Department of Veterans Affairs

Information Technology (IT) Specialist (ENTARCH)

Salt Lake City, Utah, Seattle, Washington, Phoenix, Arizona, Los Angeles, California, San Francisco, Full time

Information Technology (IT) Specialist (ENTARCH)

Department: Department of Veterans Affairs

Location(s): Salt Lake City, Utah, Seattle, Washington, Phoenix, Arizona, Los Angeles, California, San Francisco, California, Denver, Colorado, Washington, District of Columbia, Miami, Florida, Atlanta, Georgia, Chicago, Illinois, Indianapolis, Indiana, New Orleans, Louisiana, Boston, Massachusetts, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Kansas City, Missouri, Albuquerque, New Mexico, New York, New York, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Portland, Oregon, Austin, Texas

Salary Range: $125776 - $187093 Per Year

Job Summary: OIG is organized into six operational units: the Immediate Office of the Inspector General, Office of the Counselor, Office of Audits and Evaluations, Office of Healthcare Inspections, Office of Investigations, and Office of Management and Administration. In addition to the Washington, DC, headquarters, OIG has offices located in more than 60 locations throughout the country.

Major Duties:

  • Duty locations are limited to the following for this position: Aurora, CO; Austin, TX; Baltimore, MD; Bay Pines, FL; Dallas, TX; Hines, IL; Kansas City, MO; Las Vegas, NV; Pittsburgh, PA; San Diego, CA; Seattle, WA; Spokane, WA; Trenton, NJ; or Washington, DC. Current OIG Employees will remain at their current duty location. As an Information Technology (IT) Specialist (ENTARCH), you will: Provide authoritative leadership, direction, and governance over the development, implementation, and enforcement of OIG's enterprise architecture framework. Provide oversight of enterprise systems design, infrastructure modernization, cloud and hybrid architecture environments, data architecture, and interoperability across OIG IT platforms. Ensure enterprise architecture alignment with capital planning and investment control processes, business case development, cost-benefit analysis, and long-range IT strategic planning. Serve as the expert advisor for staff and contractor subject matter experts (SMEs) within OIG on matters pertaining to enterprise architecture, systems design, infrastructure modernization, cloud and hybrid environments, cybersecurity integration, data governance, and long-range IT strategy.

Qualifications: You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement. Specialized Experience: For the GS-14, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience or General experience for this position includes: Establishing or enforcing enterprise architecture principles, standards, or reference models; AND Reviewing system designs, modernization proposals, or IT investments for architectural alignment; AND Developing current-state, target-state, or transition architectures; AND Integrating cybersecurity, interoperability, or data architecture requirements into enterprise designs; AND Advising leadership on enterprise risks such as fragmentation, technical debt, duplicative systems, vendor lock-in, or security vulnerabilities; AND Briefing stakeholders/executive leadership on architecture, modernization, or enterprise IT strategy. In addition to meeting specialized experience, applicants must also show proficiency in 1) attention to detail, 2) customer service, 3) oral communication, and 4) problem solving.

How to Apply: The following instructions outline our application process. You must complete this application process and submit any required documents by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing date of this announcement. We are available to assist you during business hours (normally 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. ET, Monday - Friday). If applying online poses a hardship, please contact us by noon ET on the announcement's closing date. The Bureau provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities on a case-by-case basis. Please contact us if you require this for any part of the application and hiring process. Click the Apply Online button. Answer the questions presented in the application and attach all necessary supporting documentation. Click the Submit Application button prior to 11:59 PM (ET) on the announcement closing date. If you are required to complete any USA Hire Assessments, you will be notified after submitting your application. The notification will be provided in your application submission screen and via email. The notification will include your unique assessment access link to the USA Hire system and the completion deadline. Additionally, in USAJOBS you can click "Track this application" to return to your assessment completion notice. Access USA Hire using your unique assessment link. Access is granted through your USAJOBS login credentials. Review all instructions prior to beginning your assessments. You will have the opportunity to request a testing accommodation before beginning the assessments should you have a disability covered under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended. Set aside at least 2 hours to take the USA Hire assessments; however, most applicants complete the assessments in less time. If you need to stop the assessments and continue later, you can re-use your unique assessment link. Your responses to the USA Hire Assessments will be reused for one year (in most cases) from the date you complete an assessment. If future applications you submit require completion of the same assessments, your responses will be automatically reused. To verify the status of your application: -Log into your USAJOBS account (USAJOBS Login) -Under "application status," click "Track this application" and you will be taken to the agency website where you can check your application status. For more information regarding the job and applicant status, please refer to USAJOBS Help Center - How to see your application and job status Please notify us if your contact information changes after the closing date of the announcement. Also, note that if you provide an email address that is inaccurate or if your mailbox is full or blocked (e.g., spam-blocker), you may not receive important communication that could affect your consideration for this position. For additional information on how to apply, please visit the Partnership for Public Service's Go Government website. To preview the application questionnaire:https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12945196

Application Deadline: 2026-05-04