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 Defense Intelligence Senior Level (DISL) 

Position Vacancy Announcement 

For the

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency 

Announcement No. HQ NGA DISL Tier 1 FY24-09

Opening Date: 10 April 2024 Closing Date: 10 May 2024

Position Title/Series: Chief Technology Officer/IP6842 

Appointment: Permanent 

Number of Vacancies: 1 Salary Range: $ 147,650 – $204,000

Location: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) 

 Springfield, VA, St. Louis, MO 

 

Area of Consideration: All Sources 

How to Apply: 

TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS POSITION, FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS BELOW. To receive FULL consideration, 

you must email your complete application to ngasemo@nga.mil and HDExecutiveResources@nga.mil. There 

is no preferred format but the following information is required to be submitted. Incomplete applications will 

not be considered. 

 Full Name and Contact Information; 

 Country of citizenship; 

 Veteran’s preference status; 

 Announcement number and job title 

 Current salary and lowest acceptable salary, if selected; 

 Resume, Intelligence Community Senior Officer Core Qualification (ICSOCQ) statements, and 

Technical Qualification (TQ) statements; 

 One copy of your most recent Notification of Personnel Action, SF-50 noting your current or last 

position, grade, and salary level (current and former federal employees only). DoD SAFE can be used 

for transmitting FOUO files or Personally Identifiable Information (PII), please contact the NGA Senior 

Executive Management Office (SEMO) at ngasemo@nga.mil and HDExecutiveResources@nga.mil or 

contact the SEMO Team at 571-557-0330. 

 The name, e-mail address, and telephone number of three individuals that can validate your 

experience. 

Applicants will be ranked by an agency qualification review panel using only the information submitted for 

consideration. Applicants who do not separately address and document their demonstrated experience, 

training, and/or education in support of the Intelligence Community Senior Officer Core Qualification, and 

document their demonstrated experience, training, and/or education in support of the Technical 
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Qualifications will be ineligible for further consideration. Failure to provide all the required information and 

copies could result in an ineligible rating. Incomplete applications will not be considered. 

Please direct all questions to HDExecutiveResources@nga.mil. 

Full application requirements can be located at 

https://www.nga.mil/careers/Senior_Executive_Positions.html

Submit your application to: ngasemo@nga.mil and HDExecutiveResources@nga.mil

Complete applications must be received by the closing date. Applications will NOT be returned. Please 

reference announcement number shown above. Applications must include resume, ICSOCQs, and Technical 

Qualifications. 

BASIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: 

The NGA Chief Technology Officer (CTO) guides Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) Enterprise technology 

modernization and the future of GEOINT products and services by executing the following: Serve as 

the technology advisor to GNA leadership, major programs, and partners; Assess government and 

commercial technology trends and prioritize NGA investments; Evaluate new technologies and 

processes to deliver value to customers; Build and manage internal software and data engineering 

capabilities; Provide application and service development activities for both in-house and outsourced 

capability development; Issue implementation guidance on software engineering, service centric 

platform, cloud, HPC, and data provisioning; Develop and maintain a NGA Technology Strategy, 

Technical Focus Areas, software implementation guidance and best practices, Technical Architecture 

Guidance and Data Strategy, software and data engineering occupation management, technical 

reviews of programs and projects, builders/makers environment; Serve as the technical interface to 

mission partners, academia, and industry; Advise NGA leadership in assessing NGA and partner IT 

requirements; Assess future technology trends and prioritize NGA investments in promising, emerging 

government and commercial technologies and best industry practices; Implement NGA’s Technology 

Strategy: Empower builders and makers, allow builders to build faster, better, and more securely using 

modern tools and practices and industry best practices; Transform digital workspaces – in both the 

front-end and back-end, create flexible environments for builders, analysts, scientists, and users; Build 

with customers, bring product management and user-centric design practices and disciplines to the 

forefront of how we work and build; Build artificial intelligence, cloud, and high-performance 

computing into GEOINT mainstream. 

