IT Spec (PLCPLN) "Contract Off Rep", GS-2210-15 FPL 15 (Term Appt NTE 2 Years) (Direct Hire)

This position is in the U.S. Department of Education (ED), Federal Student Aid (FSA). FSA is modernizing the systems that serve over 17 million students and power more than $120 billion in financial aid each year. We are building a team of IT professionals to strengthen the technical foundation of one of the federal government's highest-impact digital ecosystems.

APPLICATION LIMIT: This vacancy announcement is limited to the first 200 applications received and will close at 11:59PM Eastern Time on the day that we receive the 200th application, or at 11:59PM Eastern Time on the listed closing date, whichever occurs first. We encourage you to read this entire vacancy announcement prior to submitting your application. As a IT Spec (PLCPLN) "Contract Off Rep", GS-2210-15, you will be responsible for: • Leading FSA's nationwide software procurement and asset management efforts throughout the full acquisition lifecycle. Plans, organizes, and manages FSA's software/technology asset procurement activities in accordance with legal, regulatory, and policy requirements. • Employing a wide range of analytic and research methods to provide FSA stakeholders and senior leadership with authoritative, data-driven recommendations and expert technical advice regarding FSA's IT ecosystem, management of its technology procurement and asset management efforts, and also commercial/industry best-practices and standards related to software asset management and software procurements. • Establishing and independently leading enterprise-level collaborations and Divisional work teams tasked to standardize, simplify, reengineer, and/or integrate FSA's software/technology asset management operations and/or technology procurement processes. Develops new, or improves existing FSA-wide systems, processes, procedures, and methods of managing and governing FSAs technology asset portfolio, leveraging emerging technologies, optimizing acquisition processes, and achieving cost savings. • Serving in the role of Senior software procurement COR, responsible for managing the full software asset acquisition and management lifecycle, including development of procurement strategies and acquisition packages, and conducting proposal/vendor analyses. Leads collaborations across FSA's business, technology, legal, and acquisitions stakeholder communities to ensure customer software needs are met. • Providing authoritative data and recommending to FSA senior leadership regarding the long-range strategic vision and near-term operational plans for the FSA software/technology portfolio and supporting management/governance structure. Prepares deliverables that easily communicate comprehensive strategic and operational plans, performance metrics, and. financial analyses to wide variety of technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Condition of Employment: As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you may be required to serve a probationary period or trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: • your performance and conduct; • the needs and interests of the agency; • whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and • whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Upon completion of your probationary period OR trial period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest. You must meet all qualification requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this vacancy announcement. 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. We will consider all qualifying experience, including any volunteer experience.