The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is seeking highly qualified individuals who are willing to meet the challenges of public service and support our mission. At HUD, you'll have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to gain insight into housing policy and community development. Also, you can explore new career avenues and most of all, acquire lifelong skills as you represent the federal government.
Summary
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is seeking highly qualified individuals who are willing to meet the challenges of public service and support our mission. At HUD, you'll have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to gain insight into housing policy and community development. Also, you can explore new career avenues and most of all, acquire lifelong skills as you represent the federal government.
This position is located in the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), within the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO). The OCIO is responsible for HUD's technology infrastructure and for the processes and practices that support the flow of information. The incumbent of this position will provide management and leadership as the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and serve as the Chief Information Officer's designated Senior Agency Information Security Officer with responsibilities to develop and maintain the Department's Cyber Security Program. The Chief Information Security Officer is responsible for but not limited to:
Oversees establishment and maintenance of the Department's Cyber Security Program.
Develops and maintains the Department's cyber security architecture to ensure Departmental information and information systems are protected in accordance with the risk and magnitude of harm that would occur from the loss or compromise of the Department's information assets.
Develops and maintains Department's 24x7 Security Operations Center capable of intrusion detection, incident response, and forensics.
Establishes Departmental cyber security policy, standards, and guidelines in accordance with federal law and regulations, Presidential directives, national standards and industry best practices.
Provides Departmental cyber security performance oversight assurance including independent testing, verification and validation of cyber security controls as required.
Provides Oversight of Departmental cyber security contracts and high-level enterprise-wide procurements impacting the security of the HUD enterprise such as enterprise license agreements and security lines of business procurements.
Ensures the agency has trained personnel sufficient to assist the agency in securing the agency's information assets and comply with all statutory requirements and regulations.
Ensure the agency Chief Information Officer and senior agency officials are provided with current and timely cyber security threat and vulnerability information to enable the agency to prepare for, detect and respond to cyber attacks. Lead the examination and evaluation of scorecards, metrics, and performance standards in order to accomplish desired program results.
Provides management and technical advice on Department-wide plans for the effective and efficient use of information resources, including budgetary resources.
Ability to obtain and maintain the clearance level required by the position.
A one-year probationary period is required, if not previously completed.
Males born after 12/03/59 must be registered for Selective Service.
Will be required to submit a Public Financial Disclosure Report, SF-278.
Will be required by PL 104-134 to have federal payments made by direct deposit.
Must meet Mandatory Technical Qualifications (MTQs).
Qualifications
Current or Former Political Appointees:The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last five (5) years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Noncareer SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information on your resume and to the Human Resources Office.
As a basic requirement for entry into the SES, applicants must provide evidence of progressively responsible executive leadership and supervisory experience that is indicative of senior executive level managerial capability. This experience should be sufficiently broad in scope and at a major management level in a large or complex organization. The ideal candidate will have experience supervising many employees through subordinate supervisors and have experience hiring, developing, and evaluating employees. Typically, experience of this nature is at the GS-15 or equivalent level in the federal service or its equivalent in the private sector.
Your application should demonstrate that you possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully fulfill responsibilities inherent in SES positions such as:
Leading the work of an organizational unit
Ensuring the success of one or more specific major programs or projects
Monitoring progress toward strategic organizational goals, evaluating organizational performance and taking action to improve performance
Supervising the work of employees, developing policy and other executive functions
If your experience does not include these basic qualifications, you will not be determined qualified for this position.
YOU MUST FULLY ADDRESS EACH MTQ AND ECQ TO BE RATED FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION.
Current or former career SES employees, or OPM/QRB Candidate Development Program (CDP) candidates are not required to address the ECQs, but MUST fully address the MTQs.
In addition to the qualifying experience, applicants must possess the following technical qualifications that represent the knowledge, skills, and abilities essential to perform the duties and responsibilities of the position.
MANDATORY TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS (MTQs): All applicants must submit a written narrative addressing each MTQ separately, not to exceed one (1) page per MTQ. Applicants who fail to adhere to the one (1) page per MTQ limit will be disqualified and no longer in consideration. You must fully address each MTQ to be rated for further consideration.
MTQ 1 - Experience in building and managing cyber security programs and information technology projects.
MTQ 2 - Experience leading complex cyber security programs/projects and to quickly and accurately analyze technical, budgetary, and performance objectives in order to arrive at factual conclusions pertaining to agency objectives.
