within-grade Grade/Range Increases, and SF-50s with an effective date more than one year old).

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