Pros
Doing work that can help people.
Cons
Micromanagement by data and technology team manager. Lack of knowledge of modern programming concepts. Unfortunate unwillingness to listen to suggestions of staff. Poor people skills of leadership. Manager that is arrogant and condescending to staff. Developers are treated like grunts as opposed to valuable resources of the organization. By this I mean that opinions and suggestions will not be heard. Timelines will be dictated without consultation of contributing members. Failed decisions by management are routinely blamed on development staff. If you are a developer or designer looking for a good opportunity to work in IT, best to look any other place than DHS technology team. There are many good people and managers at DHS, but the technology team is a bad environment. You will not be placed in a position to succeed. You will have any expertise you bring to the team be doubted for no reason. Rigid rules and ever changing whims of the leader are the daily norms.