See below for important information regarding this job. Position will be filled at any of the locations listed below. Site specific salary information as follows: Battle Creek, MI: $122,198 - $158,860 Columbus, OH: $127,408 - $165,632 Dayton, OH: $126,717 - $164,735 Fort Belvoir, VA: $139,395 - $181,216 New Cumberland, PA: $139,395 - $181,216 Ogden, UT: $122,198 - $158,860 Philadelphia, PA: $134,468 - $174,811 Richmond, VA: $127,523 - $165,782

Duties

Serves as an expert on assigned projects, working groups, and integrated product teams (IPTs) to provide senior technical direction, guidance, and leadership for orchestrating the development, integration, maintenance, operations of DLA systems. Practice project management and agile methodologies throughout all stages of the project lifecycle. Lead and develop pilots, prototypes, and minimum viable products to demonstrate products and solutions for customers. Serve as a subject matter expert through consulting with customers to determine requirements, explore solutions, and deliver high business impact solutions in an iterative, agile process. Drive agency-wide and multi-agency IT modernization initiatives in the areas of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), Application Program Interface (API) and API Gateways. Develops acquisition strategies to provide the best value for the customer and to sustain modernization projects. Develop and promote innovation adoption practices, through partner work, support of a community of practice, learning and development, and reference materials. Directs implementation of assigned project segments providing expert guidance on the rapid implementation and development ... ... of Enterprise business capability utilizing Commercial Off -The- Shelf (COTS), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), and Government Off-The-Shelf (GOTS) packages. Responsible for analyzing critical system requirements in response to business requirements, risks, and costs; evaluating, selecting, verifying, and validating the systems software environment; .... .... evaluating, selecting, and installing compilers, assemblers, and utilities; and integrating hardware and software components within the systems environment. Responsible for testing efforts assigned by supervisor with responsibility for planning, organizing, and ensures the successful execution of the testing efforts. Performs continuing analysis and feasibility evaluations of software/hardware proposals, trends and concepts in terms of validity in user environments, impact on invested operating systems and user organization, .... ... implications regarding adequacy of hardware facilities, cost-effectiveness, trade-offs, etc. Serve as a liaison between the stakeholders and the project teams, delivering feedback to the team, enabling them to make necessary changes to product performance or presentations. Analyze applications, systems, evaluate alternatives and design and document solutions, and potential problems with leveraging cloud capabilities. Analyze customer experience approaches (e.g. strategies, roadmaps, playbooks) that represent best practices in the federal government. May perform as Contracting Office Technical Representative (COTR) and expert in the knowledge and procedures necessary for coordinating and evaluating timelines associated with acquisition process of IT services, ... ... software licensing, sole source justifications, and development of technical evaluation factors in support of assigned programs/projects outsourced to commercial activities.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. citizen
• Tour of Duty: Set Schedule
• Security Requirements: Non Critical Sensitive
• Appointment is subject to the completion of a favorable suitability or fitness determination, where reciprocity cannot be applied; unfavorably adjudicated background checks will be grounds for removal.
• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Exempt
• Selective Service Requirement: Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service.
• Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
• Bargaining Unit Status: No
• Pre-Employment Physical: Not Required

Qualifications

To qualify for an IT Specialist (APPSW), your qualifications must include: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position, and is directly in or related to this position. To qualify at the GS-14 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military or private sector. Applicants must meet eligibility requirements minimum qualifications, and any other regulatory requirements by the cut-off/closing date of the announcement. Creditable specialized experience includes: - Performs expert level skills in IT concepts, principles, and practices to plan, direct, and evaluate projects for Automated Information Systems (AIS). - Applies analytical theories, principles, concepts, methods, and techniques related to mathematical and statistical analysis to formulate and conduct studies and analysis. - Possesses extensive experience in test and evaluation techniques; large-scale software deployments; and system development life cycles. - Plans and coordinates efforts of government and contractors involved in research and development (R&D), technology advancements, upgrades, design, and/or developmental engineering of enterprise systems. - Experience in facilitating requirements gathering within one or more business functional areas to develop a comprehensive functional and technical specifications and manage changes to requirements. - Experience in developing solutions utilizing Application Program Interfaces (APIs) and various low-code development tools such as ServiceNow, etc. - Experience in establishing incremental implementation strategy and technical foundation in alignment with enterprise goals. 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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. For all positions individuals must 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. 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. 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. 4. Problem Solving - Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations.

Education

Substitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level.

Contacts

• Address DLA Information Operations J6 8725 John J Kingman Rd Ft Belvoir, VA 22060-6221 US
• Name: David Beller
• Phone: 717-770-4705
• Email: [email protected]