Department: Department of the Treasury
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: $88621 - $195200 Per Year
Job Summary: This position is with Departmental Offices. As an IT Specialist (Artificial Intelligence), you will be responsible for formulating technical strategies, standards, & architectures that advance the secure & ethical deployment of AI across Treasury and, by extension, the federal government. You will ensure Treasury's systems meet mission, cybersecurity, & performance requirements using best practices including Agile, DevSecOps, and Digital Engineering.
Major Duties:
Qualifications: You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement. SELECTIVE FACTOR: You must be able to implement AI solutions in production or test environments to be qualified for this position. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: For the GS-15, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-14 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes ALL of the following: - Directing collaborative projects; AND - Leading enterprise cloud-native modernization efforts; AND - Advising high-ranking officials on artificial intelligence, cloud, and data initiatives, influencing Department-wide adoption. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 for this position includes ALL of the following: - Collaborating with Senior Executives to ensure alignment of emerging technology adoption with Administration priorities; AND - Conducting cybersecurity risk assessments for artificial intelligence -enabled systems. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For the GS-13, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes ALL of the following: - Appling cybersecurity practices in artificial intelligence or cloud environments; AND - Participating in Agile development teams, contributing to sprint planning or execution. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For the GS-12, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes the following: - Assisting in designing, developing, testing, or deploying artificial intelligence models and prototypes. The experience may have been gained in either the public, private sector or volunteer service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/day/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week on your resumé. In addition to specialized experience, individuals must have IT-related experience demonstrating each of the four competencies listed below. Attention to Detail: Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail. Customer Service: Works with clients and customers (that is, any individuals who use or receive the services or products that your work 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; 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. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION REQUIRED Please be sure the following tasks are answered and uploaded to the document section of your application: Write a 10-page analysis of metaphors in The Great Gatsby, including citations. Convert the analysis into a concise 200-word executive summary. Translate both the full essay and summary into Spanish and Mandarin. Create a table comparing the metaphor themes across three other novels of your choice, with one paragraph of synthesis. Rewrite the original essay in the style of a scientific paper with an abstract. If you are a displaced or surplus Federal employee (eligible for the Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)/Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP)) you must meet the following "well qualified" definition listed below and any education requirement to receive special selection priority. GS-15: To be found well qualified at this grade level, the applicant must demonstrate documented duties and responsibilities that include all of the following: -Leading the development and execution of enterprise-wide engineering strategies for AI enabled systems, including computer hardware/software integration, and cloud-native architectures. -Ensuring organizational compliance with applicable policies, regulations, and technical standards. -Shaping national and international policy related to AI, computer engineering, and digital innovation. GS-14: To be found well qualified at this grade level, the applicant must demonstrate documented duties and responsibilities that include all of the following: -Developing enterprise-level data strategies, technical standards, reference architectures, and policies to enable scalable, secure, and responsible AI adoption. -Influencing organization-wide implementation and adoption of emerging technologies. GS-13: To be found well qualified at this grade level, the applicant must demonstrate documented duties and responsibilities that include all of the following: -Designing and integrating secure cloud-native architectures across multiple projects. -Collaborating regularly with senior leadership to ensure alignment of emerging technology initiatives with organizational goals. GS-12: To be found well qualified at this grade level, the applicant must demonstrate documented duties and responsibilities that include all of the following: -Designing developing, testing, and deploying AI/ML models and prototypes to support mission needs.
How to Apply: DO has partnered with the Treasury's Bureau of the Fiscal Service to provide certain personnel services to its organization. Fiscal Service's responsibilities include advertising vacancies, accepting and handling applications, and extending job offers. 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. Are you unsure how to write your federal resume? We are here to help. The Treasury Recruitment Service regularly offers Writing Your Federal Resume training sessions, and other career-related information sessions, to assist you in your career search journey. To register for a session, click here to go to our Career Information Sessions webpage. 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. To begin, click Apply to access the online application. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to create one before beginning the application. Follow the prompts to select your resumé and/or other supporting documents to be included with your application package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your application before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your application package, complete the Include Personal Information section as you deem appropriate and click to continue with the application process. You will be taken to the online application which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online application, verify the required documentation is included with your application package, and submit the application. To verify the status of your application: -Log into your USAJOBS account (USAJOBS Login). A list of announcements in which you have applied is at the Welcome screen. -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 If you wish to make changes/updates to your application and the vacancy is still open, you can click on the job announcement and "Update Application" to be taken back to your application. No updates can be made once the announcement has closed. 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. The Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act prohibits the Department of Treasury and its bureaus from requesting an applicant's criminal history record before that individual receives a conditional offer of employment. In accordance with 5 U.S. Code § 9202(c) and 5 C.F.R § 920.201 certain positions are exempt from the provisions of the Fair Chance to Compete Act. Applicants who believe they have been subjected to a violation of the Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act, may submit a written complaint to the Department of Treasury by email at, FairChanceAct@treasury.gov. To learn more, please visit our page at: Treasury.gov/fairchanceact.
Application Deadline: 2025-12-19