Job opening: IT Specialist (ENTARCH)
Salary: $116 393 - 172 075 per year
Published at: Nov 02 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
The position is at the Bureau of the Fiscal Service, Deputy Assistant Commissioner (DAC) Information Services, Business Applications & Solutions Division (BASD), with primary responsibility for oversight of IT solutions for various programs and products supported by the division. Major duties include analyzing, planning, designing, implementing, documenting, assessing, and managing IT solutions; as well as aligning technology strategy, plans, and systems with mission, goals, and processes.
Duties
PLEASE NOTE: Based on the current hiring restrictions, selectees may be subject to additional approvals prior to an offer being extended.
As an IT Specialist (ENTARCH), you will:
- Develop strategies which will translate into tactical decision making, influencing technology implementation and business operations optimization. Provide support for the development of strategies, roadmaps, and plans to minimize technology-based risks and maximize the resiliency and effectiveness of systems and business operations.
- Identify current and potential problem areas; Conduct extensive investigation and analysis of largely undefined factors and conditions to determine the nature and scope of problems and to devise solutions. Establish criteria for new solutions.
- Participate in committees, workgroups, and task forces to represent the architectural interests of the agency. Provide expert guidance to internal and external business partners and stakeholders regarding current and potential risks arising from design, product, and implementation decisions.
- Cultivate relationships with business stakeholders and communicates and clarifies the target architecture to the organization and executive leadership. Promote and educate customers and stakeholders on the use and value of the IT solution.
- Provide solution architecture guidance, support, and coordination to business stakeholders, application developers, infrastructure engineers, and operations staff.
Qualifications
You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement.
The experience may have been gained in either the public, private sector or volunteer service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/day/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week on your résumé.
Specialized Experience:
For the GS-14, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service which have equipped the candidate with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position.
Specialized experience for this position includes a consistent record of technical leadership in integrating, developing, and architecting Application Programming Interface (API) solutions with both on-premises and cloud-based services; and, experience performing work that involves the analysis, design, implementation, documentation, assessment, and management of the software development lifecycle and continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) of API solutions to align IT strategies and systems with the goals of the organization.
Examples of specialized experience for this position include any of the following:
- Serving in a technical senior or leadership role (IT solution architect, enterprise architect, technical lead, etc.) responsible for successfully architecting a major IT project.
- Conducting detailed analysis and modeling of a systems current or planned technical architecture.- Conducting and developing technical workshops and meetings with technical and business customers, executive management, and/or partners to drive effective services and implementations.
AND
Individuals must have IT-related experience demonstrating each of the four competencies listed below.
1. Customer Service, such as cultivating relationships with business stakeholders and providing solution architecture guidance, support, and coordination to business stakeholders, application developers, infrastructure engineers, and operations staff.
2. Oral Communication, such as predicting and advocating for necessary technology investments to ensure the continued resiliency of business processes and facilitating and championing the integration of new and advanced technologies and methods to support program objectives and goals.
3. Problem Solving, such as determining the gaps between the current and the target architecture and developing plans for transitioning to target architecture or establishing criteria for new enterprise architecture solutions.
4. Attention to Detail, such as conducting extensive investigation and analysis of largely undefined factors and conditions to determine the nature and scope of problems and to devise solutions.
Education
This job does not have an education qualification requirement.