Senior Officer-Chief Information Officer

Clarification from the agency

All US Citizens

The Chief Information Officer (CIO) has overall responsibility for the oversight and administration of broad and/or critical agency IT programs and operations, including:

• Office of Information Technology: Supports the Commission and staff of the SEC in all aspects of information technology, including application development, infrastructure operations and engineering, user support, IT program management, capital planning, and enterprise architecture.
• Chief Information Security Officer: Protects the SEC against cybersecurity threats, manages vulnerabilities, and ensures compliance with federal mandates and legislation, including the Federal Information Security Modernization Act.
• Chief Data Officer: Enables data analytics to support enforcement, examinations, policymaking, and other agency activities, and supports the agency to enable effective and efficient data security.
• Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer: Leads efforts to responsibly harness AI for greater innovation and operational efficiency.
• EDGAR Business Office: Manages all aspects of the EDGAR program, an ecosystem of services and systems that support the SEC's public filing regime.

Conditions of employment

• CITZENSHIP: You must be a US Citizen.
• SELECTIVE SERVICE: Males born after 12/31/59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (see https://www.sss.gov/).
• SECURITY CLEARANCE: Entrance on duty is contingent upon completion of a pre-employment security investigation. Favorable results on a Background Investigation may be a condition of employment or selection to another position.
• PERMANENT CHANGE OF STATION (PCS): Moving/Relocation expenses are not authorized.
• DIRECT DEPOSIT: All Federal employees are required to have Federal salary payments made by direct deposit to a financial institution of their choosing.
• PROBATIONARY PERIOD: This appointment may require completion of a one-year probationary period.
• SUPERVISORY PROBATIONARY PERIOD: This appointment may require completion of a two year supervisory/managerial probationary period.
• The selectee is required to report to the duty station(s) listed.

Qualifications

Applicants are responsible for confirming all required materials are submitted by the closing date of the announcement. Please check the How You Will Be Evaluated and Required Documents sections carefully, as missing documents will render the application incomplete and ineligible for review.

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. All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.

BASIC REQUIREMENT: Applicant must possess IT related experience demonstrating each of the four competencies:

1. Attention to Detail - Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail.
2. Customer Service - Works with clients and customers (that is, any individuals who use or receive the services or products that your work unit produces, including the general public, individuals who work in the agency, other agencies, or organizations outside the Government) to assess their needs, provide information or assistance, resolve their problems, or satisfy their expectations; knows about available products and services; is committed to providing quality products and services.
3. Oral Communication - Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.
4. Problem Solving - Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENT: In addition to meeting the basic requirement, applicants must also meet the minimum qualification requirement.

SO-01: Candidates must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS/SK-14 level. Specialized experience includes providing executive level leadership, strategic management, and policy direction in optimizing an organization's information technology resources and spearheading large-scale programs that leverage data, analytics, and AI to advance organizational goals.

ADDITIONAL DESIRED COMPETENCIES: Candidates who meet the qualifications listed above will be invited to provide additional information that will be used to further evaluate their qualifications. You do not need to address these competencies at this time. See the How You Will Be Evaluated section below for more information:

1. Leading the Organization: Building and supporting the organization's vision, creating strategies to achieve the vision, supporting and leading innovative and creative initiatives to meet organizational goals.
2. Leading and Developing People: Ability to recruit, lead, develop and manage the workforce, constructively manages differences and potential conflicts between employees, building teams that meet and exceed an organization's mission, strategic plan, and goals.
3. Results Orientation: Ability to meet organizational goals by effectively managing program area, identifying and solving important problems, making sound and timely decisions, and effectively managing and sharing information.
4. Building Coalitions: Ability to build coalitions by partnering with others to build strategic relationships, influencing and negotiating with those in sphere of influence to achieve favorable outcomes for an organization.
5. Innovative Technology Solutions, Data, and AI Enablement: Skill in driving business improvement and innovation through developing and deploying strategies and solutions for leveraging data, analytics, and AI to drive business transformation and deliver measurable outcomes.

How you will be evaluated

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

This position is being advertised through the Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) Delegated Direct-Hire Authority (5 U.S.C. Section 3304 and 5 CFR Part 337, Subpart B) and is open to All U.S. Citizens. Under this authority, competitive rating, ranking and veterans' preference procedures do not apply.

Your resume and application package will first be reviewed to determine whether you meet the minimum qualification requirements outlined in the announcement. Please do not submit any supplemental information at this time.

If you are found minimally qualified, the Office of Human Resources will contact you to request additional information about your experience as it relates to the competencies identified above in the ADDITIONAL DESIRED COMPETENCIES section. You will have 3 business days from the date of the request to submit it. Failure to submit the additional requested information will remove you from further consideration.

Once your supplemental information is received, a rating panel will review both your resume and your narrative response.

Basis for Rating: The rating panel will evaluate applicants' supplemental information and resume, and then place them into one of the following categories:

• Pass - Meets the minimum qualification requirements and has at least a moderate amount of skills and experience in most of the job related competencies.
• Fail - Meets the minimum qualification requirements, but has only limited experience in several of the job related competencies.

You must provide a complete Application Package, which includes:

• Required: Your responses to the Questionnaire.
• Required: Resume - Resumes should include relevant work experience, with specific employment dates, that demonstrates qualifications for the specialized experience and competencies as outlined above. If your resume does not reflect demonstrated evidence of these qualifications, you may not receive consideration for the position. Resumes that exceed two pages will be deemed ineligible and receive no further consideration. For resume writing tips, visit USAJOBS and the SEC careers page.
• Required, if applicable: CTAP/ICTAP documentation (a copy of a separation notice or other proof of eligibility for priority selection; a copy of an SF-50, Notification of Personnel Action, showing current position, grade, promotion potential, and duty location; AND a copy of your most recent performance appraisal.)

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