Senior Examination Specialist (Emerging Technology)

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Division of Risk Management Supervision

Summary

This position is located in the Division of Risk Management Supervision (RMS) and is responsible for serving as a technical expert to support the FDIC's emerging technology policy and examination functions.

Additional selections may be made from this announcement to fill identical vacancies that arise later.

This job is open to

The public

U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.

Duties

Serves as a primary technical resource that provides support to division and agency initiatives, including examination and supervision, related to emerging technologies, including digital assets, stablecoins, or artificial intelligence/machine learning.
Provides technical expertise and leads the development and communication of supervisory policies that relate to emerging technology, including digital assets, stablecoin, or artificial intelligence/machine learning. This includes drafting regulations, policy statements, financial institution letters, and examination guidelines related to emerging technology.
Maintains ongoing and current technical expertise in emerging technology developments, associated risk management functions, and industry adoption to support examination and policy development responsibilities and agency initiatives.
Leads and directs the assignments of examination specialists and analysts on supervisory, policy, and other functions related to emerging technologies.
Develops training and knowledge transfer capabilities for Division or Corporation employees to communicate emerging technologies to support examination, supervision, policy, and other Corporation initiatives.
Conducts meetings, briefings, and presentations on emerging technologies, highly complex issues, and agency initiatives to senior management, supervisors, financial institutions, and other stakeholders related to emerging technology.
Represents the Division in interagency and intra-agency task forces, committees, and working groups on emerging technologies.
Confers and works closely with counterparts across the Division and Corporation on matters involving emerging technology to develop consensus and incorporate perspectives from various specialty and technical areas across the Corporation.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

U.S. Citizenship is required.
Completion of Confidential Financial Disclosure may be required.
Males born after 12/31/1959, must be registered for Selective Service.
Background Investigation (BI) required.
A probationary or trial period may be required.
You must obtain and maintain the required security clearance; failure to do so may result in withdrawal of an offer or removal.
Completion of Financial Institution Examiner Agreement

Qualifications

Qualifying experience is credited from private and public sectors, including paid and unpaid service (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps). Volunteer service builds competencies that translate to paid work. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience. See OPM's General Schedule Qualification Standards for details.

CG-15: Applicants must complete one year of specialized experience equivalent to the CG/GS-14 level or above in Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as conducting examinations of financial institutions and developing supervisory policies related to emerging technologies such as digital assets, digital asset custody, and associated risk management functions or artificial intelligence/machine learning and model risk management; experience developing and delivering training and presentations to internal and external audiences such as executives, industry representatives, or the public related to emerging technology.

In addition to the qualification requirements above, you must meet the following selective factor:

Must be a Commissioned Examiner in the FDIC or another organization with comparable commissioning criteria to that used by the FDIC's Division of Risk Management Supervision.

Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) eligible applicants must earn 80 or higher on the online assessment to be determined "well qualified." For information, see, FDIC CTAP/ICTAP.

Resume Content Required for Qualification Determinations
For each position on your resume, include:

Employer name;
Title;
Series and grade (federal jobs only);
Start and end dates (month/year);
Hours per week;
Relevant experience supporting your specialized experience responses.

Important: If your resume is missing these details, your application may be marked incomplete, and you might not be considered for this job.

Do not copy/paste duties or specialized experience from this announcement into your resume; that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications.

Education

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

Additional information

Refer to these links for more information: Job Applicant Rights and Responsibilities; Selective Service System; Employment Conditions.

These positions can be filled at any FDIC Field Office, Regional Office, or Headquarters. The duty station is determined upon selection and subject to space availability. For office locations click here.

The pay range includes base pay plus locality. Locality rates vary by duty location from 17.06%% to 51.75%. Pay varies by grade level and duty location. See FDIC Benefits & Compensation for locality details.

Salary reflects a pay cap of $257,500.

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.

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, if applicable) 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:

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 period (or trial period) your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

After we select a candidate, we may share the remaining list of qualified candidates with other federal agencies. You can opt-in if you want us to share your name, application material and assessment results for similar jobs with other agencies. There is no guarantee of further consideration, and you can continue to explore and apply to other job announcements.

Reasonable Accommodation (RA) Requests: If you believe you have a disability (i.e., physical or mental), covered by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended that would interfere with completing the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, you will be granted the opportunity to request a RA in your online application. Requests for RA for the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments and appropriate supporting documentation for RA must be received prior to starting the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments. Decisions on requests for RA are made on a case-by-case basis. If you meet the minimum qualifications of the position, after notification of the adjudication of your request, you will receive an email invitation to complete the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, based on your adjudication decision. You must complete all assessments within 48 hours of receiving the URL to access the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments if you received the link after the close of the announcement. To determine if you need a RA, please review the Procedures for Requesting a Reasonable Accommodation for Online Assessments.

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.

FDIC employees receive the standard Federal benefits and may be eligible for additional FDIC-specific benefits, at minimal cost.

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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.

You will be evaluated on application materials, questionnaire responses, and required assessments including a USA Hire assessment and structured resume review. Cheating may result in removal from consideration.

Below are the competencies you will be assessed on:

Attention to Detail
Bank Supervision
Customer Service
Decision Making
Financial Regulations
Flexibility
Influencing/Negotiating
Integrity/Honesty
Interpersonal Skills
Learning
Oral Communication
Reasoning
Risk Management
Self-Management
Stress Tolerance
Teamwork
Technical Competence
Writing

You do not need to respond separately to these competencies.

Structured Resume Review: Applicants who meet the eligibility and minimum qualification requirements, will undergo a resume review by subject matter experts to determine how their knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies align with the duties of this position. Those found qualified will proceed to the next stage of the hiring process.

Applicants who meet the minimum qualifications will be assigned to one of three category levels-Best Qualified, Highly Qualified, or Qualified-according to the degree to which their background and responses to the assessment align with the competencies identified for this position. Veterans' preference is applied within categories; eligible veterans are afforded priority consideration over non-veterans.

You may preview the application questionnaire for this vacancy here: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13073050

Required Documents

For all applicants (please read carefully):

Two-page resume showing relevant work experience (paid and unpaid), duties performed, employer name, start/end dates (month/year), hours worked, series and grade (federal jobs only) .

If applicable:

Veterans Documentation: DD-214 showing character of discharge (Member Copy 4 or 2), SF-15, VA letter, or certification of expected honorable discharge within 120 days. For more information on special hiring authorities for veterans, click here.
Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP): Proof of eligibility if you are a displaced/surplus Federal employee under ICTAP. For more information, click here.

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 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 (10/01/2026) 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.

If you are required to complete any USA Hire Assessments, you will be notified after submitting your application. The notification will be provided in your application submission screen and via email. The notification will include your unique assessment access link to the USA Hire system and the completion deadline. Additionally, in USAJOBS you can click "Track this application" to return to your assessment completion notice.
Access USA Hire using your unique assessment link. Access is granted through your USAJOBS login credentials.
Review all instructions prior to beginning your assessments. You will have the opportunity to request a testing accommodation before beginning the assessments should you have a disability covered under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended.
Set aside at least 3 hours to take the USA Hire Assessments; however, most applicants complete the assessments in less time. If you need to stop the assessments and continue later, you can re-use your unique assessment link.
Your responses to the USA Hire Assessments will be reused for one year (in most cases) from the date you complete an assessment. If future applications you submit require completion of the same assessments, your responses will be automatically reused.

Agency contact information

Quiana Woodruff

Email: qwoodruff@FDIC.gov

Address: Division of Risk Management Supervision
550 17th St NW
Washington, DC 20429
US

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."

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.

Thank you for your interest in working for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

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