You will serve as an IT Specialist (Customer Support/Information Security) of AIRTEVRON WING NINE.

Duties

You will coordinate timetables for, and the delivery of software and hardware Moves, Adds, and Changes (MACS). You will gather facts about the user's requirements and balance them against command priorities and existing schedules in order to produce efficient and effective scheduling of computer services. You will provide recommendations and alternative approaches or modifications to accomplish the desired result and to take full advantage of new and/or upgraded system capabilities and services. You will prepare and maintain required system documentation certification of standalone systems in accordance with agency, major claimant, and local standards. You will ensure all requirements for Information Assurance/Security (INFOSEC) are applied to Navy and non-Navy systems and in compliance. You will ensure system users are provided annual Information assurance awareness training and provide an annual report. You will develop reporting procedures and ensure that security violations and incidents are properly reported up the chain as required.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• MSP/PPP applicants must currently hold the required security clearance.
• Successful completion of a pre-employment drug test (including marijuana) is required. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if you fail to report to the drug test appointment or fail the test. You will be subject to random testing.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.
• This is a bargaining unit position.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain required DoD 8570 IA training and certification requirements for this designated information Assurance Technician (IAT) Level II position within 6 months of accepting this position.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an Operating System Certification.

Qualifications

Your experience must reflect skill in the following areas: attention to detail, customer service, oral communication, and problem solving: Attention to Detail - Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail. IT-related experience demonstrating this competency may include: Configure and program new equipment to meet end user requirements; Install software/hardware components, system peripherals, perform diagnostics, analyze results and affect repairs. 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. IT-related experience demonstrating this competency may include: Ensure timely customer service support to maximize customer abilities to use local training and maintenance information systems; assist customers in determining information requirements through system training and applications. 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. IT-related experience demonstrating this competency may include: Instruct computer use and software applications either one-to-one or in a classroom; provide technical advice and training support to personnel concerning communication requirements. Problem Solving - Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations. IT-related experience demonstrating this competency may include: resolving customer questions or problems concerning Information Technology (IT) automation systems, software and hardware problems; respond to system shutdowns, interruptions, failures and analyze problems, to determine reason and affect repair and/or replacement to restore operations. In addition to experience demonstrating the four competencies above, your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-07 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector providing Information Technology customer support services by troubleshooting and analyzing problems related to Information Technology products, services, and security measures to ensure services are provided effectively. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/2200/information-technology-it-management-series-2210-alternative-a/. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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.

Education

Education can be substituted for experience as described below:

Successful completion of a master's degree or equivalent graduate 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.

OR

Successful completion of 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a master's degree or equivalent graduate 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.

Contacts

• Address AIRTEVRON WING NINE Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Nine VX-9 1 Administration Circle Mailstop 1016 China Lake, CA 93555 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]