About the Position: This position is located in the Office of the Chief of Staff at Ft. Leonard Wood, MO. Ft. Wood is located in the beautiful South-Central Missouri Ozarks. The Fort covers more than 61,000 acres and is located in Pulaski County, Missouri. Bordering the installation to the North are the towns of Waynesville/St. Robert and Interstate 44. St. Louis is a 2 hour drive to the East along I-44 and Springfield is a little more than an hour's drive to the West of Fort Leonard Wood.

Duties

Serves as Chief, Information Technology Support Services Division of the Maneuver Support Center of Excellence (MSCoE) G6, Fort Leonard Wood, MO. Assists in determining resources, assets, and effectiveness of support provided the users; establishes operating policies (i.e., administrative, personnel, logistics. funding and budgeting). Evaluates, designs, develops, and implements systems software, database software, and educational systems. Plans and delivers Information Technology (IT) service to Maneuver Support Center of Excellence training support Mission Partners across all operations. Provides oversight over classroom technologies and scheduling. Researches, plans and develops appropriate network, security architectures. Plans and manages installation, testing, operation, troubleshooting and maintenance of hardware and software systems, video teleconferencing (VTC) and digital display systems. Performs as Information Assurance Security Officer (IASO) in the field of IT security with an emphasis on policies, procedures, methods and best practices for the physical protection of Federal IT resources. Incumbent will also be involved with IT personnel security and ensuring that Federal and contractor personnel in the IT area have the appropriate clearances. Assists with Life Cycle Replacement of old IT equipment; and coordinates with organizations for installation of new/upgrade. Keeps organization Property Book holder informed. Works with NETCOM Information Assurance and G2 information technology experts circumvent security incidents. Applies encryption and security techniques to resolve vulnerabilities and other network shortcomings. Responsible for the CRESTRON Programming System. Provides information service and administers all automation contracts and services with purchasing and contracting to ensure proper compliance with DA regulations and assurance of desired results.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• This position requires the employee to occasionally travel away from the normal duty station - 10%.
• Incumbent will have to pass a pre-employment physical to meet Physical Efforts requirements. This position may require an annual physical or medical surveillance examination. Incumbent must possess the ability to lift 50 lbs.
• This is an inclement weather position. The incumbent is expected to make every attempt to report for duty on time and/or remain on duty during inclement weather conditions.
• Incumbent may be required to perform call duties; work overtime to include weekends and federal holidays, out of cycle, or unscheduled training or on an emergency basis.
• The work will require the incumbent to work evenings/nights; rotating shifts, extended hours or other schedules.
• Although some work is sedentary, work conditions such as ergonomic issues related to lifting and carrying, seating, or video display terminals; repetitive motion injury from using computers, and the like are expected.
• Maintain working cellular and/or home telephone at all times.
• Incumbent must be able to obtain and maintain IAT Level II certifications per DoD Directive 8570.1-M, AR 25-2, and as detailed in the Information Assurance (IA) Training and Certification Best Business Practice (BBP).
• Failure to satisfactorily obtain and maintain updated certifications in accordance with the listed publications are grounds for termination.
• Required to possess a valid passenger vehicle license and to operate a passenger vehicle for purpose of inspecting and troubleshooting network problems.
• Required to satisfactorily complete the appropriate training and obtain the required certification/recertification for this position as outlined in DoD Publication 8570.01-M Information Assurance Workforce Improvement Program.
• Required to satisfactorily complete the appropriate training and obtain the required certification/recertification for this position as outlined in DoD Publication 8570.01-M Information Assurance Workforce Improvement Program.
• Personnel assigned to this position must obtain the appropriate certification within six months of being assigned.
• This position is a Testing Designated Position (TDP) subject to applicant testing and random drug testing.
• Applicants tentatively selected for appointment to this position will participate in drug urinalysis testing, unless currently occupying a TDP within the Department of Defense.
• Tentatively selected applicants will be required to sign DA Form 5019, requiring participation in random drug testing as a condition of employment.
• Incumbent is required to submit a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, OGE-450, upon entering the position and annually, in accordance with DoD Directive 5500-7-R, Joint Ethics Regulation, dated 17-Nov-2011.

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. Current Department of Army Civilian EmployeesInteragency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI)People with Disabilities, Schedule APriority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability RetirementPriority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference EligibleVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or 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; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. For GS-11: Experience that demonstrated accomplishment of computer project assignments that required a range of knowledge of computer requirements and techniques. For example, assignments would show, on the basis of general design criteria provided, experience in developing modifications to parts of a system that required significant revisions in the logic or techniques used in the original development. Accomplishments, in addition to those noted for the GS-9 level, normally involve the following, or the equivalent: Knowledge of the customary approaches, techniques, and requirements appropriate to an assigned computer applications area or computer specialty area in an organization; Planning the sequence of actions necessary to accomplish the assignment where this entailed coordination with others outside the organizational unit and development of project controls; and Adaptation of guidelines or precedents to the needs of the assignment. Specialized Experience: which includes: 1) Information Technology (IT) Support and Systems Development. 2) Contract and Vendor Management. 3) Project and Resource Management. OR Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree Undergraduate or Graduate Education: Degree in computer science, engineering, information science, information systems management, mathematics, operations research, statistics, or technology management or degree that provided a minimum of 24 semester hours in one or more of the fields identified above and required the development or adaptation of applications, systems or networks. This position has an individual occupational requirement and/or allows for substitution of education for experience. If you meet this requirement based on education you MUST submit a copy of your transcript with your application package or you will be rated ineligible. See: Transcripts and Licenses You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Administration and ManagementInformation Technology Policy and PlanningNetwork OperationOral Communication Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-09). All applicants must meet applicable time-in-grade and specialized experience requirements within thirty (30) days after the closing date of the announcement.

Education

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.

Contacts

• Address KA-APF-W0VLAA US ARMY MANSCEN FLW DO NOT MAIL Fort Leonardwood, MO 65473 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk
• Email: [email protected]