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Management
Richmond, VA (On-Site/Office)
Duties
As a IT SPEC (APPSW/INET) (Title 5) (Temporary NTE One Year)-Title 5, GS-2210-12, you will perform the below duties:Serves as a principal expert and the authoritative source for software application development providing project leadership to lower-graded specialists. Provides technical guidance for application analysis and programming to internal and external contacts. Coordinates studies and plans with other technical personnel in the directorate. Recommends specific requirements for new application development and improvements to current applications. Determines overall technical design and structure of websites and web-based applications. Ensures security standards are met. Anticipates problems, research trends in system needs, and determines when new or additional hardware/software is required. Determines feasibility of the requested applications. Plans, coordinates and accomplishes studies to identify need for new stand-alone and web-based application requirements. Determines specifications, equipment and facilities necessary to develop, modify, and implement needed applications. Designs, develops, implements, monitors, and maintains stand-alone and web-based applications using software engineering techniques. Develops work plans, program logic, special instructions, and detailed flow charts covering processes and application needs. Assures software and systems quality and functionality. Ensures involvement of customer and management throughout the development process. Works with customers to test applications and ensure desired functionality is attained. Performs application maintenance. Analyzes National Guard Bureau (NGB), agency and locally developed standard/stovepipe systems to determine needed additions. Develops new applications using software-engineering techniques that enhance existing stovepipe systems. Attends conferences and seminars that deal with Software Engineering and application development. Develops reports on the status of projects. Implements project management principles. Drafts project plans, assigns tasks, monitors progress, and resolves critical issues. Achieves cost goals, schedule goals, and performance goals. Develops and documents internal Standard Operating Procedures/Instructions (SOP/SOIs) for application development. Creates new guidelines and recommends Engineering Change Proposal - Software (ECP-S) through proponent agencies. Writes and maintains application documentation for internal code. Writes and maintains documentation to include user manuals, help files, and installation guides. Coordinates the demonstration of new and enhanced applications to customers and management. Provides training on application implementation, including classroom instruction and Computer Based Training (CBT) development. Performs other duties as assigned.
Requirements
Conditions of employment
NOTE: Qualifications are based on breadth/level of experience. In addition to describing duties performed, applicants must provide the exact dates of each period of employment (from MM/DD/YY to MM/DD/YY) and the number of hours worked per week if part time. As qualification determinations cannot be made when resumes do not include the required information, failure to provide this information may result in disqualification. Applicants are encouraged to use the USAJOBS Resume Builder to develop their federal resume.
NOTE: All job seekers will be required to limit their resumes to 2 pages in length when applying for job opportunity announcements (JOAs)
NOTE: This position may be made permanent at a later date without competition.
WHO CAN APPLY:
GROUP A1 - All on Board Federal National Guard Employees within VANG employed with USPFO.
GENERAL EXPERIENCE : Applicants must have experience with planning, designing, developing, testing, implementing, supporting and maintaining applications and serve as the technical expert for application development.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE : Applicants musthave at least 12 months of specialized experience, education, or training equivalent to at least the GS-11 level, or equivalent pay band in other pay systems in the Federal government? This experience may also have been obtained in the private sector but must demonstrate that it is comparable to the GS grade indicated. This experience must include activities such as:Experience servings as a principal expert and the authoritative source for software application development providing project leadership to lower-graded specialists. Experience determining feasibility of the requested applications. Experience analyzing agency and locally developed standard/stovepipe systems to determine needed additions. Experience implementing project management principles.
Education
If you are using Education to qualify for this position,
Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree
or
3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D.
or
equivalent doctoral degree
You must provide transcripts or other documentation to support your Educational claims. To receive credit for Education, you must provide documentation of proof that you meet the Education requirements for this position.
Additional information
If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorization Act of 1986 requires that you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency ( ).
As a IT SPEC (APPSW/INET) (Title 5) (Temporary NTE One Year)-Title 5, GS-2210-12, you will perform the below duties:
Requirements
Conditions of employment
- Federal employment suitability as determined by a background investigation.
- May be required to successfully complete a trial period.
- Participation in direct deposit is mandatory.
- May be made permanent at a later date without competition.
- Federal employees currently serving in the competitive service must acknowledge they will voluntarily leave the competitive service by accepting an offer of employment for this NG Title5 excepted service position.
- All job seekers will be required to limit their resumes to 2 pages in length when applying for job opportunity announcements (JOAs)
- This position is not located at a bargaining unit.
- This position may be made permanent at a later date without competition.
NOTE: Qualifications are based on breadth/level of experience. In addition to describing duties performed, applicants must provide the exact dates of each period of employment (from MM/DD/YY to MM/DD/YY) and the number of hours worked per week if part time. As qualification determinations cannot be made when resumes do not include the required information, failure to provide this information may result in disqualification. Applicants are encouraged to use the USAJOBS Resume Builder to develop their federal resume.
NOTE: All job seekers will be required to limit their resumes to 2 pages in length when applying for job opportunity announcements (JOAs)
NOTE: This position may be made permanent at a later date without competition.
WHO CAN APPLY:
GROUP A1 - All on Board Federal National Guard Employees within VANG employed with USPFO.
GENERAL EXPERIENCE : Applicants must have experience with planning, designing, developing, testing, implementing, supporting and maintaining applications and serve as the technical expert for application development.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE : Applicants musthave at least 12 months of specialized experience, education, or training equivalent to at least the GS-11 level, or equivalent pay band in other pay systems in the Federal government? This experience may also have been obtained in the private sector but must demonstrate that it is comparable to the GS grade indicated. This experience must include activities such as:
Education
If you are using Education to qualify for this position,
Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree
or
3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D.
or
equivalent doctoral degree
You must provide transcripts or other documentation to support your Educational claims. To receive credit for Education, you must provide documentation of proof that you meet the Education requirements for this position.
Additional information
If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorization Act of 1986 requires that you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency ( ).
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