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Job opening: IT Specialist (SYSADMIN)

Salary: $132 368 - 172 075 per year
Published at: Oct 18 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
This vacancy is for an IT Specialist (SYSADMIN) in the Office of the Chief Information Officer's Office, Office of the Secretary within the Department of Commerce. Applicant Limit: This announcement will close at midnight after 75 applicants have been received or on the closing date (whichever is sooner). Only applicants who have applied prior to the announcement closing will be considered.

Duties

As an IT Specialist (SYSADMIN), you will perform the following duties: Apply enterprise system life cycle methodology theories, concepts, and methods sufficient to install, configure, troubleshoot, and maintain hardware and software to ensure systems and networks availability, functionality, integrity, security, and efficiency; ensure the tools and methodologies implemented in the enterprise are adequately supporting the overall mission and goals. Perform daily system monitoring, verifying the confidentiality, integrity and availability of hardware, server resources, systems and key processes, reviewing system and application logs. As appropriate, troubleshoot system related issues to determine if problem(s) exist in hardware or software and take approval action to remedy. Participate in all phases of projects, including advising on specification requirements and limitations, assisting project managers define the problem(s) to be solved, providing input into potential solutions or technologies, working with vendors and/or Federal colleagues to implement solutions or technologies, and providing operations and maintenance support. Assess the technical environment to provide recommendations for senior and executive management on improving efficiency and scalability of operations; ensure system hardware, operating systems, software systems, and related procedures adhere to DOC standards. Conduct technical research and development to enable continuing innovation within the infrastructure; research and recommend innovative, and where possible automated approaches for system administration tasks. Identify approaches that leverage resources and provide economies of scale. This Job Opportunity Announcement may be used to fill other IT Specialist (SYSADMIN) GS-2210-14 FPL 14 positions within the Office of the Secretary in the same geographical location with the same qualifications and specialized experience. This position is also advertised under OS-OCIO-DE-23-12146584, which is open to Delegated Examining eligible applicants. You must apply to both announcements if you want to be considered for both.

Requirements

Qualifications

Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management's website located at: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/ Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience need not have been in the federal government. 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 directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. BASIC REQUIREMENT: Applicants must possess IT-related experience demonstrating each of the four competencies listed below: Attention to Detail - Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail. Customer Service - Works with clients and customers (that is, any individuals who use or receive the services or products that your work unit produces, including the general public, individuals who work in the agency, other agencies, or organizations outside the Government) to assess their needs, provide information or assistance, resolve their problems, or satisfy their expectations; knows about available products and services; is committed to providing quality products and services. Oral Communication - Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately. Problem Solving - Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations. AND To qualify at the GS-14 level: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: You must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as: managing enterprise system life cycle methodology theories, concepts, and methods sufficient to install, configure, troubleshoot, and maintain hardware and software to ensure system and network availability, functionality, integrity, security, and efficiency; performing daily system monitoring, verifying the confidentiality, integrity and availability of hardware, server resources, systems and key processes; and, reviewing system and application logs; and developing standard operating procedures and FAQs relevant to the systems.

Education

There is no positive education requirement for this position.

Contacts

  • Address Office of the Secretary 1401 Constitution Ave NW Washington, DC 20230 US
  • Name: Mary Fowler
  • Email: [email protected]

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