This position is located in Resilience-FIMA Federal Insurance Ins Acquisition & Tech Div. The ideal candidate for this position will a automation specialist with experience researching emerging technologies and prototyping low-code tools, AI workflows, dashboards, and scripts to improve NFIP operations and services.
What will I do in this position if hired? In this position, you will be an IT Specialist. Typical assignments include: Supporting the identification and analysis of opportunities for automation and AI enabled workflow improvement across NFIPbusiness operations, customer facing services, map modernization support, underwriting, and other program areas incoordination with business SMEs, analysts, UX, engineering, and data stakeholders.
Assisting in configuring, prototyping, and testing low code/no code solutions, AI agents, workflow automations, dashboards, forms, lightweight applications, and scripts (for example Python) or utilities to query, transform, create, or validate data and workflow outputs using approved enterprise platforms such as Power Platform, GCP enabled tools, DHSChat, Python libraries, or similar technologies.
Helping convert approved business and user requirements into working technical implementations by supporting workflow logic. development, automation and AI agent configuration, data input and output definition, integration analysis, prototype documentation, and technical hand off materials for engineering, security, and operational teams.
Conducting market, technology, and policy research on emerging automation, artificial intelligence, digital service, geospatial,insurance technology, and AI governance trends to help the Innovation Branch remain current and identify practicalmodernization opportunities.
Supporting evaluation of prototypes and AI enabled workflows for feasibility, usability, accuracy, operational fit, and governancealignment through functional testing, user feedback, AI output review, exception testing, human in the loop validation,responsible AI practices, and coordination with engineering, cybersecurity, data, UX, geospatial, and business teams. What else do I need to know?
At FEMA, our mission is to help people before, during and after disasters, and every employee at FEMA has a role in emergency management. Every FEMA employee has regular and recurring emergency management responsibilities, though not every position requires routine deployment to disaster sites.
All positions are subject to recall around the clock for emergency management operations, which may require irregular work hours, work at locations other than the official duty station, and may include duties other than those specified in the employee's official position description.
Travel requirements in support of emergency operations may be extensive in nature (weeks to months), with little advance notice, and may require employees to relocate to emergency sites with physically austere and operationally challenging conditions.
No Educational Substitution: There is no educational substitution for this position, and you must meet the qualifications listed in the "requirements" section of this announcement.
DHS offers competitive salaries and an attractive benefits package, including health, dental, vision, life, and long-term care insurance; retirement plan; Thrift Savings Plan [similar to a 401(k)]; Flexible Spending Account; Employee Assistance Program; personal leave days; and paid federal holidays. Other benefits may include flexible work schedules; tuition reimbursement; transportation subsidies; uniform allowance; health and wellness programs; and fitness centers.
DHS is committed to employee development and offers a variety of employee training and developmental opportunities. For more information, go to the DHS Careers website and select "Benefits." Disabled veteran leave will be available to any federal employee hired on or after November 5, 2016, who is a veteran with a service- connected disability rating of 30 percent or more.
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kendra.bledsoe@fema.dhs.gov · 000-000-0000
This position is with Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
The posted pay range is $121785 – $158322/yr.
This position is eligible for telework.
Applications close on 2026-11-06.
There are 2 openings for this position.
This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.
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