Job Description
Policy Analyst
Executive Office of the President
Office of Management and Budget
Summary
This position is located in the Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget, Office of the Federal Chief Information Officer (OFCIO). OFCIO provides strategic direction and oversight for the development and management of IT and cybersecurity. OFCIO works closely with partners throughout the executive branch to review agency implementation efforts in the combined pursuit of modernizing, securing, and improving agency systems and services to maximize impact for the public.
Duties
As a Policy Analyst, GS, 0301, 14/15, your typical work assignments may include the following:
Uses relevant methods to conduct and complete (independently and/or with other staff members), analyses required to support budget, legislative, and policymaking for information technology (IT), digital services, and information security programs and issues.
Reviews the performance and identifies challenges and opportunities for IT policies and programs of the federal government.
Coordinates development and/or evaluation of complex budget, policy, program, and legislative proposals.
Serves as the OMB expert for assigned policy areas. Serves as an OFCIO Desk Officer, liaising with assigned agencies for policy, oversight, and implementation efforts.
Reviews pending and proposed budget actions, legislation and regulations on assigned topics and advises upper management of recommended actions.
Responds to a wide variety of inquiries regarding potential impact of proposed policies.
Works with budget examining divisions on selected assignments to enhance budget formulation and execution.
Policy Analysts will serve on either the Digital Experience or Technology Modernization and Data teams within OFCIO.
Digital Experience work assignments and priorities may include:
Leads and oversees the development of policies and standards for information and service delivery via digital channels (websites, digital services, mobile applications, email, text messages, social media)
Facilitates government-wide or cross-agency initiatives to improve digital service delivery and create government efficiencies
Shapes the development of government-wide shared services that support digital service delivery at agencies
Serves as a subject-expert on emerging policy priorities such as digital content authentication or digital identity management
Technology Modernization and Data work assignments and priorities may include:
Leads and oversees the development of policies and standards for cloud adoption, technology modernization and digital transformation, IT spending, and/or data-driven decision making.
Facilitates government-wide or cross-agency initiatives to drive accelerated technology delivery and transition to a product-based IT operating model.
Shapes the development of government-wide shared services that support cost-effective and accelerated software delivery.
Serves as a subject-expert on emerging policy priorities such as cloud adoption, IT procurement, IT financial management, technology workforce, development operations (DevOps), digital transformation, data science, software delivery, and application protocol interface (API) adoption.