IT SPECIALIST (APPSW)

Duties

• Provide technical support and guidance to staff on complex IT management issues that extend and apply to the entire organization or its major components.
• Design, document, develop, modify, test, install, implement, and support new or existing applications software across the enterprise.
• Analyze and refine system requirements, translate requirements into application prototypes, and maintain secure code repositories.
• Conduct fact-finding and research to define the scope of new requirements, identifying source data needs and final deliverables for client/server database applications.
• Evaluate available equipment, software, scalability for future changes, system interoperability, and forecast manpower and hardware resource requirements.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service.
• This national security position, which may require access to classified information, requires a favorable suitability review and security clearance as a condition of employment. Failure to maintain security eligibility may result in termination.
• In accordance with the DoD 8140 policy series, the position is subject to completing Foundational Qualifications in 9 months and completing Residential Qualification requirements overall in 12 months.

Qualifications

In order to qualify for this position, you must meet the requirements described below.

Basic Requirements:

• Attention to Detail- Experience reviewing one's own information technology-related work or data and have been asked by others to review their work or data to ensure accuracy, completeness, and consistency with standards.
• Customer Service - Experience maintaining relationships with customers, assessing current information technology needs of customers, and developing or identifying information technology products and services that are tailored to meet customer needs.
• Oral Communication - Experience briefing mid-level management and IT staff on the status of information technology systems, projects, or daily operations, including the communication of technical information to a non-technical audience.
• Problem Solving - Identifying alternatives to address complex information technology-related issues by gathering and applying information from a variety of sources that provide a number of potential solutions.

Qualifying Experience:

To qualify at the GG-13, your resume must describe at least one year of experience that demonstrates the competencies necessary for immediate success in the position. Experience refers to any paid or unpaid experience, including volunteer work and Military service, that would be considered equivalent to work normally performed at the next lower grade level in the federal service.

For this position, qualifying experience is defined as:
Designing, developing, modifying, testing, and supporting new or modified enterprise-level software systems;
OR

Translating system requirements into application prototypes;
OR

Maintaining code repositories and application architectures;
OR

Managing user interfaces and front-end architectures;

AND
IT-related experience demonstrating Attention to Detail, Customer Service, Oral Communication, and Problem Solving as described in the vacancy announcement.

Candidates must describe how they meet the qualifying experience and/or selective placement factor(s) within the body of their resume. All qualifications must be met within 30 days after the closing date of this announcement.

Your resume MUST include the following information for each job listed: Job title; duties (be as detailed as possible); month & year start/end dates (e.g. June 2017 to April 2026); and full-time or part-time status (include hours worked per week). Read more about what you should include in your federal resume at USAJOBS.

Standard SF-50 Submission Requirement:
If you are a current or former Federal employee, you must submit your most recent non-award SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action) to verify your eligibility.
Your submitted SF-50 must clearly show:

• Your current/highest grade and step held (Block 18 & 20)
• Your tenure code (Block 24)
• Your position classification/pay plan (Block 17)
• Your type of service (competitive or excepted) (Block 34)

Do not submit an award SF-50 (e.g., Block 8 contiguous with code 840, 849, or cash awards), as these do not document tenure, position change, or highest grade held. Failure to submit a qualifying SF-50 will result in your application being marked as ineligible due to incomplete documentation.

Volunteer Experience: 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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills, and can provide valuable training and experience that translates to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

**Combination of education and experience is not applicable for this position. **

Education

There is no substitution of education for specialized experience at the GS/GG-13 grade level.

Additional information

• This position is in the Excepted Service and does NOT convey eligibility to be converted to the Competitive Service. It is being recruited under 10 U.S.C. 1599f into the Cyber Excepted Service (CES) personnel system.
• If you are a current Federal Career/Career-Conditional employee, you will be placed on an Excepted appointment.
• This appointment does not confer eligibility to be non-competitively converted to an appointment in the competitive service.
• A three year trial period may be required if you have not previously completed a trial or probationary period in the excepted or competitive service.
• Telework availability will be based upon the mission requirements and supervisory determination.
• We may use this announcement to fill additional vacancies within 90 days of the closing date.
• Moving costs MAY be paid.
• The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 makes certain reimbursements/payments taxable. For information on these changes and the Relocation Income Tax Allowance (RITA), for which some appointees are eligible, click .
• Recruitment, relocation, or retention incentives MAY be authorized.
• This position is not open to retired federal employees interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant. Under the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 8344 and 8468, a dual compensation (salary offset) waiver is NOT authorized for this position. Therefore, individuals receiving a federal civil service retirement annuity are not eligible for consideration under this vacancy.
• For more information on the Cyber Excepted Service Personnel System, click .
• For more information on veterans' preference, click .
• For more information regarding qualifications requirements, click .
• All applicants are encouraged to apply electronically. If you are unable to apply on-line, you may contact 317-212-0454 for assistance.