MTQ 3 - Experience leading management processes and techniques for improving business processes and measuring and evaluating program performance as it relates to cyber security architectures and oversight of major systems and infrastructure.
MTQ 4 - Experience supported by examples of a situations where you personally managed the identification, mitigation, and communication efforts, both inside and outside your agency, involving a complex real-time cyber exploit.
EXECUTIVE CORE QUALIFICATIONS (ECQs): All applicants must submit a written narrative addressing each ECQ, not to exceed two (2) pages per ECQ for a total of no more than 10 pages. If your ECQs exceed 10 pages, your application will be disqualified and you will no longer be considered. You must fully address each ECQ to be rated for further consideration. Current or former career SES employees, or OPM/QRB Candidate Development Program (CDP) candidates are not required to address the ECQs.
Introduction: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has identified five Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs). The ECQs were designed to assess executive experience and potential - not technical expertise. They measure whether an individual has the broad executive skills needed to succeed in a variety of SES positions - not whether they are the most superior candidates for a particular position. Successful competence in the SES requires competence in each ECQ. Candidates must demonstrate executive experience in all five (5) ECQs. Your application should reflect an overall record of the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to succeed in the SES.
Examples of good qualifications statements and the use of the C-C-A-R model (Challenge/Context/Action/Results), the preferred method of writing your ECQs, is provided in OPM's Guide to SES Qualifications.
Format: For each of the five ECQs, provide at least one example of your qualifications using the four C-C-A-R elements.
1. Challenge - Describe a specific problem or goal.
2. Context - Talk about the individuals and groups you worked with, and/or the environment in which you worked to tackle a particular challenge (e.g., clients, co-workers, members of Congress, shrinking budget, low morale).
3. Action - Discuss the specific actions you took to address a challenge.
4. Results - Give specific examples of the results of your actions. These accomplishments demonstrate the quality and effectiveness of your leadership skills.
NOTE: Your responses to the five ECQs must describe the context and the results of your achievements in lay terminology, free of jargon and excessive reliance on acronyms.
ECQ 1 - LEADING CHANGE - This core qualification involves the ability to bring about strategic change, both within and outside the organization, to meet organizational goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to establish an organizational vision and to implement it in a continuously changing environment. (Leadership Competencies: creativity and innovation, external awareness, flexibility, strategic thinking and vision).
ECQ 2 - LEADING PEOPLE - This core qualification involves the ability to lead people toward meeting the organization's vision, mission, and goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to provide an inclusive workplace that fosters the development of others, facilitates cooperation and teamwork, and supports constructive resolution of conflicts. (Leadership Competencies: conflict management, leveraging diversity, developing others and team building).
ECQ 3 - RESULTS DRIVEN - This core qualification involves the ability to meet organizational goals and customer expectations. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to make decisions that produce high-quality results by applying technical knowledge, analyzing problems, and calculating risks. (Leadership Competencies: accountability, customer service, decisiveness, entrepreneurship, problem solving and technical credibility).
ECQ 4 - BUSINESS ACUMEN - This core qualification involves the ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically. (Leadership competencies: financial management, human capital management and technology management).
ECQ 5 - BUILDING COALITIONS - This core qualification involves the ability to build coalitions internally and with other Federal agencies, State and Local governments, nonprofit and private-sector organizations, foreign governments, or international organizations to achieve common goals. (Leadership Competencies: partnering, political savvy and influencing/negotiating).
Detailed information on the Executive Core Qualifications is available here.
Additional information
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development strives to ensure that the public perceives HUD as a fair and equitable agency that administers its programs in an objective and impartial manner. As such, HUD is committed to its government ethics program, which advises employees on applicable ethics laws and regulations designed to protect the agency against real and apparent conflicts of interest. As a federal employee, you will be subject to the Standards of Ethical Conduct and the U.S. criminal conflict of interest statutes. As a HUD employee, you will also be subject to the HUD Supplemental Ethics Regulations which restrict the extent to which a HUD employee can engage in certain activities and hold certain investments. Depending on your position, you may also be required to file a public or confidential financial disclosure report. Upon your new appointment, you will receive guidance regarding your ethics obligations. You will also be required to attend a mandatory ethics training within 3 months of appointment.
Other Information:
HUD employees are prohibited under Section 7501.104, 5 Code of Federal Regulations from directly or indirectly owning, acquiring, or receiving:
Federal Housing Authority debentures or certificate of claim;
Financial interest in a project, including any single-family dwelling or unit subsidized by HUD, or which is subject to a note or mortgage insured by HUD;
Section 8 subsidies to or on behalf of a tenant of property you, your spouse, or a dependent child owns.
