IT Specialist (Applications Software/ Systems Analysis)

Duties

The incumbent directs the architectural design and strategic enhancement of enterprise financial applications, leading multidisciplinary project teams to analyze, design, and implement novel solutions for the most complex business challenges. This includes making authoritative decisions on technical approaches in situations involving major uncertainties and conflicting requirements. The incumbent serves as the primary technical authority and liaison to senior management, external auditors, and vendors, representing the organization in formal settings to negotiate technical requirements, resolve significant conflicts, and influence the strategic direction of vendor product roadmaps to better meet Air Force needs. The incumbent pioneers and establishes new standards, methods, and techniques for financial systems analysis and integration. Where existing guidelines are inadequate, the incumbent develops and refines enterprise-level best practices for system interoperability, data integrity, and business process automation, ensuring these new standards are implemented across the organization. The incumbent develops and executes complex data analysis and business intelligence strategies, conceiving and directing the creation of sophisticated analytics tools and dashboards that provide critical insights into enterprise-wide financial health, enabling senior leadership to make strategic decisions. The incumbent exercises broad technical oversight for the security, stability, and continuous improvement of the financial systems architecture, identifying and mitigating systemic risks, providing expert consultation on unprecedented technical issues, and ensuring the long-term viability and effectiveness of the enterprise systems. The incumbent provides authoritative guidance and mentorship to other IT specialists, developing training materials and leading technical instruction on advanced system functionalities and newly established enterprise standards. Performs other duties as assigned.

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Requirements

Conditions of employment

• This position requires the incumbent to complete a background investigation with favorable results.
• This position requires that the incumbent be a U.S. Citizen or a Legal U.S. Resident for a minimum of 3 years.
• This position requires the incumbent to obtain and maintain a Cybersecurity certification/IA certification within 9 months of appointment.
• The incumbent will be required to work other than normal duty hours, which may include evenings, weekends, and/or holidays.
• This position may require the incumbent to travel occasionally for training, meetings, or other work-related duties either commercial or military aircraft in the performance of temporary duty (TDY) or training assignments to designated locations.
• This position may require the incumbent to work overtime and/or emergency overtime.
• This position may require the incumbent to be subject to recall to duty.
• The incumbent must achieve foundational and resident qualification requirements of the position, Per DoDM 8140.03.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Open to everyone. Applicants will be categorized by preference(s) and/or priority consideration eligibilities. An applicant's eligibility will be determined based on eligibility claimed in the questionnaire and proof of eligibility MUST be provided with application by the closing date, 06/30/2026

Business Based Action, Outside Applicant Veteran, Spouse/Widow/Parent of Veteran, and Transition Hiring Preference

In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. 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; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if the position allows for qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.

Qualifying Experience:
The incumbent must have expert-level, extensive hands-on experience with modern, enterprise-level financial and ERP systems, with demonstrated experience in advanced architectural work sufficient to direct the design, integration, and strategic enhancement of complex environments. The incumbent must have a proven track record of leading multi-disciplinary technical teams and managing large-scale enterprise IT initiatives, with demonstrated experience serving as a primary technical authority, exercising broad oversight, and making authoritative decisions. Demonstrated experience resolving unprecedented, highly complex technical issues is required. The incumbent must also have demonstrated experience serving as a definitive technical liaison, with a proven track record of negotiating effectively with vendors, influencing strategic product roadmaps, and communicating highly complex technical concepts and architectural visions to senior management and non-technical stakeholders.

**NOTE: Those qualified applicants who meet both the minimum qualification requirement(s) and highly preferred criteria(s) will be considered best qualified for this position and will be referred to the selecting official(s) first for consideration.

All other applicants will be referred as needed and requested by the selecting official(s).

**Reminder to Applicants: Your experience has to be clearly identified in your resume in order to receive consideration. If your resume does not provide enough information regarding your work history for us to make a creditable qualification determination, your application package may be rendered disqualified, and you will no longer be considered for this position.

(Format example: Employer name, position title, beginning and ending dates of employment, with summary of duties, etc.)

Education

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. This position does not allow for education substitution.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements. You must show proof the education credentials have been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education program. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying.

Additional information

• Individual must fully meet qualification/eligibility/background requirements for this position.
• U.S. Citizens and Non-U.S. Nationals who have resided in the U.S. Territory for three (3) or more consecutive years immediately preceding the start of Federal affiliation or a signed memorandum indicating the installation's decision on the 3-year residency requirement..
• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959 must be registered for Selective Service.
• Direct deposit is required.
• Satisfactorily complete an employment verification (E-Verify) check.
• A probationary period may be required.
• Pre-employment requirements must be satisfactorily met prior to Entrance on Duty (EOD).
• Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs is not authorized, based on a determination that a PCS move is not in the Government's interest.
• Multiple positions may be filled from this job opportunity announcement. And additional selections may also be made from this job opportunity announcement.
• Selection(s) are subject to restrictions resulting from hiring preferences and priority consideration eligible.
• This is a Nonappropriated Fund (NAF) position carrying out Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) activities for the Air Force and Space Force.
• Applicants must be able to provide a REAL ID or present a combination of source identity documents authorized to facilitate access to the installation. Please contact the servicing HR Office with any questions.