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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.

Minimum Qualification Requirements

You may meet the minimum qualifications for the GS-15, if you possess the specialized experience.
Specialized Experience for the GS-15

One year of experience in either federal or non-federal service that is equivalent to at least a GS-14 performing two (2) out of three (3) of the following duties or work assignments:

1. Experience in successfully leading initiatives or large-scale operations that continuously monitor, analyze, and manage full-lifecycle IT procurement operations and make authoritative recommendations for organizational process improvements or innovations.  

2. Experience as a senior-level Contracting Officer Representative, independently managing national/Enterprise-level technology asset portfolios and technology acquisitions lifecycle processes in large, complex Federal Agencies or corporations equivalents.  

3. Experience as a software asset manager, conducting, managing, and/or directing financial analyses, and financial planning, programming, budgeting, and funds execution of IT Programs and/or software asset portfolios in large, complex Federal Agencies or corporations equivalents.      

Basic Experience Requirements
You must possess IT related experience (paid or unpaid experience and/or completion of specific, intensive training (e.g., IT certification), as appropriate) demonstrating each of the four competencies listed below.
1.    Attention to Detail - Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail.
2.    Customer Service - Works with clients and customers (i.e., any individuals who use or receive the services or products that your work unit produces, including the general public, individuals who work in the agency, other agencies, or organizations outside the Government) to assess their needs, provide information or assistance, resolve their problems, or satisfy their expectations; knows about available products and services; is committed to providing quality products and services.
3.    Oral Communication - Expresses information (e.g., ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (e.g., technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.
4.    Problem Solving - Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs)
The quality of your experience will be measured by the extent to which you possess the following knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs). You do not need to provide separate narrative responses to these KSAs, as they will be measured by your responses to the occupational questionnaire (you may preview the occupational questionnaire by clicking the link at the end of the Evaluations section of this vacancy announcement).
1.    Ability to apply operational, hands‑on expertise to manage the full‑lifecycle activities associated with software and technology asset portfolios for large, complex Federal or State agencies or private‑sector organizations, as demonstrated by success in performing these responsibilities in comparable environments. 
2.   Skill in leading  initiatives and large scale operational efforts  that continuously monitor and analyze software asset management and/or technology procurement functions , develop  authoritative recommendations for improvement, and carry out implementation activities to achieve measurable enhancements.
3.   Skill in leading teams  that include a wide range of stakeholders  to  reengineer, integrate, standardize, or newly devise  technology and software asset management and technology acquisition processes  that optimize organizational performance, strengthen technology stacks, and generate cost savings  
4.   Ability to work within the Federal Government or as a private sector contractor supporting acquisition teams managing full lifecycle software acquisition processes and leading collaborative teams to improve acquisition processes and outcomes.  
5.  Skill in conducting and managing IT strategic and operational planning efforts in large, complex Federal/State agencies or private sector firms,  effectively coperational plans. 

Education cannot be substituted for experience for this position and grade level.