The following are exceptions to the Section 8 prohibition:
The employee, or the employee's spouse or minor child acquires, without specific intent as through inheritance, a property in which a tenant receiving such a subsidy already resides;
The tenant receiving such a subsidy lived in the rental property before the employee worked for the Department;
The tenant receiving such a subsidy is a parent, child, grandchild, or sibling of the employee;
The employee's, or the employee's spouse or minor child's, rental property has an incumbent tenant who has not previously received such a subsidy and becomes the beneficiary thereof; or
The location of the rental property is in a Presidentially declared emergency or natural disaster area and the employee receives prior written approval from an agency designee.
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
How you will be evaluated
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Applicants will be evaluated against the Mandatory Technical Qualifications (MTQs) and Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs). As a supplement to your application, please provide examples of relevant experience, training, and personal achievements, which address each of the ECQs and MTQs. The examples should be clear and concise and show levels of accomplishment and degree of responsibility.
FAILURE TO FULLY ADDRESS THE REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS (MTQs and ECQs) AND/OR ADHERE TO THE PAGE LIMIT WILL RESULT IN YOUR APPLICATION BEING DISQUALIFIED.
VETERANS PREFERENCE DOES NOT APPLY TO THE SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE.
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
1. Resume: In addition to your written statements fully addressing the Mandatory Technical Qualifications (MTQs), Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs), and other qualifications as applicable, submit a resume to describe your qualifications. It should include: full name, mailing address, and day and evening telephone numbers and email addresses. Educational information, including the name, city and state of the colleges or universities you attended, as well as the type and year of any degrees received. Information about your paid and non-paid work experience related to the position including:
Job title (including series and grade, if Federal job)
Duties and accomplishments
Employer's name and address
Supervisor's name and telephone number (indicate if we may contact your current supervisor)
Starting and ending dates of employment (month/year)
Hours per week
Annual salary
Information about honors, awards, and special accomplishments
Country of citizenship
2. OPM-Certified SES Candidate Development Program graduates: Provide proof of OPM Qualifications Review Board certification.
3. Written statements fully addressing each of the Mandatory Technical Qualifications (MTQs).
4. Written statements fully addressing each of the Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs). Current or former Career SES employees, or OPM/QRB Candidate Development Program (CDP) candidates are not required to address the ECQs, but MUST address the MTQs.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED DOCUMENTS:
1. SF-50, Notification of Personnel Action (indicating highest grade level held, tenure group, promotion potential and salary. Reinstatement eligibles should submit their SF-50 documenting their career appointment to SES if applying for noncompetitive consideration).
2. Most Recent Performance Appraisal (Current federal service employees: If performance appraisal is not dated within the last year or if you are unable to provide a performance appraisal, an explanation why must be provided).
Current or Former Political Appointees: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last five (5) years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Noncareer SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information on your resume and to the Human Resources Office.
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
Applicants must submit all the required information. Please follow the instructions listed for submitting your complete application package. Application procedures are specific to this vacancy announcement. Please read all instructions before you begin. To begin the process, click the APPLY button at the right side of this screen to create an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account. Follow the prompts to complete the occupational questionnaire. Please ensure you click the SUBMIT MY ANSWERS button at the end of the process. If you have never applied through USA Jobs for a position with the Federal Civil Service, you will need to create a USA Jobs account. To change or update your application, simply reapply through My USAJOBS, before the closing date. New or updated resumes are considered "incomplete" applications until the required virus scan is cleared. To check the status of your application, log into your USAJOBS account USA Jobs Account Login, select Application Status and click on the more information link under the application status for this position. It is your responsibility to verify that information entered, uploaded, and sent is received and is accurate. Your complete application package (including required documents) must be received no later than 11:59 PM Eastern Standard on 03/21/2022.
Office of the Chief Information Officer
451 7th Street SW
Washington, DC 20410
US
Next steps
You will receive notification that your application has been received. Applicants who meet the mandatory requirements for their MTQ's and ECQ's will be considered qualified for this position. Rating and ranking to determine the "Best Qualified" will be conducted by a panel of experts and will be based upon consideration of the degree to which applicants meet the mandatory requirements as described in the vacancy announcement. Interviews and qualifications inquiries may be required. Once the selectee accepts a tentative job offer, the selectee's application will be forwarded to the OPM Qualification Review Board (QRB) where the selectee's ECQs must be reviewed and approved as a prerequisite to the official job offer (unless the selectee is a current career SES member, SES reinstatement eligible, or is an OPM-certified graduate of a Senior Executive Service Candidate Development Program). Upon receipt of OPM's QRB approval, all applicants will be notified of the outcome. To check the status of your application for this position, please follow these steps:
Login to your USAJOBS account, select the "Applications" tab section and click on the vacancy that you have already applied to.
