Brian Griffith, a program manager for the FBI, said at an AFCEA forum in Washington, D.C. that the bureau’s Criminal Justice Information Services division is revising its information technology recruitment strategy, Fedscoop reported Wednesday. Griffith told the attendees at the 2019 Law Enforcement and Public Safety Technology Forum that the FBI is looking for individuals with aptitude and a “sense of mission.â€
“You need great generals who are able to fill in as a developer, as a base person, as a tester, maybe occasionally becoming scrum master and leading those teams.†he said.
The Trump administration is working to expand the government IT workforce through legislation such as direct-hire authority for agencies. The FBI also partnered with institutions like the Carnegie Mellon University to improve its recruitment of IT personnel.
“Not only in the federal government but also in industry, we don’t have as much of a pipeline as we would like for cybersecurity analysts and for data scientists,†added Margie Graves, the federal deputy chief information officer.
