Summary
GPO employees possess a diverse array of talent in many administrative fields and trades. We provide other agencies with innovative services for the printing, publishing, storage, and distribution of digital content. If you are an energetic, inventive individual looking for a challenging, yet rewarding career opportunity, GPO may be the place for you. This position is located in Government Integrated Print Services, Government Publishing Office in Washington, District of Columbia.
Duties
Serves as the enterprise technical authority for designing, developing, and implementing user interface frameworks using Blazor, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and custom UI control libraries.
Designs, governs, and maintains enterprise UI architectures, including component libraries, design systems, style frameworks, and interaction patterns to ensure consistency, scalability, maintainability, and reuse across applications.
Designs UI and agentic AI features using .NET to improve XML markup and GPO style compliance. Integrates AI with heuristic validation, including XML Schema/Schematron rules, and connects web clients to REST-based AI models.
Develops, interprets, and enforces UI standards, architectural guidelines, and accessibility practices to ensure compliance with Section 508, WCAG, agency accessibility policies, and usability principles.
Leads integration of UI frameworks with back-end systems and services, including C#, REST APIs, and application interoperability, ensuring secure, reliable, and high-performing client-server interactions.
Education
This position has an education requirement. You MUST provide transcripts to support your educational claims. Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Please submit copies of all transcripts, including transferred hours. Official copies are not required at the time of application. If selected, you will be required to provide official copies of all transcripts. Degree audits are not accepted. Basic Education Requirement:You must have completed a bachelor's degree with a major in Computer Science that included 30 semester hours or 45 quarter hours of coursework in any combination of mathematics, statistics, and computer science, with at least half of those hours in mathematics and statistics courses that included differential and integral calculus; and that provided an in-depth knowledge of theoretical and practical applications of computer science, including digital computer system architecture and system software organization, the representation and transformation of information structures, and the theoretical models for such representations and transformations. FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements. You must show proof that the educational credentials have been deemed at least equivalent to those earned in a conventional U.S. education program. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying.
How you will be evaluated
THIS IS A DIRECT HIRE ANNOUNCEMENT. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Direct Hire Authority, authorized by 5 United States Code (U.S.C.), Section 3304 and 5 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 337, Subpart B. Veterans Preference and traditional rating and ranking of applicants do not apply to the Direct Hire process. Your application will be considered based on education, training, and quality of your experience. For more information on Direct-Hire Authority visit: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/hiring-information/direct-hire-authority/ Your resume will be evaluated to determine if you meet the minimum qualifications required; and on the extent to which your application shows that you possess the competencies associated with this position. To determine if you are qualified for the job, a review of your resume and supporting documentation may be made and compared against your responses to the vacancy questionnaire. You will receive a numeric rating based on your responses to the questionnaire. Your rating is based on both your responses to the questionnaire and information stated in your application. Please make sure that your self-ratings are supported by information in your application. The Human Capital Specialist may verify your qualifications and self-ratings during the application and selection process through quality review, interview questions, work samples, demonstrations, reference checks, and other means. Inflated qualifications may result in you being excluded from further consideration for this position. You will be further evaluated on the following Competencies required for the position. Agentic AI and Intelligent User Assistance Application Integration and Security Troubleshooting and Technical Problem Solving UI Architecture and Front-End Engineering User Interface Design and Blazor Development We DO NOT require a separate narrative statement responding to the competencies, however your resume must CLEARLY show possession of these competencies. If you meet the qualifications stated above and you are among the top candidates your application may be referred to the Selecting Official for further review.