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Supervisory IT Specialist (PLCYPLN)

Offices, Boards and Divisions

Department of Justice

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$169,279 - $197,200

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Job Description

Summary

This job involves leading a team to manage and develop specialized IT systems for tracking and handling seized assets in law enforcement, ensuring everything runs smoothly and follows government rules.

It's a senior supervisory role focused on overseeing projects, contractors, and compliance in a high-stakes environment.

A good fit would be someone with extensive experience in IT project management, especially in custom software for government or legal applications, who thrives in leadership and problem-solving.

Key Requirements

  • One year of specialized experience at GS-14 level or equivalent, including designing/developing technologies, overseeing software systems, and coordinating application installations
  • Strong attention to detail, customer service skills, effective oral communication, and problem-solving abilities
  • Preferred: 5 years managing large, complex IT projects with focus on schedule, cost, and custom software delivery
  • Experience evaluating procedures for IT system analysis, design, development, testing, and support
  • Ability to provide administrative and technical supervision to a team
  • Knowledge of legislative, departmental, and audit regulations for IT compliance
  • Time-in-grade requirements met by March 9, 2026

Full Job Description

This position serves as the Deputy Assistant Director and Senior Supervisory Information Technology Specialist and will be charged with the overall program management of the development and acquisition of the Forfeiture Systems.

The position will also provide oversight and guidance to ensure systems comply with legislative, department, and audit regulations.

To qualify for the position of Supervisory IT Specialist (PLCYPLN), at GS-2210-15 you must meet the qualification requirements listed below.

Basic Requirements (2210 series): Attention to Detail - Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attention 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.

AND Specialized Experience: For the GS-15, you must have one year of specialized experience at the GS-14 grade level or equivalent pay band in the Federal service.

Specialized experience is defined as designing and/or developing new technologies; overseeing, maintaining, troubleshooting, and upgrading a software system(s); and/or coordinating installation of applications, such as commercial off the shelf software, and business specific software.

PERFERRED EXPERIENCE: 5 years managing large and complicated IT projects with emphasis on schedule, cost, and delivery of custom software; and evaluating procedures for the analysis, designs, developments and testing of custom, integrated IT applications.

You MUST meet all qualification requirements, including time-in-grade, by 03/09/2026 of this announcement.

Your resume must support your responses to the application questionnaire and the qualification requirements. Failure to do so may result in an ineligible rating.

See the Required Documents section for important notes about what must be included in your resume. Major Duties:

The Asset Forfeiture Management Staff (AFMS) is responsible for across departmental-level administrative management of matters affecting the Asset Forfeiture Program (AFP), including IT systems, financial management, audits, and contracts.

It supports Information Technology (IT) services for the AFP through the development and maintenance of a customized enterprise suite of web-based applications, Forfeiture Systems (FS), used by federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies.

Besides software development, AFMS oversees critical business functions such as server maintenance; security; configuration management; data analytics and reporting; training; and customer support.

The duties and responsibilities for a Supervisory IT Specialist (PLCYPLN), GS-2210-15 generally include, but are not limited to, the following: * Provide administrative and/or technical supervision to accomplish the work of a team/unit.

* Evaluate contractor procedures for the analysis, design, development, test and support of IT systems.

* Review and approve technical requirements for projects, project plans, change requests, and work requests. * Plan and develop long-range objectives and milestones for enterprise-level IT projects.

* Approves proposed new systems, networks, and software designs to mitigate potential security risks.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 2/24/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 2/25/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: JMD-AFMS-26-12892793-ST