Clarification from the agency

This announcement is open to current employees of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts only.

The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AO), Systems Development and Support Office (SDSO), Cloud Application Division (CAD) is seeking an Information Technology Specialist (Cloud Architect).

The ideal candidate has a broad range of skills, including development expertise in multiple languages and platforms, experience architecting solutions utilizing software-as-a-service applications, and experience in DevOps or DevSecOps in Gitlab or similar tools. The ideal candidate also has exceptional communication skills, both oral and written, for a widely experienced user base. As the AO matures in its cloud implementation, CAD will rely heavily on the incumbent for their expertise and guidance. The incumbent will also work on projects that are highly visible and important.

Duties of the position include, but are not limited to:

1. Defining, implementing, documenting, and building governance for the new Power Platform architecture for the Judiciary.
2. Defining a sustainable support model to allow internal and external developer communities to take advantage of developing in the Power Platform environments, while teaching them to independently support local applications for local use while using nationally shared resources.
3. Supporting and insuring SDSO's standardized change management process is applied and used division wide.
4. Assessing and meeting the security standards of each application as defined by the IT Security Office.
5. Defining, implementing, documenting, and maintaining the solutions architecture roadmap, designs, procedures, standards, and metrics; and ensuring compliance and conformity of software architecture and technology standards.
6. Defining, implementing, documenting, and maintaining the system architecture design framework, software design and development, IT security, and performance testing platforms.
7. Continually improving the solutions architecture process or code development efficiency through effective leadership, individual and group training, and process improvement.
8. Working closely with other architects to ensure system design follows the industry best practices and standards that align with the Judiciary framework.
9. Providing regular status updates through meetings, reports, dashboards, and presentations to court customers, stakeholders, and senior management.

Conditions of employment

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

1. All information is subject to verification. Applicants are advised that false answers or omissions of information on application materials or inability to meet the following conditions may be grounds for non-selection, withdrawal of an offer of employment, or dismissal after being employed.
2. Selection for this position is contingent upon completion of OF-306, Declaration of Federal Employment during the pre-employment process and proof of U.S. citizenship for competitive status positions or conversion to a competitive status position with the AO. If non-citizens are considered for hire into a temporary or any other position with non-competitive status or when it is confirmed by the AO Human Resources Office there are no qualified U.S. citizens for a competitive status position (unless prohibited by a law or statue), non-citizens must provide proof of authorization to work in the U.S. and proof of entitlement to receive compensation. Additional information on the employment of non-citizens can be found at USAJOBS Help Center | Employment of non-citizens/. For a list of documents that may be used to provide proof of citizenship or authorization to work in the United States, please refer to Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification.
3. All new AO employees will be required to complete an FBI fingerprint-based national criminal database and records check and pass a public trust suitability check.
4. New employees to the AO will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights/responsibilities, visit https://www.e-verify.gov/.
5. All new AO employees are required to identify a financial institution for direct deposit of pay before appointment.
6. You will be required to serve a trial period if selected for a first-time appointment to the Federal government, transferring from another Federal agency, or serving as a first-time supervisor. Failure to successfully complete the trial period may result in termination of employment.
7. If appointed to a temporary position, management may have the discretion of converting the position to permanent depending upon funding and staffing allocation.

Qualifications

Applicants must have demonstrated experience as listed below. This requirement is according to the AO Classification, Compensation, and Recruitment Systems which include interpretive guidance and reference to the OPM Operating Manual for Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions.

How you will be evaluated

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

We will review your resume and supporting documentation and compare this information to your responses on the occupational questionnaire to determine if you meet the minimum qualifications for this job. If you meet the minimum qualifications for this job, we will evaluate your application package, to assess the quality, depth, and complexity of your accomplishments, experience, and education as they relate to the requirements listed in this vacancy announcement.

You should be aware that your ratings are subject to evaluation and verification. If a determination is made that you have rated yourself higher than is supported by your resume and/or narrative responses, you will be assigned a rating commensurate to your described experience. Failure to submit the mandatory narrative responses will result in not receiving full consideration and/or rating credit. Deliberate attempts to falsify information may be grounds for not selecting you, withdrawing an offer of employment, or dismissal after being employed.