Please notify us if your contact information changes after the closing date of the announcement. Also, note that if you provide an email address that is inaccurate or if your mailbox is full or blocked (e.g., spam-blocker), you may not receive important communication that could affect your consideration for this position.
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
1. Resume: In addition to your written statements fully addressing the Mandatory Technical Qualifications (MTQs), Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs), and other qualifications as applicable, submit a resume to describe your qualifications. It should include: full name, mailing address, and day and evening telephone numbers and email addresses. Educational information, including the name, city and state of the colleges or universities you attended, as well as the type and year of any degrees received. Information about your paid and non-paid work experience related to the position including:
Job title (including series and grade, if Federal job)
Duties and accomplishments
Employer's name and address
Supervisor's name and telephone number (indicate if we may contact your current supervisor)
Starting and ending dates of employment (month/year)
Hours per week
Annual salary
Information about honors, awards, and special accomplishments
Country of citizenship
2. OPM-Certified SES Candidate Development Program graduates: Provide proof of OPM Qualifications Review Board certification.
3. Written statements fully addressing each of the Mandatory Technical Qualifications (MTQs).
4. Written statements fully addressing each of the Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs). Current or former Career SES employees, or OPM/QRB Candidate Development Program (CDP) candidates are not required to address the ECQs, but MUST address the MTQs.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED DOCUMENTS:
1. SF-50, Notification of Personnel Action (indicating highest grade level held, tenure group, promotion potential and salary. Reinstatement eligibles should submit their SF-50 documenting their career appointment to SES if applying for noncompetitive consideration).
2. Most Recent Performance Appraisal (Current federal service employees: If performance appraisal is not dated within the last year or if you are unable to provide a performance appraisal, an explanation why must be provided).
Current or Former Political Appointees: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last five (5) years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Noncareer SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information on your resume and to the Human Resources Office.
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
Applicants must submit all the required information. Please follow the instructions listed for submitting your complete application package. Application procedures are specific to this vacancy announcement. Please read all instructions before you begin. To begin the process, click the APPLY button at the right side of this screen to create an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account. Follow the prompts to complete the occupational questionnaire. Please ensure you click the SUBMIT MY ANSWERS button at the end of the process. If you have never applied through USA Jobs for a position with the Federal Civil Service, you will need to create a USA Jobs account. To change or update your application, simply reapply through My USAJOBS, before the closing date. New or updated resumes are considered "incomplete" applications until the required virus scan is cleared. To check the status of your application, log into your USAJOBS account USA Jobs Account Login, select Application Status and click on the more information link under the application status for this position. It is your responsibility to verify that information entered, uploaded, and sent is received and is accurate. Your complete application package (including required documents) must be received no later than 11:59 PM Eastern Standard on 03/21/2022.
Office of the Chief Information Officer
451 7th Street SW
Washington, DC 20410
US
Next steps
You will receive notification that your application has been received. Applicants who meet the mandatory requirements for their MTQ's and ECQ's will be considered qualified for this position. Rating and ranking to determine the "Best Qualified" will be conducted by a panel of experts and will be based upon consideration of the degree to which applicants meet the mandatory requirements as described in the vacancy announcement. Interviews and qualifications inquiries may be required. Once the selectee accepts a tentative job offer, the selectee's application will be forwarded to the OPM Qualification Review Board (QRB) where the selectee's ECQs must be reviewed and approved as a prerequisite to the official job offer (unless the selectee is a current career SES member, SES reinstatement eligible, or is an OPM-certified graduate of a Senior Executive Service Candidate Development Program). Upon receipt of OPM's QRB approval, all applicants will be notified of the outcome. To check the status of your application for this position, please follow these steps:
Login to your USAJOBS account, select the "Applications" tab section and click on the vacancy that you have already applied to.
Please notify us if your contact information changes after the closing date of the announcement. Also, note that if you provide an email address that is inaccurate or if your mailbox is full or blocked (e.g., spam-blocker), you may not receive important communication that could affect your consideration for this position.
Fair and transparent
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
