IT Software Engineer

Office of Personnel Management; United States; On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Office of Personnel Management seeks a highly skilled IT leader for the 2210 IT Management role. The position requires one year of specialized experience, proficiency in security-focused, scalable solutions, and the ability to brief engineers and senior leaders on tradeoffs.

The incumbent will work with multiple agencies to deliver mission-critical systems, ensuring compliance with competency-based standards and effective information management.

Qualifications

• Meet or exceed all required general competencies at the minimum proficiency level for the GS-14 grade.
• Demonstrate required technical competencies and specialized experience as outlined.
• Specialized experience includes solving problems with secure, scalable solutions and communicating technical ideas to diverse audiences.

Responsibilities

• Diagnose and address complex IT issues to maintain secure, scalable systems.
• Collaborate with engineers, product teams, and leadership to communicate tradeoffs.
• Plan, build, deploy, and maintain reliable technical solutions aligned to mission needs.

Skills

Attention to Detail

Customer Service

Decision Making

Information Management

Interpersonal Skills

Oral Communication

Problem Solving

Teamwork

Technical Competency

Job description

The US Tech Force is an elite corps advancing federal technology. Backed by the White House, it deploys top Super Intelligence (SI) and engineering talent across government. GSA, SSA, OPM, State, Treasury, and HHS are among the participating agencies seeking innovators ready to tackle critical national challenges.

This announcement will close at 11:59 PM (ET) on 10/23/2026. Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date.

Minimum Qualification Requirement

Under the updated Competency-Based Qualification Standard for the IT Management Series (2210), applicants must: Meet or exceed all required general competencies at the minimum proficiency level for the GS-14 grade, Meet or exceed all required technical competencies established for this announcement for the GS-14 grade, and Demonstrate you have the required specialized experience for the position. You may be considered ineligible and removed from further consideration for the position, if you fail to meet any of the criteria above.

Required General Competencies

• Attention to Detail: Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail.
• Customer Service: Works with clients and customers (that is, 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.
• Decision Making: Makes sound, well-informed, and objective decisions; perceives the impact and implications of decisions; commits to action, even in uncertain situations, to accomplish organizational goals; causes change.
• Information Management: Identifies a need for and knows where or how to gather information; organizes and maintains information or information management systems.
• Interpersonal Skills: Shows understanding, friendliness, courtesy, tact, empathy, concern, and politeness to others; develops and maintains effective relationships with others; may include effectively dealing with individuals who are difficult, hostile, or distressed; relates well to people from varied backgrounds and different situations.
• Oral Communication: Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.
• Problem Solving: Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations.
• Teamwork: Encourages and facilitates cooperation, pride, trust, and group identity; fosters commitment and team spirit; works with others to achieve goals.
• Technical Competency: Uses knowledge that is acquired through formal training or on-the-job experience to perform one's job; works with, understands, and evaluates technical information related to the job; advises others on technical issues.

Required Technical Competencies

• General Programming and Algorithms
• Debugging and Troubleshooting
• Requirement Understanding and Implementation
• Performance Optimization and Scalability

Specialized Experience

You must demonstrate the competencies required to successfully perform the duties of the position. These competencies are normally attained through one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level of the position being filled but may be obtained through other means. Experience may be paid or unpaid (internships, volunteerism). Experience must be validated through the assessment process, consistent with OPM's skills-based hiring policy. Qualifying specialized experience includes: Solving problems with secure, scalable solutions, such as diagnosing issues (e.g., bugs, performance, integration), improving reliability, or building with security in mind (e.g., authentication/authorization, data protection) so systems can handle growth. Explaining technical ideas, such as sharing updates and tradeoffs with different audiences (e.g., engineers, product partners, and senior leaders) through briefings, reports, or documentation. Leading software efforts, such as designing, building, deploying, or maintaining reliable technical solutions that address user or mission requirements. Specialized experience must show demonstrable competencies aligned to the position's job analysis and the IT-2210 standard.

Reasonable Accommodation (RA) Requests

If you believe you have a disability (i.e., physical or mental), covered by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended that would interfere with completing online assessments, you will be granted the opportunity