Clarification from the agency

United States Citizens

The incumbent serves as the Director of Business Technology and Innovation (BTI), Supervisory Information Technology Specialist (INFOSEC) and senior expert for IT related programs, projects, assignments, issues, and initiatives. The director leads the daily operations for the BTI, including supporting, enhancing, securing, and modernizing EXIMs mission-critical banking systems. The incumbent provides leadership, direct supervision, and management support to a team of administrative and professional staff performing programmatic assignments and projects to ensure EXIM has up-to-date and modern technology available, supported by cybersecurity work. The incumbent's work includes strategy, policy, and standards regarding the security of and operations of BTI technology in cyberspace. Also, the work encompasses the full range of threat reduction, vulnerability reduction, deterrence, international engagement, incident response, resiliency, and recovery policies and activities. The incumbent is a key member of the Agency IT security leadership team with exceptional influence and responsibility for securely provisioning, operating and maintaining, and overseeing and governing the agency's banking systems.

Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Serves as OCIO's and BTI's lead senior program manager for information technology with oversight for BTI's technology portfolio, which includes custom-developed and commercial software applications providing E-Commerce, Underwriting, Asset Management, accounting, and data warehouse solutions for EXIM. Leads, coordinates, communicates and integrates, and accounts for the overall success of the BTI program and ensures alignment with the agency and enterprise priorities.
• Serves as an IT senior official with authority to formally operate an information system at an acceptable level of risk to organizational operations (including mission, functions, image, or reputation), organizational assets, individuals, other organizations, and the United States.
• Develops and maintains business systems, and information processes to support the core mission systems' banking needs; develops information technology (IT) rules and requirements that describe baseline and target architectures. Ensures stakeholder security needs are fully considered throughout the enterprise architecture, from reference models to segment and solution designs, as well as the systems that support the organization's mission and business operations.
• Supervises BTI's multi - functional group of IT experts, consisting of federal staff and contract staff that routinely range up to 120 contractors who plan, manage, develop, enhance, maintain, and operate the Business Technology and Innovation portfolio. Manages and directs the preparation of reports and provides training, guidance, and mentoring.
• Performs leadership and oversight over the organization and staff. Performs the full range of supervisory responsibilities for BTI staff. Manages, supervises, assigns, and reviews the work of subordinates; plans and carries out the training and development of staff, including on the job training or formal training; prepares performance standards and performance appraisals, and evaluates staff performance; and makes recommendations on rewards and disciplinary actions according to employee's performance or conduct. Interviews candidates, making authoritative final decisions involving BTI's staff selection and hiring. Performs all managerial and supervisory responsibilities in accordance with Federal Merit Principles and Equal Employment Opportunities Policies.
• Determines and manages the Division's contract budgets, software, and personnel. Determines and presents final required monetary funding and justifications of necessary applications and systems for inclusion into the overall Office budget.

Conditions of employment

• U.S. Citizenship
• Background and Security/Suitability Investigation
• You may be required to serve a one year probationary period
• Specialized experience MUST be documented on your resume
• Current or Former Political Appointees: If you are, or have been employed in the last 5 years, you must disclose this information. Failure to do so may result in disciplinary action including removal from Federal Service.
• The incumbent must obtain and maintain a national security (Confidential, Secret, Top Secret, or Top Secret/SCI) clearance.
• The incumbent for this position will be subject to random drug testing once they begin working for EXIM.

Qualifications

CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT: CRITICAL SENSITIVE (requiring Top Secret)

This position is designated as a CRITICAL SENSITIVE National Security position. Prior to appointment (Entrance on Duty), it requires a fully completed and favorably adjudicated National Security Background Investigation (SSBI or SSBI-PR) that is current (within the last 5 years).

Specialized Experience (Credit for Specialized Experience on resume must reflect 40 hours/Full-time per week for each period of work):

GS-15: You must have one (1) year of specialized experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-14 level in the Federal Government or other equivalent pay systems. Specialized experience includes:

• Experience serving as a senior program manager over an enterprise IT portfolio (custom-developed and COTS applications), ensuring successful delivery/operations of e-commerce, underwriting, asset management, accounting, and data warehouse solutions aligned to agency/enterprise priorities.
• Experience establishing and enforcing secure engineering practices and integrating cybersecurity requirements across design, development, implementation, sustainment, and system disposition, embedding DevSecOps and managing risk, incident response, resiliency, and recovery for enterprise systems.
• Experience developing business systems and IT rules/requirements (baseline/target architectures) and ensuring stakeholder security requirements are adequately addressed across enterprise architecture (reference models, segment/solution architecture) for mission and business processes.
• Experience leading long/short-range operational planning and managing resources by overseeing the Capital Planning and Investment Control (CPIC) deliverables, budgets, procurement/contract management, and monitoring fiscal/administrative controls to support major IT programs and services.

