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All U.S. Citizens and ICTAP eligibles.

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RELOCATION STATEMENT: If you are a current promotion eligible NCUA employee, your relocation expenses may be authorized in accordance with NCUA's relocation policies if you are moving from a state NOT in the Southern Region states listed below, to a duty station near a major airport in a Southern Region state listed below. Relocation to a contiguous state is excluded.

DUTY STATION STATEMENT: Location is negotiable within commuting distance of a major airport within the continental Southern Region. For NCUA employees currently residing near a major airport in one of the states listed below, your duty station will not change.

For NCUA employees not residing near a major airport in one of the states listed below, relocation and duty station may be negotiable to a location near a major airport. The agency will only approve a relocation to duty stations where there is a clear improved efficiency due to the reduction in travel costs and travel time that result in a cost savings for the agency.

Southern Region states are Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas.

As a Credit Union Examiner (Regional Information Systems Officer), the selectee will be responsible for:

• Identifying potential risks and emerging issues in Information Technology (IT) activities, such as risk management, logical and physical access controls, internal controls, operational controls, network infrastructure security, telecommunication security, application security, member data integrity, confidentiality and availability, business continuity planning and security response, vendor oversight, and recommending appropriate solutions to resolve cyber security issues;
• Directing, coordinating, and conducting onsite IT examinations of the most complex credit unions, or credit unions with severe cybersecurity issues;
• Developing, supporting, implementing and monitoring IT examination activities as they relate to credit unions and providing technical support to the region on IT related matters;
• Serving as the region's technical expert for IT examination issues and providing timely input on IT regulatory issues;
• Advising regional management and staff on current and future technology trends relating to IT, including Electronic Financial Services (EFS);
• Representing the region at meetings and conferences involving IT related issues; and
• Training others on the job, in a classroom or on a conference call.

Conditions of employment

• You must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Suitable adjudication of background/security investigation is required.
• A probationary/trial period may be required.
• A financial disclosure is required.

Qualifications

You must have one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level in federal service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled.

To qualify at the CU-13 level, you must have one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the CU/GS-12 level in the federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience must include the following activities: 1) performing examinations and audits of financial institutions; 2) conducting information technology related training on system use and best practices; 3) identifying potential risks in information systems and cybersecurity; 4) assessing risk management for information systems and cybersecurity; and 5) obtaining management commitments to implement corrective actions.

To qualify at the CU-14 level, you must have one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the CU/GS-13 level in the federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience must include the following activities: 1) performing examinations and audits of financial institutions; 2) auditing, assessing, developing or overseeing electronic service and information systems or controls and cybersecurity, including network architecture, components and configurations; 3) developing and communicating complex technical information solutions both orally and in writing; 4) reviewing and assessing independent auditors' reports, vulnerability scanning, patch management procedures and documentation, penetration testing, compliance audits and other IT reports; and 5) serving as an advisor, at the national level, regarding policies and emerging IT related trends, risks, and threats.You must meet all qualification and eligibility requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

YOUR RESUME MUST provide specific details as to how your experience meets the specialized experience as described in the vacancy announcement. Please ensure that your resume includes the month and year that you began and ended for each position held or that position will not be credited toward meeting the specialized experience requirement. Full-time employment will be assumed unless otherwise stated on your resume. Part-time employment will be prorated in crediting experience. Failure to provide details will result in an ineligible rating. Your latest resume submitted for this vacancy announcement will be used to determine qualifications and supersedes previous submissions.

YOUR RESUME MUST support your responses to the online questionnaire. A review of your resume and supporting documentation will be made and compared against your responses to the assessment questionnaire to determine if you are qualified for this job. If a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and or experience, your score may be lowered or you may lose consideration for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully; errors or omissions may affect your rating.

You must meet the qualifications for this position by the closing date of this announcement.

How you will be evaluated

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

For Category Rating: Once the application process is complete, a review of your resume and supporting documentation will be made and compared against your responses to the assessment questionnaire to determine if you are qualified for this job. If, after reviewing your resume and or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and or experience, you may lose consideration for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your eligibility. Qualified candidates will be assigned to a quality category. The category assignment is a measure of the degree to which your background matches the competencies required for this position.

Your application package will be reviewed for completeness (resume, completed assessment questionnaire, and supporting documentation). You will not be considered if you fail to submit all the required documents as outlined in this vacancy announcement.

If you meet the qualification requirements, your application will be placed in one of three categories:
Best Qualified - Applicants possessing experience that substantially exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position.
Well Qualified - Applicants possessing experience that exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position.
Qualified - Applicants possessing experience that meets the minimum qualifications of the position.

The self-assessment questions have been developed to evaluate your competency in the following areas:
Compliance, Information Technology Architecture, Oral Communication, Risk Management, and Written Communication

Reference Checks: Reference checks will need to be conducted before an offer of employment for the top candidate(s) for this position. The reference checks will need to be conducted with current and former supervisors, if applicable, as a part of NCUA's selection assessment process.

Application of Veterans' Preference: The category rating process does not add veterans' preference points but protects the rights of veterans by placing them ahead of non-preference eligibles within each category. Preference eligibles who meet the minimum qualification requirements and who have a compensable service-connected disability of at least 10% must be listed in the highest quality category (except in the case of scientific or professional positions at the CU-09 level or higher).

If you are found to be among the top qualified candidates, your application will be referred to the selecting official for employment consideration. To preview the application questionnaire, please click here: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/11619039

Overstating your qualifications and/or experience in your application materials or application questionnaire may result in your removal from consideration. Cheating on the online assessment may also result in your removal from consideration.