This position is located with Bonneville Power Administration, in Quality Control (JLQ), Enterprise Shared Services (JL), Information Technology (J). A successful candidate in the IT Specialist (Change Authorization & Delivery Lead) position will serve as a senior technical leader of the evolution and execution of the enterprise Release and Change Management lifecycle. We are seeking a senior technical leader to spearhead the transformation of our software release and change management practices. In this role, you will transition our traditional, manual change review boards into a modern, automated, and evidence-based governance model. By embedding security and compliance directly into our automated software pipelines, you will play a central role in ensuring that the technology powering the region is deployed faster, safer, and with unprecedented stability. As an IT Specialist (Change Authorization & Delivery Lead), you will: Serve as the final authority on system-wide software updates, steering the approval process away from tedious, manual checklist meetings. You will empower teams to focus instead on automated, high-speed validation of code readiness, ensuring every update is justified and safe. Embed automated security checks, vulnerability scans, and regulatory compliance protocols directly into the software development pipeline. You will shift quality assurance from a final-stage bottleneck into a continuous, automated process that runs seamlessly in the background. Champion and design low-risk, pre-approved deployment pathways for mature applications. By creating highly automated and reliable pipelines, you will enable teams to rapidly roll out new features and security patches without compromising system stability. Establish and track modern development metrics-such as deployment frequency, change success rates, and recovery times. You will analyze these data trends to uncover bottlenecks, reduce risks, and make strategic, evidence-based recommendations to executive leadership. Collaborate with engineering teams to integrate modern project tracking systems (like ServiceNow) directly with automated cloud deployment pipelines (like Azure DevOps). Your goal is to eliminate manual paperwork by automatically generating and filing compliance records as code moves to production. Design and maintain clear, accessible visual dashboards. These will provide developers, engineers, and executive leaders with instant, real-time insights into upcoming software changes, pipeline health, and overall system performance. Act as the central coordinator and communication hub during major scheduled system updates. You will align software development and infrastructure teams, ensuring everyone is prepared with robust contingency and rollback plans for a smooth launch. Take the lead during critical outages or software emergencies. You will coordinate technical teams to deploy emergency patches rapidly, ensuring the system returns to normal operations quickly while still maintaining essential safety controls. In accordance with Executive Order 14170, applicants are encouraged to respond to four short, free-response, essay questions in the questionnaire. Answer to these questions is not scored or rated. Your answers will be reviewed by the hiring manager and agency leadership if you are referred for selection consideration When you apply you will be asked a series of questions to determine your eligibility for employment and your qualification for this position specifically. You must answer all of these questions completely and truthfully. Key Requirements: You must be a United States Citizen. This employer participates in the E-Verify program. Males must abide by Selective Service registration requirements. You will be required to report in person to the official duty location. Conditions of Employment: Suitable for Federal employment, as determined by a background investigation. May be required to successfully complete a probationary period.

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