This is a Washington Air National Guard Title 32 Excepted Service Bargaining Unit Technician position: IT SPECIALIST (NETWORK) Location: Fairchild AFB, Washington 99011-9413Air National Guard Units Appointment Type: Temporary, excepted service Advertised as: ENLISTED This announcement may be used to fill one or more vacancies.

Duties

A GS-2210-9/11, IT SPECIALIST (NETWORK): Incumbent uses data, voice, and wireless principles to plan, test, and configure client systems, network, voice and personal wireless communications systems, to include specialized and unique platform IT systems. Participates in planning, monitoring, testing, maintaining, and operating multiple client systems-based platforms. Installs network hubs, switches and client workstations. Resolves connectivity and interoperability conflicts between network components. Develops instructions for and assists network technicians with installing, implementing, integrating, and maintaining networked systems. Analyzes reports, equipment usage and capabilities to identify potential problems to management. Implements new systems hardware and software to support networks. Provides real time monitoring of critical command and control mission related systems within Wing GSU's and tenant organizations for information technology production control. Records and reports IT incidents as they occur to effectively track outages and types of interruptions to service and to build a knowledge base for future problem resolution. Researches, evaluates, and provides feedback on problematic trends and patterns in customer support requirements. Makes recommendations to modify manner of use, installation of upgrades, or modification of programs to provide a continuous flow of information. Coordinates efforts between network customers, system support personnel, and commercial vendors to identify and resolve network, software, and other system anomalies. Monitors available tools for reportable incidents and status reporting, obtains clarification from originating agency, manages a historical database for trend analysis on outages and limiting factors, and provides management with accurate up-to-date information. Ensures periodic systems checks are conducted on all systems to ensure full operational status. Identifies trends in the types and frequency of errors and recommends changes to ensure optimum effectiveness is achieved. Remains abreast of changes in technology and applications that impact network client operation. Participates in the resolution of very complex network, voice, and personal wireless communications problems by collaborating with technical specialists. Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Qualifications

GENERAL EXPERIENCE: Experience that has provided a basic knowledge of data processing functions and general management principles that enabled the applicant to understand the stages required to automate a work process. Must have IT-related experience, such experience is typically gained in the IT field or through the performance of work where the primary concentration is IT. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: GS09 - Must have at least 24 months experience or 1 year equivalent to at the the next lower grade in receiving, maintaining, and issuing data storage media for computer operations. Experience in scheduling the use of computer time for program processing. Experience collecting and sequentially staging input media with associated program instructions for processing. Experience in at least one programming language. Translating detailed logical steps developed by others into language codes that computers accept where this required understanding of procedures and limitations appropriate to use of a programming language. Experience interviewing subject-matter personnel to get facts regarding work processes and synthesizing the resulting data into charts showing information flow. Experience in analysis of the interrelationship of pertinent components of the system. Experience planning the sequence of actions necessary to accomplish the assignment. Experience scheduling the sequence of programs to be processed by computers where alternatives had to be weighed with a view to production efficiency. GS11 - Must have at least 36 months experience or 1 year specialized experience equivalent to at the the next lower grade that approaches techniques and requirements appropriate to an assigned computer applications area or computer specialty area in an organization. Experience 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. Experience that required adaptations of guidelines or precedents to meet the needs of the assignment. Experience preparing documentation on cost/benefit studies where is involved summarizing the material and organizing it in a logical fashion.

Education

Education Requirements:
High School Diploma or GED.
of Education for Specialized Experience:GS09 - Master's degree or equivalent graduate degreeor2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a master's degree or equivalent graduate degree.
GS11 - Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degreeor3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree
To receive credit for Education, you must provide transcripts or other documentation of proof to support your Educational claims.

Contacts

• Address 141st Communications Squadron 1320 W Wainwright BLVD Fairchild AFB, WA 99011-9413 US
• Name: WA HRO Staffing Section
• Phone: 253-512-8260
• Email: [email protected]