About the Position: This position is a DOD Cyber Excepted Service (CES) personnel system position in the Excepted Service under 10 USC 1599f. Employees occupying CES 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 7th Signal Command, NETCOM. Located at Fort Liberty, NC.

Duties

Serves as a Systems Administrator and Information Technology (IT) Customer Support Specialist in the 7th Signal Command CSfC team, with duty location in the Network Enterprise Center (NEC)-Fort Liberty. Responsible for IT Desktop Systems Administration, Customer Support and Engagement and Service Operations associated with Commercial Solutions for Classified, Multiple Independent Levels of Security solutions and Cross Domain Solutions. Responsible for executing Tier I/II operational assistance. Provides information management technical and administrative support, advisory services, and assistance to both customers and organizations. Conducts installations and implementation of Operating System (OS), new system hardware, and software. Provide ongoing support, resolution of problems, and recovery of operating malfunctions involving various hardware components and software failures. Plan, coordinate, develop, test, document, install, and maintain desktops associated with the ViSR node, and user activities associated with the prior mentioned CSfC node. Maintain constant system quality control to ensure that regulatory and security requirements are met. Identify adverse trends and equipment shortcomings and manages operating systems such as Windows and Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Recommend methods and procedures and coordinate corrective action to optimize utilization of equipment and software. Plan and coordinate Service Level Agreements with external customers.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Three year trial/probationary period may be required.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret clearance with SCI
• The employee may be required to work overtime, on-call, holidays, or weekends based on mission needs.
• The employee is required to rotate through supported facilities or travel to regionally supported sites.
• Driver’s license is required to operate a motor vehicle to travel to supported facilities or regionally supported sites.
• This position is designated as Key. The position cannot be vacated during a national emergency or mobilization without seriously impairing the mission.
• May be required to work shift work.
• This position requires business travel of up to 25%.
• Physical required due to lifting up to 50 pounds.
• See "Additional Information" section for additional requirements.

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. Army CES 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 3005, "CES Employment and Placement". If you are a veteran claiming veterans' preference, as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., you must submit documents verifying your eligibility with your application package. 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; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe one year of specialized experience that demonstrates the possession of knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies necessary for immediate success in the position. Such experience is typically in or directly related to the work of the position to be filled. Specialized experience would be demonstrated by maintaining and monitoring all production databases; planning and scheduling the installation of new or modified hardware and operating systems or applications software; providing technical assistance to customers to resolve operational issues; and testing hardware and software to ensure compatibility of systems and network. The specialized experience must include, or be supplemented by, information technology related experience (paid or unpaid experience and/or completion of specific, intensive training, as appropriate) which demonstrates each of the four competencies, as defined: (1) Attention to Detail - Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail. Examples of IT-related experience demonstrating this competency include: 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.

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 KB-W4NHAA NETCOM DO NOT MAIL Fort Huachuca, AZ 85613 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk