About the Position: This position is in the Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS). Employees occupying DCIPS positions are in the Excepted Service and must adhere to U.S. Code, Title 10, as well as Department of Defense Instruction 1400.25. This position is located at the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command, Enterprise/Surveillance & Recon Acty, Ft Gordon Det, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060. Duty Station Location: Fort Gordon, GA

Duties

Serves as primary technical lead for the Enterprise Virtual Desktop (VDI) solutions provided by the Ground Intelligence Support Activity (GISA) to a range of Army Intelligence customers worldwide. Responsible for the technical evaluation and testing of a range of virtualization, storage, compute and VDI components for the Army Intelligence Enterprise Designs, manages, and troubleshoots a range of storage architectures to include Network Attached Storage (NAS), Storage Area Network (SAN) and Object based storage. Develops the Enterprise strategy for optimal use of a range of virtualization products (e.g. VMWare, Hypervisor, Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI)), container solutions (e.g. Kubernetes, Docker, OpenShift, etc.) and Cloud solutions. Performs conceptual analysis, requirements analysis, design, implementation, deployment, documentation and maintenance of various applications and support tools within the construct of a Global IT Enterprise. Manages virtualized servers, virtualized desktops, virtualized applications and the infrastructure in support of these technologies at both on premise data center locations and cloud locations. Serves as a Storage Area Network Administrator (SAN Admin), includes planning, designing, and process and policy management. Manages Storage Area Network (SAN) data, file server hardware and software, network files, and systems shares and provides capacity planning matrix.

Requirements

• Two year trial/probationary period may be required.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret (TS) security clearance based on a T5 investigation/Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) with eligibility for sensitive compartmented information (SCI).
• In accordance with Change 3 to AR 600-85, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Program, individual must successfully pass a urinalysis screening for illegal drug use prior to appointment and periodically thereafter.
• Temporary Duty (TDY) travel will be required 25% or less of the time.
• Must be willing to carry a pager or cell phone and be on call.
• May require consent to take a counterintelligence scope polygraph examination, if access to a special access program.
• All INSCOM employees may be subject to extended TDY or worldwide deployments during crisis situations to perform mission essential functions as determined by management.
• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. 10-Point Other Veterans’ Rating30 Percent or More Disabled Veterans5-Point Veterans' PreferenceCurrent Army Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) EmployeeCurrent Department of Army Civilian EmployeesCurrent Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)Current DoD Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Employee (non-Army)Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Interchange AgreementDisabled Veteran w/ a Service-Connected Disability, More than 10%, Less than 30%Non-Department of Defense (DoD) TransferPrior Federal Service EmployeeUnited States Citizen Applying to a DCIPS Position Army DCIPS positions apply Veteran's Preference to preference eligible candidates as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., in accordance with the procedures provided in DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 2005, DCIPS Employment and Placement. 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. To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe at least one year of experience which prepared you to do the work in this job. Specialized experience is defined as performing System Administrator duties in the technology areas of server virtualization, storage administration and virtual desktop support. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the Federal service (GG/GS-11). For this position, individuals must also have IT-related experience demonstrating each of the four competencies listed below. 1. ATTENTION TO DETAIL - Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail. Examples of IT-related experience demonstrating this competency includes: completing thorough and accurate work independently, even in the most difficult or stressful situations; occasionally reviewing work completed by others. 2. 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. Examples of IT-related experience demonstrating this competency include: resolving routine and non-routine problems, questions, or complaints; developing and maintaining strong, mutually supportive working relationships with customers; conducting evaluation of support to determine quality of services and customer satisfaction, and recommending procedural changes based on customer need or changes in policy and/or regulation. 3. 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. Examples of IT-related experience demonstrating this competency include: convincingly conveying complex information to customers; presenting thoughts that are well-organized and demonstrating confidence in the facts and ideas; adjusting style when working with individuals with different levels of understanding; using various methods to explain and convey information. 4. PROBLEM SOLVING - Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations. Examples of IT-related experience demonstrating this competency include: solving complex or sensitive problems by developing and proposing strategic alternatives; identifying possible conflicts and shared benefits; helping team anticipate problems and identifying and evaluating potential sources of information; providing feedback and coaching to others to help solve problems; engaging appropriate stakeholders when developing solutions in order to understand and incorporate multiple perspectives and needs; evaluating the effectiveness of decisions and adjusting future decisions as appropriate. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: CommunicationsSystem AdministrationTechnology Awareness

Education

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

Contacts

• Address ST-IC-W6VBAA US ARMY INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY CMD DO NOT MAIL Fort Huachuca, AZ 85613 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk