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Summary The Intelligence Community (IC) Chief Information Office (CIO) is responsible for advancing the Intelligence Community's mission by driving secure collaboration, integration, and information sharing; identifying and addressing information enterprise risks; and providing strategic leadership and oversight of the IC's enterprise architecture and enterprise information technology. Responsibilities The Architecture Development Specialist (ADS) will support the development of the Intelligence Community's information technology (IT) architecture and management of its technical and infrastructure solutions in support of the IC's information environment (IE). These solutions will enable the IC's future-state mission capabilities, and drive integrated, secure, resilient, and reliable IT across the IC'S IE. Areas of focus will include developing IT architecture to enable an integrated multiple cloud environment, mutually supportive cybersecurity solutions, including the adoption of zero trust principles, and cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence. The ADS will support the Chief, Architecture Development Division's leadership, facilitation, analysis and design of tasks required for evolving and maintaining the IC's IT infrastructure architecture. The ADS will develop guidance for the IC, such as standards, guidelines, and configurations to evolve the IC's technical infrastructure and enable mission success. The Architecture and Integration Group (AIG) plans, organizes, coordinates, directs, and implements EA, systems engineering, and compliance and integration practices to foster a secure, interoperable, accessible, and effective IC IE. Through understanding and interpretation of complex IT investments, AIG helps stakeholders identify current and future enterprise IT needs, detect critical gaps to inform future planning, and ensure IC IT architecture compliance. In addition, AIG helps drive information sharing with international partners. Analyze mission needs to derive the future-state IT architecture. Analysis will consider requirements, principles and models that guide technology decisions for the IC. Analyze the IC's current technology environment to detect critical deficiencies, legacy and technical debt, and recommend solutions for improvement. In addition, analyze technology industry and market trends to determine their potential impact on the IC IE architecture. Collaborate with technical subject matter experts and IC peers to evolve the IT architecture to enable and drive new mission capabilities and operating models. Leverage innovative technologies and approaches to renovate, extend and transform the existing core technology base and IT estate. Develop and implement high-level migration plans to address the gaps between the future and current state of the IT architecture as part of the IC's budget planning and execution processes. Develop and implement technology change to deliver mission outcomes, leveraging subject matter experts from across the IC. Execute technology implementation and modification activities (e.g., projects and products), particularly for new or shared infrastructure solutions. Provide subject matter expertise on infrastructure development projects to harmonize systems or infrastructure with the IC's IT architecture and make recommendations to modify the architecture to accommodate immediate or future mission needs. Develop IC IT architecture design and analysis documents. Provide leadership and/or oversight to complex IT projects or programs that may include ill-defined requirements, ambiguity, parallel tasks, multiple dependencies, high risks, and multiple interfaces; ensure alignment with strategic or corporate objectives; lead the definition and review of customer and stakeholder requirements; ensure plans and schedules are developed and followed throughout the life of the project. Requirements Conditions of Employment Must be a current permanent ODNI employee. OR Must be a current permanent Federal employee Must have supervisory approval to apply to the Joint Duty Assignment. Must be currently at the grade level of the detail. No Temporary Promotion Opportunity The program does not apply to members of the Military service or contractors. Qualifications Superior leadership skills. Superior problem solving and troubleshooting skills in a technical context. Expert understanding of technology trends and the practical application of existing, new and emerging technologies. Expert knowledge of IT standards and controls. Expert understanding of information principles and processes. Expert understanding of network and security architecture. Expert academic background/professional knowledge of theories, concepts, principles, and methodologies of an engineering or technology architectural discipline sufficient to prepare, provide, and evaluate conventional plans, designs, design specifications, and related documentation. Expert program management, analytic, and critical thinking skills, including the ability to conduct program and management assessments, identify needs and requirements, and develop non-linear process improvement recommendations for implementation across the IC. Superior facilitation and negotiation skills, including the ability to prepare unbiased system assessments, recommendations, and plans when analytic views differ among organizations. Superior oral and written communication skills, including an expert ability to lead, plan, and direct major acquisition programs and communicate effectively with people at all levels and from different organization cultures. Expert organizational and interpersonal skills and a superior ability to plan and lead negotiations, consensus building, and effective teams/collaborative environments. Superior ability to lead the development of consensus recommendations and to solicit input from colleagues and peers; proven ability to remain open-minded and change opinions on the basis of new information and requirements. Education Bachelor's degree Additional Information Job Interview Travel: Candidates from outside the Washington, D.C. area may be selected for a telephone, teleconference, or in-person interview. Salary Determination: A current Federal Government employee, selected for a detail, will be assigned to the position at their current grade and salary. Other Information REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES: The ODNI provides reasonable accommodations to otherwise qualified applicants with disabilities. IF YOU NEED A REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the Reasonable Accommodation Office Representative by classified email at DNIDiversityWMA@cia.ic.gov, by unclassified email at DNI_DRA@dni.gov, by telephone at 703-275-3900 or by FAX at 703-275-1217. Your request for reasonable accommodation will be addressed on a case-by-case basis. PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION TO THE EEOD EMAIL ADDRESS. THIS EMAIL IS FOR REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS ONLY. The ODNI is an equal opportunity employer and abides by applicable employment laws and regulations.