IT Specialist (SYS ANALYSIS)

Centers-For-Medicare-and-Medicaid-Services; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) seeks an IT Specialist (SYS ANALYSIS) GS-14 to oversee Medicaid and CHIP IT systems, ensuring compliance, modernization, certification, and security. You will lead project management, coordinate stakeholders, and provide policy guidance.

Qualified candidates will have at least one year of specialized experience at GS-13 level in large-scale enterprise implementations, communication with executives, and guidance in regulated environments.

Qualifications

• Attention to Detail: thorough, detail-oriented performance.
• Customer Service: work with clients and stakeholders to assess needs and provide information.
• Oral Communication: clear, effective verbal communication for diverse audiences.
• Problem Solving: identify problems, evaluate alternatives, and make recommendations.
• One year of specialized experience at GS-13 level in large-scale enterprise system implementations, leadership, and regulated environments.

Responsibilities

• Oversee large-scale enterprise system implementations and assess risks.
• Communicate technical challenges and tradeoffs to executive leadership.
• Provide guidance within regulated environments to ensure policy compliance and funding considerations.
• Coordinate stakeholder needs and manage project guidance across CMS IT programs.

Skills

Attention to Detail

Customer Service

Oral Communication

Problem Solving

Job description

This position is located in the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services (CMCS).

As an IT Specialist (SYS ANALYSIS), GS-2210-14, you will oversee Medicaid and CHIP IT systems, ensuring compliance, modernization, certification, and security while leading project management, stakeholder coordination, technical guidance, and policy analysis.

ALL QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS MUST BE MET BY THE CLOSING DATE OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.

Your resume (limited to no more than 2 pages) must include detailed information as it relates to the responsibilities and specialized experience for this position. Evidence of copying and pasting directly from the vacancy announcement without clearly documenting supplemental information to describe your experience will result in an ineligible rating. This will prevent you from being considered further.

You must have IT-related experience demonstrating each of the four competencies listed below:

• Attention to Detail - Is thorough when performing work and conscientiously attends to detail.
• Customer Service - Works with clients and customers (that is, any individual who uses or receives the services or products that your work or 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; and is committed to providing quality products and services.
• 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.

In order to qualify for the GS-14

You must demonstrate in your resume at least one year (52 weeks) of qualifying specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal government, obtained in either the private or public sector, to include:

• Overseeing large-scale, multifaceted enterprise system implementations, assessing strategies and roadmaps, identifying risks and issues, and recommending funding and contract approvals;
• Communicating technical challenges, tradeoffs, and realities independently to executive-level leadership and diverse stakeholders to support informed decision-making and successful project outcomes;
• Providing technical assistance and strategic guidance within regulated environments (e.g., healthcare, financial, or federal systems) to ensure compliance with applicable policies, standards, and requirements.

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.