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Position Title
Supervisory IT Specialist (Security)
Agency
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Announcement Number
CMS-OIT-24-12501578-IMP Opens in new window
Open Period
Friday, August 9, 2024 to Thursday, August 15, 2024
For preview purposes only. To apply, please return to the USAJOBS announcement and click the Apply button.
Eligibilities
1. Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP):
Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from the Department of Health and Human Services? If yes, confirm:
     • you are located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy; AND
     • you are applying to a position that is at or below the grade level of the position from which you were or will be separated; AND
     • you are applying to a position that does not have greater promotion potential than the position from which you were or will be separated; AND
     • your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.
For more information, review the USAJOBS Help Center.
 
To verify your eligibility, you must submit the following documents at the time of application: (1) Documentation showing abolishment of position or separation (i.e., Certificate of Expected Separation (CES), Agency certification that you are in a surplus organization or occupation, Notice that your position is being abolished, Letter stating you are eligible for discontinued service retirement, Specific Reduction-in-Force separation notice, OR Notice of proposed removal because you declined a directed reassignment or transfer of function out of the local commuting area); (2) Your latest performance rating showing a rating of at least "fully successful" (level 3); AND (3) Your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50), or equivalent personnel action showing your tenure, position occupied, and duty station.
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2. Current Career or Career-Conditional Employees within CMS in the Office of Information Technology (OIT):
Are you a current, permanent career or career-conditional employee in the competitive service within the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in the Office of Information Technology?
 
To verify your eligibility, you must submit the following document at the time of application: A copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50), reflecting your permanent, competitive status.  Your SF-50 must reflect:
     • Career or Career-Conditional (Tenure field is 1 or 2 in Block 24);
     • Your status is in the competitive service (Position Occupied field is 1 in Block 34);
     • The highest grade and step held on a permanent basis; AND
     • That you currently work within CMS in the Office of Information Technology.
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Preferences
1. If you are a male at least 18 years of age, born after December 31, 1959, have you registered with the Selective Service System? (limit characters)
2. In the last five years, based on the closing date of this announcement, have you served or are you currently serving as an Executive Branch political, Schedule C, or Non-career SES appointee? You can find out if you have held one of these appointment types by looking at your Standard Form (SF) 50s in your Electronic Official Personnel Folder (eOPF), in Section 5 where the legal authorities are listed.
  • A political appointee is an appointment made by the President without confirmation by the Senate (5 CFR 213.3102(c)) OR an assistant position to a top-level federal official if filled by a person designated by the President as a White House Fellow (5 CFR 213.3102(z)).
  • A Schedule C appointee occupies a position excepted from the competitive service by the President, or by the Director of OPM, because of the confidential or policy-determining nature of the position duties (5 CFR 213.3301 and 5 CFR 213.3302).
  • A Non-career SES appointee is approved by the White House and serves at the pleasure of the appointing official without time limitations (5 CFR 317 Subpart F).
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3. Select the response or responses that best describe how you heard about this position INITIALLY or the VERY FIRST TIME YOU ENCOUNTERED CMS? This question is only designed to assist with recruitment planning efforts. (limit characters)
4. Please provide the specifics about how you heard about this vacancy announcement. For example - where exactly did you hear of this position; which job fair did you interact with CMS; if it was word of mouth, who did you hear it from, etc? Enter N/A if "Not Applicable". (limit characters)
5. If you are a Federal Civilian employee, under what type of appointment are you currently serving? (limit characters)
6. If you are, or ever were a Federal civilian employee, indicate the pay plan and grade level or pay band of the highest graded position you have ever held on a permanent basis. For example: GS-12. (limit 10 characters). If not applicable, please enter N/A. (limit 10 characters)
7. If you are, or ever were, a Federal civilian employee, please indicate the dates of the highest graded position you held on a permanent basis, example: MM-YYYY to MM-YYYY, or to Present. If not applicable, please enter N/A. (limit 150 characters)
8. Are you a Federal civilian retirement annuitant? If yes, and you are selected for this position, your salary may be reduced by the gross amount of the Federal annuity paid during the period of re-employment. Please click here for more information about retired annuitants. (limit characters)
9. Have you accepted a Voluntary Separation Incentive Payment (VSIP) from a Federal agency within the past 5 years? If yes, and you are selected for this position, you must repay the entire (pre-tax) amount of the incentive to the agency which paid the buyout before your first day of work in the new position. Please click here for more information about VSIP. (limit characters)
Conditions of Employment
1. In accordance with Executive Order (EO) 12964 and the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Federal Drug-Free Workplace Program governed by EO 12564, Federal employees MUST refrain from the use of ALL illegal drugs both on and off duty.

