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Technical Director, Trust Decision (Adjudications)
Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency · Quantico, Virginia · Closes in 9 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: Federal employees - Excepted service, The public, Senior executives, Federal employees - Competitive service.

Open to U.S. citizens, nationals, or those who owe allegiance to the U.S., including the public, current federal employees, and senior executives who meet the five Executive Core Qualifications. Applicants without Joint Duty Credit may apply, but a waiver is needed before final appointment if selected.

Experience: You must show demonstrated executive experience leading enterprise risk, compliance, or personnel trust governance. You must also show experience directing high-volume decision pipelines with data-driven quality frameworks and digital modernization. Show this in your resume. The announcement does not name a specific grade level for experience.

Education: This position does not have a positive education requirement. Education is not required.

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 no more than two pages showing dates, hours per week, work schedule, and duties Responses to the online questionnaire Most recent SF-50 showing tenure, grade and step, salary, and position type (for current or former federal employees) DD-214 showing character of service, SF-15, and VA letter if you claim veterans' preference Certification of expected discharge if you are leaving active duty

3 Apply on USAJOBS

Closes in 9 days (November 12, 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: A rating and ranking panel reviews your resume and documents for the quality and extent of your accomplishments, experience, and education. Highly qualified candidates may be interviewed and have references checked. Resumes over two pages are removed, and missing documents make your application incomplete.

Apply on USAJOBS ↗

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:

Keep your resume to two pages or fewer, since longer resumes are removed from consideration.
Show both technical qualifications inside your resume; no separate narrative is needed.
List dates, hours per week, and work schedule for each job, because the announcement requires them.

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