QUALIFICATIONS: 

Eligibility for this executive level position will be based upon a clear demonstration that the applicant has 

experience of the scope and quality sufficient to effectively carry out the assignments of the position. The 

successful applicants will be distinguished from other applicants by a review of the Intelligence Community 

(IC) Senior Officer Core Qualification (SOCQs) Standards, the Technical Qualifications, and education 

requirements. Failure to meet a Qualification requirement will disqualify an applicant. Visit OPM’s website for 

more information regarding drafting SOCQs using the ECQ’s Challenge-Context-Action-Result model; NGA 

recommends this model for the SOCQs too. 

IC SENIOR OFFICER CORE QUALIFICATIONS 
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Intelligence Community (IC) Senior Officer Core Qualification (SOCQ) Standard - Leading the Intelligence 

Enterprise: Required for all positions effective 1 October 2010. This SOCQ Standard involves the ability to 

integrate resources, information, interests, and activities effectively in support of the IC’s mission and to lead 

and leverage cross organizational collaborative networks to achieve significant mission results. Inherent to 

this Standard is a deep understanding of the intelligence enterprise and a shared commitment to the IC’s core 

values. For those without IC experience, draft narrative related to your past experience demonstrating these 

competencies at a comparable interagency or multi-organizational environment. (Include as separate 

attachment one page maximum per ICSOCQ) 

(1) Collaboration and Integration: IC Senior officers have a responsibility to share information and 

knowledge to achieve results, and in that regard are expected to build effective networks and alliances; 

actively engage these peers and stakeholders; involve them in key decision; and effectively leverage these 

networks and alliances to achieve significant results. Senior officers are expected to create an environment 

that promotes employee engagement, collaboration, integration, information and knowledge sharing, and 

the candid, open exchange of diverse points of view. Candidates assessed against this competency must: 

 Build, leverage, and lead collaborative networks with key peers and stakeholders across the IC and/or in 

other government/private-sector organizations, or professional/technical disciplines to achieve significant 

joint/multi-agency mission outcomes 

 Integrate joint/multi-agency activities effectively exercising collaborative plans that realize mutual IC, 

joint, or multi-organizational goals. 

(2) Enterprise Focus: IC Senior officers are expected to demonstrate a deep understanding of how the 

missions, structures, leaders, and cultures of the various IC components interact and connect; synthesize 

resources, information and other inputs to effectively integrate and align component, IC, and USG interests 

and activities to achieve IC-wide, national, and international priorities. Senior officers are expected to 

encourage and support Joint Duty assignments and developmental experiences that develop and reinforce 

enterprise focus among their subordinates. Candidates assessed against this competency must: 

 Understand the roles, missions, capabilities, and organizational and political realities of the intelligence 

enterprise; apply that understanding to drive joint, interagency, or multi-organizational mission 

accomplishment. 

 Understand how organizations, resources, information, and processes within the IC or interagency/multiorganizational environment interact with and influence one another; apply that understanding to solve 

complex interagency or multi-organizational problems. 

(3) Values-Centered Leadership: IC Senior officers are expected to personally embody, advance and reinforce 

IC core values. Senior officers are also expected to demonstrate and promote departmental and/or 

component core values. Candidates assessed against this competency must demonstrate: 

 A Commitment to selfless service and excellence in support of the IC’s mission, as well as to preserving, 

protecting, and defending the Nation’s laws and liberties; 

 The integrity and Courage (moral, intellectual, and physical) to seek and speak the truth, to innovate, and 

to change things for the better, regardless of personal or professional risk; 

 Collaboration as members of a single IC-wide team, respecting and leveraging the diversity of all 

members of the IC, their background, their sources and methods, and their points of view. 

 Promote, reinforce, and reward IC, departmental/component core values in the workforce and ensure 

that actions, policies, and practices are aligned with, and embody those values. 

