About this role
Job SummaryAbout the Position: You will serve as the Senior Information Technology (IT) Advisor for Military Health System/Chief Information Officer (MHS/CIO) located in the Defense Health Agency (DHA) in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of War for Health Affairs (OASW(HA)). Position may be filled at Falls Church, VA, San Antonio, TX OR Charleston, SC. This is not a virtual/remote position. You must live within or be willing to relocate within a commutable distance of one of the above duty locations.
QualificationsWho May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. Current Civilian Employees of the Defense Health Agency (DHA) Current Permanent Department of War (DoW) Civilian Employee To meet the minimum qualification requirements for this position, you must show that you possess the Mandatory Technical Qualifications, and other qualifications, if applicable, listed below. 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. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. To meet the minimum qualification requirements for this position, you must show that you possess the Mandatory Technical Qualifications (MTQs) within your resume. Your resume must be no more than 2-pages using no less than 10-point font with no less than 1-inch margins all around to describe your qualifications. If you submit a resume that exceeds the two-page limit and/or does not meet the margin or font limitations stated herein, you will immediately be deemed ineligible for this position and will receive no further consideration. Your resume should include examples of experience, education, and accomplishments applicable to the qualification(s). If your resume does not reflect demonstrated evidence of these qualifications, you may not receive consideration for the position. Do NOT submit a separate narrative specifically addressing the Mandatory Technical Qualifications (MTQs). MANDATORY TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS (MTQs): Your resume should demonstrate accomplishments that would satisfy mandatory technical qualifications. TQ 1. In-depth knowledge and experience advising senior technology leaders and/or DoW or commercial healthcare CIOs on successful, full lifecycle technical implementations in direct support of MHS IT projects and major IT programs. TQ 2. Demonstrated ability in advising on deployment of secure networking solutions at the enterprise level that may reduce cyber security threats, fill cyber capability gaps, and manage Zero Trust architecture and offensive/defensive cyber operations. All qualifications and education (if applicable) must be met by the closing date of this announcement and clearly documented in your resume.
Major DutiesServe as Subject Matter Expert (SME) on engineering solutions delivered to the Military Health System (MHS) enterprise and the DHA Chief Information Security Officer to advise on the Agency’s Cyber Security Program.Advise MHS CIO, other DHA and MHS senior officials on technical and engineering strategy, business operations, cyber security strategy, and architecture of DHA IT infrastructure, networks, and platforms.Provide strategic guidance and expert advice for enterprise IT solutions aligning with Departmental policies and adhering to industry’s best practices.Serve as an SME resource to DHA IT infrastructure architecture designers, engineers, and testers of solutions that support medical systems.Advise on the detailed analysis of existing network, platform, and computing infrastructure and recommend actionable design changes and cybersecurity enhancements and protections to optimize networking and computing infrastructure.Advise on the safeguarding, and the information security posture on protection of the cyber infrastructure of forward deployed sites, and the associated IT, network, and computing infrastructure required to securely operate them.Provide expert technical advice on research, development, and evaluation of advanced cyber defense technologies supporting the DHA, DoW, and national security missions.Advise on new technologies and offer recommendations for their applicability or integration with existing architecture.Align and partner with project management personnel and solutions architect to identify potential roadblocks and propose plans to overcome them.Advise leadership on policy issues or action cases that involve the identification, evaluation, selection, application, and technical insertion of new, emerging, and existing IT infrastructure supporting healthcare and administrative functions.Advise on cyber security, information security requirements and risks and security requirements specific to an IT system throughout the phases of the system life cycle.Advise on IT cybersecurity strategies, policies, controls, and procedures to protect DHA data, systems and infrastructure from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, and destruction.Advise on information security protections commensurate with risk and magnitude of the harm resulting from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction of information collected or maintained by on behalf of DHA.Advise on engineering, development, planning, and configuration management of IM/IT infrastructure, networks, and platforms.Offer actionable recommendations on changes to policies, short- and long-range IT planning and associated processes for achieving IT reform and infrastructure efficiencies.