Senior Information Technology Specialist

Creditable Service for Annual Leave Accrual CSALA and Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program are available. The position is in the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO), Artificial Intelligence and Innovation Center (AIIC). The AIIC provides policy and guidance on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its subsets to ensure the organization uses AI safely, securely, and responsibly, in line with federal policy.

Duties

Guide work from idea initiation through deployment as the senior technical expert across the AI development lifecycle; align data assets and machine-learning technologies to advance AI modernization. Direct the planning, execution, and full lifecycle delivery of AI products; establish product roadmaps, data-governance guidelines, federal security frameworks, and statutory/regulatory compliance requirements. Oversee solution delivery and enforce standardized methods, frameworks, tools, and platforms to ensure consistency and reliability. Coordinate with enterprise, technology, and data architects to ensure code reusability, cross-system integration, operational performance, and the manageability of deployed AI solutions. Present, justify, and defend complex architectural recommendations to OCIO executives, program areas, and external stakeholders. Direct initiatives and cross-functional working groups to design, implement, and deploy machine-learning, deep-learning, and advanced analytics solutions. Define standards for data preprocessing, model training/fine-tuning, production deployment, monitoring, and integration into operational workflows. Synthesize data, analytics, organizational knowledge, and AI systems; authorize codification of FSIS policies into rules/logic; ensure ethical safeguards, risk boundaries, and auditable compliance in decision flows. Oversee ontologies, knowledge graphs, and symbolic models to capture complex domain expertise and support integrated AI/ML architectures. Direct independent evaluations of foundational models/LLMs; identify limitations (e.g., hallucinations), assess compensating controls, conduct risk/outcome analyses, and monitor enterprise performance metrics. Collaborate with OCIO centers to develop/document/analyze proposals for feasibility, compatibility, and compliance; interpret recommendations to leadership and stakeholders to support business decisions. Maintain working relationships with technical staff and internal/external stakeholders; participate in special projects and stay current with industry best practices to inform continual modernization.