 Ensure that organizational strategies, policies, procedures, and actions give appropriate focus, attention, 

and commitment to diversity of people, point of view, ideas, and insights. 

 
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TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS

In addition to the ECQs and IC SOCQs that are mandatory for all DISES level positions, the employee 

occupying this position must possess technical qualifications. Applicants will be rated on the TQ’s identified 

below which are essential for successful performance in the position. These statements should be a narrative 

explanation of your relevant background and experience. They must show that your experience, education, 

and accomplishments reflect the competence and professional standing required to provide expertise 

required by this position. Technical Qualification Statements that do not clearly address the qualification 

criteria will not be adequate for evaluation. (Include as separate attachment, one page maximum per TQ) 

1. Demonstrated experience assessing future technology trends and evaluation emerging technologies 

2. Demonstrated capacity for a high level of independence in identifying and resolving complex technical 

challenges 

3. Deep understanding of agile software development and demonstrated experience with software 

engineering, service-centric platforms, cloud, high performance computing, and data provisioning 

4. Demonstrated capacity to inspire commitment to a shared vision 

5. Proven ability to establish and leverage networks to lead strategic change 

6. Demonstrated experience anticipating customer needs and building customer-centric solutions 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 

Evaluation Methods: Applicants will be evaluated based on job-related criteria identified under the 

Qualification Requirements by a screening panel of senior representatives with functional backgrounds 

relevant to this position. Interviews may be conducted. 

Security Clearance and Access Level: This position requires access to classified Defense Department and 

Intelligence Community information. The individual selected must already possess, or be immediately eligible 

for, a TOP SECRET security clearance and access to Sensitive Compartmented Information. U.S. citizenship is 

required for the granting of a security clearance. 

Joint Duty Credit: All NGA executive level positions require Joint Duty credit. Employees will receive 

joint duty credit a majority of service or rotational assignments that were at least at the GS/GG-11 or 

DCIPS Pay Band 3 level, and generally for at least one year, or for 179 days or more when deployed to a 

designated combat zone on or after September 11, 2001. 

Note: Applicants without Joint Duty credit may apply for the position and can be considered. If 

selected, a waiver would be required prior to final appointment or provide proof of Joint Duty 

qualifying experience. 

Selection Requirements: 

1. Applicant selected for this position is subject to the completion of a one-year DISL trial period. 

(Applicants selected from outside NGA may be required to complete a two-year DCIPS trial period if they 

have not already done so.) 
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2. This position is covered under the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (P.L. 95-521). Incumbent will be 

required to file an Executive Personnel Financial Disclosure Report (SF-278) with the NGA Office of 

General Counsel. 

3. Employment is subject to requirements of the NGA Drug Testing Program. 

4. Successful completion of a polygraph examination is required for employment by NGA. 

Other Information: 

1. Permanent Change of Station (PCS). Travel/Transportation expenses are not authorized. 

2. Copies of this announcement and other general information may be obtained through NGA’s Website, 

OPM’s USAJOBS, or by calling 571-557-0330. 

3. Veteran’s Preference: This position is a Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) position in 

the Excepted Service under 10 U.S.C. 1601. DoD Components with DCIPS positions apply Veterans' 

Preference to eligible candidates as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 USC, in accordance with the 

procedures provided in DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 2005, DCIPS Employment and Placement. If you 

are a veteran claiming veterans' preference, as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., you may be 

asked to submit documents verifying your eligibility. 

4. Use of postage-paid Government agency envelopes to file job applications is a violation of Federal law 

and regulation. 

5. You may be required to relocate in the future based on NGA requirements. 

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will 

receive consideration for appointment without regard to race, age, religion, color, national origin, sex, marital 

status, sexual orientation, disability, lawful political affiliation, or any other non-merit factor. This agency 

provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for 

any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the agency. The decision on granting reasonable 

accommodation will be on a case-by-case basis.