Marijuana use in any form (including medicinal), could deem a person unsuitable for Federal employment. State laws do not supersede Federal law.
Therefore, Federal employees MUST refrain from use of ALL illegal drugs (to include marijuana) on and off duty, even when residing in a state where marijuana use has been legalized for medicinal or recreational purposes.

Do you agree to refrain from all illegal drug use (to include but not limited to medicinal and recreational marijuana) if you are selected for Federal employment?
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2. This position has a regular and recurring reporting requirement to the duty station listed on this announcement. This position may be eligible for telework in accordance with agency policy. This position is not 100% remote and will not be converted to 100% remote. Do you understand this position has a reporting requirement? (limit characters)
Assessment 1
Thank you for applying for the position of Supervisory IT Specialist (Security), GS-2210-14, with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Your resume and the responses you provide to this assessment questionnaire will be used to determine if you are among the best qualified for this position. Your responses are subject to verification. Please review your responses for accuracy before you submit your application. (limit characters)
1. Select one statement from below that best describes your experience and meets the Basic Requirement for the Information Technology series, GS-2210.
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2. Select one statement from below that best describes your experience in order to meet the minimum qualification requirements for the position of a Supervisory IT Specialist (Security), GS-2210-14.
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For each item, select the one response that most accurately describes your current level of experience and capability using the scale below. (limit characters)
3. Oversee and provide support for portfolio engagement.
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4. Manage IT system security and privacy policy lifecycle.
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5. Collaborate with Business Owners and stakeholders to ensure IT system solutions and program development include privacy and security principles and standards.
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6. Manage the ISPG contract work by defining the requirements to be incorporated in statements of work, performance work statements, including identifying deliverables.
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7. Implement workflow and business process improvements that support collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.
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8. Develop curricula for annual agency-wide security and privacy training, role-based training for personnel with significant security and privacy responsibilities and other ad-hoc requests for cyber hygiene and privacy training.
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9. Coordinate and/or direct the Security and Privacy Policy Development lifecycle.
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10. Ensure Security and Privacy Policy Governance framework is current, aligned with the CIO Policy Framework and in compliance with all federal laws, regulations, and guidance.
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11. Oversee program/process improvement initiatives that support the CMS Information System Security and Privacy Program (Program), Security and Privacy training and awareness and the ISPG communication strategy, and the ISPG contracting vehicles.
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12. Give advice and counsel employees on both work and administrative matters.
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13. Find ways to improve production or increase the quality of the work directed and develop performance standards.
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14. Apply the concepts of diversity inclusion, equal employment opportunity, and affirmative action to all management practices and decisions.
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15. Plan work to be accomplished by subordinates, set and adjust short-term priorities, and prepare schedules for completion of work.
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16. Develop, implement, and/or disseminate agency-wide information privacy and security policies, procedures, and/or standards.
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17. Develop or implement information systems that support the operations and assets of an agency.
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18. Represent leadership in contacts with various internal and external stakeholders regarding matters which are often of a controversial and sensitive nature.
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19. I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, all of the information included in this questionnaire is true, correct, and provided in good faith. I understand that if I make an intentional false statement, or commit deception or fraud in this application and its supporting materials, or in any document or interview associated with the examination process, that my eligibilities may be cancelled, I may be denied an appointment, I may be removed and debarred from Federal service (5 CFR part 731), or I may be fined or imprisoned (18 U.S.C. 1001), I understand that any information I give may be investigated.
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20. I certify that my resume includes detailed information as it relates to the responsibilities and specialized experience for this position. I understand that evidence of copying and pasting directly from the vacancy announcement without clearly documenting supplemental information to describe my experience will result in an ineligible rating, and I will not receive further consideration.
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