Senior Examiner Information Technology (IT & Operations Risk Central Point of Contact) CG-0570-15

Summary This position is located in the Division of Risk Management Supervision and is responsible for planning, supervising, directing, and conducting IT and operations risk management examinations of highly complex financial institutions and other entities that provide information systems services. Duty location will be determined upon selection and subject to space availability. Position may be filled at any FDIC Field office within the San Francisco, Kansas City, New York and Atlanta regions. Responsibilities Leads and/or participates in conducting on-site examinations and targeted reviews of large complex financial institutions and documents and/or presents findings and recommendations to institution senior management, dedicated examiners, examination specialists, and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) senior management. Leads and/or participates in on-site examinations and targeted reviews and evaluations of large, complex bank servicing organizations; financial market utilities (FMUs), and systemically important financial institutions (SIFI's), including joint inter-agency on-site examinations. Leads and/or participates in scheduling, planning, coordinating, and conducting examination of large independent information systems centers, including branch sites of large national processors, which provide services to FDIC supervised insured depository institutions. This includes information systems centers examined under the Significant Service Provider (SSP) program. Performs advanced analyses to identify sources of strategic, technological, operational, financial, and political risk to the SSP organizations and the serviced bank and documents/presents findings and recommended actions to servicer executives, managers and directors, examiners, and senior personnel. Participates in providing written guidance that will be used by examination staff from multiple banking regulatory agencies to enhance examination quality and efficiency in banks using the licensed products. Develops, tests, and refines examination procedures and analysis tools to proactively address emerging technological risks, and adapts existing procedures and tools to reflect changing Regulatory priorities. Requirements Conditions of Employment Employee may be relocated to any duty location to meet management needs. Background Investigation (BI) required. Completion Of Financial Disclosure May Be Required. Qualifications Qualifying experience may be obtained in the private or public sector. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic, religious/spiritual; community; student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Additional qualifications information can be found here. To qualify, applicants must have completed at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the 14 grade level or above in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as specialized experience conducting IT and operations risk management examinations of financial institutions AND independent service providers utilizing IT audit techniques and internal control requirements to examine insured depository institutions information systems centers and service providers. Must be a commissioned examiner. Applicants must have met the qualification requirements (including selective placement factors – if any) for this position within 30 calendar days of the closing date of this announcement. For qualification determinations, your resume must contain the following for each work experience listed: Organization/Agency's Name Title Salary (series and grade, if applicable) Start and end dates (including the month and year) Number of hours you worked per week Relevant experience that supports your response to the specialized experience that is stated in the job announcement If your resume does not contain this information, your application may be marked as incomplete, and you may not receive consideration for this position. NOTE: Please indicate how you meet the specialized experience under each applicable position. Do not copy and paste the duties or specialized experience from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications. Education There is no substitution of education for the experience for this position. Additional Information The range of pay shown includes base pay plus supplemental locality adjustments. The locality rates for these duty locations range from a low of 17.06% to a high of 51.75%. Pay will vary by grade level and the locality rate for the geographic location where the position is located. For more on FDIC locality rates, click here. Salary reflects a pay cap for this position of $257,500. If selected, you may be required to serve a probationary or trial period as applicable to appointment type. During the probationary or trial period, you will be evaluated for fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Upon completion of your probationary or trial period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest. Additional selections may be made from this vacancy announcement to fill similar vacancies that occur subsequent to this announcement. Financial Institution Examiners must maintain the highest personal ethical standards as provided in Part 336 of the FDIC's Rules and Regulations, (Employee Responsibilities and Conduct). Financial Institution Examiners must comply with Section 3201.102 of Supplemental Standards of Ethical Conduct for FDIC Employees (5 CFR Part 3201), which, in part, prohibits them and their immediate families from accepting certain credit from State nonmember banks. All Financial Institution Examiners are prohibited from the following: 1. Obtaining a loan or a line of credit from any insured state nonmember bank or its subsidiaries. Any extensions of credit held by the Examiner, the Examiner's spouse, or any dependent children are direct or indirect extensions of credit to the Examiner. Exceptions: a. Loans for a primary residence are permissible. The Examiner must not participate in any examination of that institution with which he holds the primary residence loan, and a "cooling off" period is required before negotiating a loan for a primary residence from any institution the Examiner has examined. b. No restrictions on obtaining credit cards issued under the same terms and conditions available to the public from an insured state nonmember bank either within or outside of their field office of assignment. 2. Participating in any examination, or other matter, involving an insured depository institution or any person with whom the Examiner has an outstanding loan or line of credit. 3. Performing any service for compensation with any bank, or for any officer, director, or employee thereof, or for any person connected therewith. 4. Disclosing any confidential information from a bank examination report except as authorized by law. 5. Soliciting or accepting any gift from a prohibited source or because of the Examiner's official position. To read about your rights and responsibilities as an applicant for Federal employment, click here.