Job opening: IT SPECIALIST (SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATION)
Salary: $82 830 - 107 680 per year
Published at: Sep 28 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
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The primary purpose of this position is to serve as a senior systems administrator with responsibility for planning and coordinating the installation, testing, modifying, upgrading, operation, troubleshooting, and maintenance of hardware and software systems.
Duties
Perform services as a senior systems administrator.
Provide technical guidance and instruction to users and other IT specialists.
Serve as a senior technical advisor to management.
Maintain liaison with manufacturers, professional organizations, and counterparts at other installations and services regarding available products and state of the art technologies and advancements.
Requirements
- U.S. Citizenship Required
- Males must be registered for Selective Service, see www.sss.gov
- The employee will be required to obtain and maintain a security clearance
- Recruitment incentives may/may not be authorized
- This position is subject to provisions of the DoD Priority Placement Program
- Employee may be required to work other than normal duty hours, to include evenings, weekends and/or holidays
- Shift work and emergency overtime may be required
- Employee must maintain current certifications
- Disclosure of Political Appointments
- Employee may be required to work other than normal duty hours and work may occasionally require travel away from the normal duty station on military or commercial aircraft
- Information Assurance Certification is a condition of employment. This position includes information assurance/cybersecurity work as a paramount duty requirement
- Work is primarily sedentary, although there may be some carrying of books, printouts, manuals, files, and equipment. The work does not require any special physical effort
- Direct Deposit: All federal employees are required to have direct deposit
Qualifications
Experience requirements are described in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions and the Individual Occupational Requirements (IOR) for the 2210, Information Technology (IT) Management Series (Alternative A). Due to the use of 120-day rosters, this period of experience may be completed within 120 days of the closing date of this announcement.
OPM Quals
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must have at least one year (52 weeks) or will have one year within 120 days of closing of this announcement, of IT-related experience demonstrating each of the following competencies: Attention to Detail, Customer Service, Oral Communication, Problem Solving and specialized experience at the next lower grade (GS-11), or equivalent in other pay systems. Examples of specialized experience include: planning and coordinating the installation, testing, operation, troubleshooting, and maintenance of hardware and software systems. Such experience is typically gained in the IT field or through the performance of work where the primary concern is IT. This may include any of the following: (a) planning and scheduling the installation of new or modified hardware and operating systems and applications software; (b) managing accounts, network rights, and access to systems and equipment; (c) managing systems resources including performance, capacity, availability, serviceability, and recoverability; (d) implementing security procedures and tools; developing and documenting systems administration standard operating procedures; (e) resolving hardware/software interface and interoperability problems; (f) ensuring systems availability, functionality, integrity, and efficiency; (g) maintaining systems configuration; (h) managing the installation and integration of systems fixes, updates, and enhancements; (i) and/or ensuring the rigorous application of information security/ information assurance policies, principles, and practices in the delivery of systems administration services.
FEDERAL TIME-IN-GRADE (TIG) REQUIREMENT FOR GENERAL SCHEDULE (GS) POSITIONS: Merit promotion applicants must meet applicable time-in-grade requirements to be considered eligible. One year at the GS-11 level is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS-12 level. TIG applies if you are in a current GS position or held a GS position within the previous 52 weeks.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas:
Knowledge of the principles, methods, and practices for integrating information system components sufficient to plan, coordinate, and administer computer systems.
Knowledge of the latest advancements in technology to initiate corrective or preventive action to ensure optimum performance of the system.
Knowledge of performance tuning tools, database management, and project management methods sufficient to optimize systems performance, troubleshoot database performance problems, and perform a wide range of systems administration functions.
Knowledge of operating systems, associated devices, and the interoperability of systems sufficient to install, upgrade, troubleshoot, test, and maintain those systems; to optimize the functionality and performance of systems; and to ensure the availability, integrity, efficiency, and reliability of servers.
Ability to communicate orally and in writing of the methods and practices for troubleshooting, recovering, adjusting, modifying, and improving systems to solve complex problems, provide support that minimizes interruptions in service to customers, and maintain liaIson with industry and other activities to provide awareness.
PART-TIME OR UNPAID EXPERIENCE: Credit will be given for appropriate unpaid and or part-time work. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week.
VOLUNTEER WORK EXPERIENCE: Refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service Programs (i.e., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student and social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge and skills that can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
NETWORK ENVIRONMENT: Work is performed in a typical office setting with adequate lighting, heating, and ventilation. The work environment involves everyday risks or discomforts that require normal safety precautions.
Education
This job does not have an education qualification requirement.
Contacts
- Address Robins AFB
455 Byron St
Ste 474
Robins AFB, GA 31098
US
- Name: Total Force Service Center
- Phone: 1-800-525-0102
- Email: [email protected]
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