In addition to the Specialized Experience noted above, applicants must also meet and demonstrate the IT-related experience demonstrating each of the four competencies listed below:

• Attention to Detail: Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail.
• Customer Service: Anticipates and meets the needs of both internal and external business partners and customers (any individuals who use or receive the services or products that your work unity produces including the general public, individuals who work in the agency, other agencies, or organizations outside the Government). Provides information or assistance. Delivers high quality products and services; is committed to continuous improvement. Effectively manages customer relationships.
• Oral Communication: Makes clear and convincing oral presentations to individuals and groups. Listens effectively; clarifies information, as needed. Speaks and writes in a clear, concise, organized, and convincing manner that is appropriate to the audience. Facilitates an open exchange of ideas to ensure all group input is considered. Handles technical, sensitive, or controversial topics with agility involving executives/managers as appropriate.
• Problem Solving: Identifies and analyzes problems, weighs relevance and accuracy of information, generates and evaluates alternative solutions, and makes sound recommendations.

Education cannot be substituted for experience at the GS-15 grade level.

For qualification determinations, your resume must contain the following for each work experience listed:

• Organization/Agency's Name
• Title
• Salary (series and grade, if applicable)
• Start and end dates (including the month and year)
• Number of hours you worked per week
• Relevant experience that supports your response to the specialized experience that is stated in the job announcement

If your resume does not contain this information, your application may be marked as incomplete and you will not receive consideration for this position.

NOTE: Do not copy and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications and your application may be marked as incomplete/ineligible and you will not receive consideration for this position.

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.

Part-time and/or unpaid experience related to this position will be considered to determine the total number of years and months of experience. Be sure to note the number of paid or unpaid hours worked each week.

Foreign Education: If you are qualifying by education and/or you have education completed in a foreign college/university described above, it is your responsibility to provide transcripts and proof of U.S. accreditation for foreign study. Please visit the following links for more information:

• http://www.naces.org
• http://www.fceatlanta.com

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.

Additional information on the qualification requirements is outlined here.

All requirements must be met by 05/06/2026, the closing date of the announcement.

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 for this position based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

This position is processed under a Direct Hire authority; therefore, veteran's preference and Category Rating procedures do not apply.

Your resume and supporting documentation will be used to determine whether you meet the job qualifications listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified for this position, your resume and supporting documentation will be referred to the selecting official for employment consideration.

You will be notified by email if your application is forwarded to the hiring official for further consideration.

If it is determined that your technical competencies do not meet the proficiency requirements for this position to move forward to the next evaluation stage, you will be notified by email.

Your application package should include the following documents:

• Your Resume (applicants are required to submit a resume with job title, series/grade (if federal employee), duties and accomplishments, employer's name, starting and ending dates of employment, number of hours worked per week, and annual salary). If your resume does not contain this information, your application may be marked as incomplete and you will not receive consideration for this position.
  • Effective September 27, 2025, federal agencies will only accept resumes up to two pages in accordance with the Merit Hiring Plan. If you have not already done so, please update your resume under your profile before applying for any federal job. For additional details, visit click the following link.
• Unofficial Transcripts, if the position has an education requirement or if you are using education to qualify. If selected for the position, you must provide an official transcript before appointment.
• Proof of U.S. accreditation for foreign study, if applicable.
• Special Priority Selection rights under CTAP or ICTAP:
  • Copy of your agency notice (RIF Separation Notice, Notice of Proposed Removal, etc);
  • Copy of your most recent performance appraisal (with at least a satisfactory rating),
  • Most current SF-50 showing career/conditional tenure competitive status, position title, grade level, and duty location.
• Proof of Veteran's Preference - DD-214 (Member 4 Copy), if you are a veteran. Additionally, applicants claiming 10-point preference must complete Standard Form (SF)15, Application for 10-Point Veteran Preference, as well as additional documentation required by the SF-15, such as a VA letter, if applicable. If a DD-214 (Member Copy 4) is not available, other documentation listing the beginning and ending dates of active service and the type of discharge must be submitted to verify eligibility.
• Submission of any required documents listed in vacancy announcement, if applicable.

Please note that if you do not provide all required information/documents, as specified in this announcement, you may not be considered for this position (or may not receive the special consideration for which you may be eligible).

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