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Supervisory IT Specialist (Security)
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · Woodlawn, Maryland · Closes in 2 days

1 Check you can apply
2 Resume and documents
3 Apply on USAJOBS
4 After you apply

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1 Check you can apply You are here

Who can apply: Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL), The public.

This job is open to U.S. citizens and nationals only. It is advertised under direct hire authority and open to the public.

Experience: You need at least 1 year (52 weeks) of specialized experience at the GS-14 level in the federal government, from private or public sector work. That experience must include managing hybrid cloud operations across providers like Azure, Google Cloud, AWS, or Oracle; ensuring IT security policy compliance; and leading IT staff. You also must show IT-related experience in attention to detail, customer service, oral communication, and problem solving.

Education: This job does not have an education requirement. Your work experience is what qualifies you.

Experience can be paid or unpaid, volunteer work included: if it matches the duties, it counts. The full rules are in the announcement.

2 Resume and documents

Write a federal resume for this job. For each job you held, give the month and year you started and ended, your hours per week and what you did, using the words of the experience the announcement asks for. Many announcements accept resumes of up to 2 pages: check this one.

Resume ready: dates, hours per week, duties Resume of 2 pages or less showing citizenship Selective Service registration status for males born after December 31, 1959 For each job: title, employer name and address, supervisor name and phone number, salary, and specific duties For each job: start and end dates (mm/yyyy) and hours worked per week For federal jobs: series and grade level Education details on resume, if you list any CMS required documents, such as SF-50, DD-214, or SF-15, if they apply to you RPL or career transition documents, if you apply under those programs

3 Apply on USAJOBS

Closes in 2 days (November 5, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).

You sign in to USAJOBS with a Login.gov account, answer the questionnaire and upload your documents, then you submit. Answer the questionnaire honestly: your resume must show what you claim.

How they rate you: You are rated on your resume, application questionnaire, and a required USA Hire online assessment with a minimum cut score; a subject matter expert helps review resumes. Overstating your experience or cheating on the assessment can get you removed from consideration.

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4 After you apply

In USAJOBS, under Applications, you can see where your application stands: received, reviewed, referred to the hiring manager or not, then selected or not. It can take a few weeks.

For the interview, prepare three examples with the STAR method: the Situation, the Task, what you did (Action) and the Result.

If they choose you: a tentative offer, then a background check, a security clearance (Sensitive Compartmented Information), then the final offer with your start date.

Tips for this job:

Your resume must be 2 pages or less and include the required items for each job, such as supervisor name and phone number, or it may be rated ineligible.
Copying text from the announcement without adding your own details about your experience will get you rated ineligible.
Complete the USA Hire assessment within 48 hours if the link reaches you after the closing date.

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