IT Specialist (Data Engineer)

About the role

This position is located in the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Office of Information Technology (OIT).

Responsibilities

• Direct the architectural vision and establish enterprise standards for robust data infrastructure, including databases, data warehouses, and systems managing massive volumes of healthcare data.
• Serve as the ultimate technical authority in developing data storage solutions optimized for extreme performance, reliability, and cost-effectiveness.
• Partner with cybersecurity leadership to author and enforce data protection regulations, access controls, audit trails, and data retention policies.
• Design and mandate enterprise disaster recovery and backup protocols to guarantee uninterrupted data availability and business continuity.
• Architect complex, enterprise-spanning automated workflows (pipelines) to integrate, transform, and sanitize data from disparate internal and external sources into centralized enterprise repositories.

Requirements

You must be a U.S. Citizen or National to apply for this position.

You will be subject to a background and suitability investigation.

Selective Service: Males born after December 31, 1959, must be registered or exempt from Selective Service - http://www.sss.gov

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Qualifications

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.

Basic Requirement for the Information Technology Specialist series, GS-2210-13:

• Attention to Detail - is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail.
• Customer Service - Works with clients and customers 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.
• Oral Communication - Expresses information to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information; 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-13, you must demonstrate in your resume at least one year (52 weeks) of qualifying specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal government, to include:

• Designing enterprise-scale data infrastructure, including databases, data warehouses, and cloud-based storage solutions to support large-scale analytics and mission-critical operations.
• BUILDING automated Extract, Transform, Load (ETL)/ Extract, Load, Transform (ELT) data pipelines to integrate data from multiple internal and external sources into centralized repositories, ensuring data consistency, reliability, and scalability.
• Developing disaster recovery and backup protocols for enterprise data systems to ensure business continuity and uninterrupted data availability.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams and senior leadership to define data engineering standards, resolve complex technical challenges, and align data infrastructure solutions with organizational strategic goals.

Additional information

Bargaining Unit Position: Yes-American Federation of Government Employees, Local 1923.

Tour of Duty: Flexible Recruitment Incentive: Not Authorized Relocation Incentive: Not Authorized Financial Disclosure: Not Required

Workplace Flexibility at CMS: This position has a regular and recurring reporting requirement to the CMS office listed in this announcement. CMS offers flexible working arrangements and allows employees the opportunity to participate in alternative work schedules at the manager's discretion.

The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced federal employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be qualified you must submit the required documentation and be rated well-qualified for this vacancy. Click here for a detailed description of the required supporting documents. A well-qualified applicant is one whose knowledge, skills and abilities clearly exceed the minimum qualification requirements of the position.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.

Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.