Job Summary

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection (OAWP) was statutorily established by the VA Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act of 2017. OAWP receives and investigates allegations of misconduct, poor performance, and whistleblower retaliation against VA senior leaders; and allegations of whistleblower retaliation against VA supervisors.

Job Description

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 01/20/2026. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-14 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-13. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. See the Required Document section below for more information regarding the SF-50s needed to verify time-in-grade. You may qualify based on your experience as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade (GS-13) in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Lead the design, configuration, customization, and extension of enterprise case management and CRM solutions built on Microsoft Dynamics 365 and the Microsoft Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Pages), including business process design, documentation, and automation to enforce business rules. Serve as the core developer responsible for designing, configuring, and implementing at least 3 major production-deployed capabilities within a Dynamics 365/Dataverse environment and for leading or executing 10+ controlled production deployments using formal ALM practices. Provide advanced operational and production support for complex CRM and case-management systems, including system monitoring, incident triage and resolution, root cause analysis, and implementation of corrective and preventive actions in coordination with IT and security partners to ensure availability, performance, and compliance. Design and maintain business intelligence and analytics solutions using Power BI or equivalent tools, including data models, dashboards, and reports supporting leadership decision-making, performance monitoring, and program evaluation. Serve as a technical lead, senior developer, or product owner on Agile teams by gathering requirements; translating them into functional specifications, user stories, and acceptance criteria; managing backlogs in Jira or Azure DevOps; coordinating testing and QA; and overseeing releases. Develop integrated solutions connecting Dynamics 365 and Power Platform components with SharePoint, Azure services, data warehouses, and external systems using REST/JSON APIs and technologies such as C#, JavaScript/TypeScript, T-SQL, and Power Fx. Your resume must clearly describe how you meet these requirements. It must include detailed descriptions of your duties for each position, as well as hours worked per week, salary, and start/end dates (month/year) so that one (1) full year of specialized experience at the GS-13 level can be verified. The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced Federal/VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be qualified you must submit appropriate documentation (a copy of the agency notice, your most recent performance rating, and your most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty location) and be found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be found well qualified, applicants must meet the following qualifications: Possess 5 years of progressively responsible experience as a senior Dynamics 365/Dataverse developer, technical lead, or solution architect, delivering end-to-end design and implementation of complex case-management and CRM solutions, including Dynamics 365 portals and Power Pages. Extensive experience developing Dynamics 365 solutions and executing controlled production releases, including managed/unmanaged solution management, coordination across dev/test/pre-prod/prod environments, formal change control, release planning, rollback strategies, and alignment with organizational release waves and maintenance windows. Design, implement, and optimize Power Automate flows and related automations to enforce business logic, approvals, routing, notifications, data validation, and other rules in a scalable, supportable manner. Demonstrated advanced programming expertise using C#, JavaScript/TypeScript, T-SQL (or equivalent), Power Fx, Power Automate, REST/JSON APIs, and familiarity with PowerShell and Azure services. Proven ability to elicit and translate complex business requirements into functional specifications, user stories, and acceptance criteria, and to manage Agile backlogs using tools such as Jira or Azure DevOps from concept through production. Provide strong operational and incident-management support for production Dynamics 365/Power Platform environments, including intake and triage, root-cause analysis, defect resolution, vendor and OIT coordination, and ensuring security, performance, and policy compliance. Bring comprehensive experience in data, reporting, and analytics, including defining metrics, designing data models and integrations, and developing dashboards (e.g., Power BI) to drive system and process improvements. Demonstrate strong program-management, analytical, communication, and stakeholder-engagement skills, including documentation, risk and issue tracking, executive briefings, and facilitation across organizations. Operate as a trusted technical advisor, exercising sound judgment on sensitive, high-impact issues while supporting OAWP's accountability and whistleblower-protection mission. Information about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. Physical Requirements: Work is primarily sedentary, although some slight physical effort may be required. Travel may be required. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at http://://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.