This position is located in the Division of Administration (DA) and responsible for directing the innovative internal management of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC or Commission) business, human resources, financial, technological, security, and strategic operational resources. DA works efficiently and effectively to ensure the fulfillment of the Commission's mission through continued success in continuity of operations.
As an Information Technology Specialist (Network) within the Network Operations section, the incumbent collaborates closely with and functions as a technical advisor to the Network Operations Manager in carrying out the agency's responsibilities for implementing a robust and effective enterprise IT program that supports the mission, goals, and objectives of the CFTC.
At the full performance level, the duties include: Design, deploy, administer, troubleshoot, and monitor a hybrid network infrastructure including LAN, WAN, SDWAN, VLANs, IPv4/IPv6, MPLS, and data center networks using routers, switches, firewalls, VPNs, and other network technologies. Ensuring the rigorous application of information security/information assurance policies, principles, and practices in the delivery of network services.
Design, deploy, administer, troubleshoot, and monitor virtual cloud networks (VCN) within the Azure and Aws Government Commercial Cloud (GCC) environments. Collaborate strategically with cross‐functional teams—including IT Operations, Cloud, and Security—to architect, synchronize, and optimize enterprise network capabilities across the agency's integrated physical and virtual infrastructures.
This includes driving alignment of hybrid architectures, enforcing security and interoperability standards, and ensuring cohesive end‐to‐end operational performance across all network environments Manage, administer, and troubleshooting M365 technologies including Entra ID, Exchange, Purview, Teams, and OneDrive.
Install, test, maintain, and upgrade various network operating systems (Windows/Linux) and software; Supporting other teams on policies, procedures, or technology solutions that have an impact on network infrastructure. Design, engineer, orchestrate, and continuously optimize highly complex virtual cloud network infrastructures (VCN) across AWS and Azure (GCC) environments.
This includes architecting and governing Azure VNETs, network security groups, route tables, virtual firewalls, virtual WANs, ExpressRoute/Direct Connect integrations, and the full suite of enterprise-grade virtual network services—ensuring resilient, scalable, secure, and mission‐aligned cloud network architectures.
Please refer to the OPM Qualification Standard Competency-Based Qualification Standard for the Information Technology Management Series, 2210 for the specific Education/Experience requirements for this position. Please refer to the requirements section of the announcement.
twilliford@cftc.gov · 202-418-5804
This position is with Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Other Agencies and Independent Organizations.
The posted pay range is $135346 – $198804/yr.
This position is eligible for telework.
This position requires a Other security clearance.
Applications close on 2026-10-22.
This position is open under the 'Disability' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government · Retrieved 2026-10-15 · Not affiliated with or endorsed by OPM or USAJOBS.gov
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