The foundation for success of the Defense Commissary Agency mission is our people. It is DeCA's goal to have a workforce that is comprised of our nation's diverse cultures and backgrounds. DeCA operates a worldwide commissary system that provides quality grocery products to active duty military personnel and retirees, members of the Reserve and National Guard, and their families, as well as current DeCA employees. The agency employs over 15,000 people and its annual sales exceed $4 billion.

Duties

Performs systems management of IT business, financial, technology or data management systems to include: project management, investment management, systems integration, project cost and schedule, performance, test and acceptance, deployment, configuration management, quality assurance, information security and product support. Plans, develops and maintains systems specifications, project management plans and systems change packages. Conducts feasibility studies, analysis of alternatives, and development of designs for systems software and programming specifications. Analyzes and refines business requirements ensuring that application software documentation is maintained current as subsequent changes are made to the software. Serves as Information Systems Security Officer, sustaining Risk Management framework posture; obtain and maintain certification and accreditation of assigned systems. Evaluates new applications software technologies.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen
• Must apply by 11:59 EST on the closing date of vacancy
• Work Schedule: Full Time
• Tour of Duty: Flexible
• Permanent change of Station (PCS) Cost: Are NOT authorized.
• Position sensitivity: Non-Critical Sensitive
• Security Requirements: Must be able to obtain and maintain security clearance eligibility based on appropriate background investigation.
• Overtime: Occasionally
• Temporary Duty (TDY) Travel: Occasionally
• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Exempt
• Bargaining Unit Position: Yes
• Physical Requirement: Not applicable
• Obligated Position: Not Obligated.
• Selective Service Requirement: All male applicants born after December 31, 1959 must be registered with the selective service system or exempt from Selective Service. Please visit https://www.sss.gov/ for more information.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, by the closing date of this announcement, you must possess one of the following: (a) One year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-11 grade level that equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) to perform successfully the duties of the position, and is directly in or related to this position. To be creditable, specialized experience must be at the GS-11 grade level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military, or private sector. Specialized Experience includes: Delivering customer support services, including installation, configuration, troubleshooting, customer assistance, and/or training, in response to customer requirements. Restoring system failures and/or devising recovery plans as required. Performing capacity monitoring, analysis, and planning for IT resources and identifying upgrades and systems improvements required to maintain or improve effectiveness of the IT environment. Recommending to IT management, customer support capabilities to be incorporated into present and future IT products. Managing user accounts, network rights, and access to systems and equipment, to include administering and managing passwords. Additional information is available in the Group Coverage Qualifications Standards for Information Technology series, https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/2200/information-technology-it-management-series-2210-alternative-a/. Volunteer Experience: Your experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through a National Service program (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. Additional Requirements that must be met by the closing date: Physical requirements: Although some slight physical effort may be required at times, the work is primarily sedentary in nature and does not require any special physical effort or demands. Time-in-grade applies to the promotion of current and former federal employees who hold or have held a permanent GS position in either the competitive or excepted service in the previous 52 weeks, including current employees applying under VEOA. Your application package must contain proof you meet this requirement. See Required Documents for more information. For GS-12: You must have 52 weeks of Federal service at or equivalent to GS-11. Time after competitive appointment. Current federal civilian employees must have completed at least 90 days of federal civilian service since being selected for a non temporary appointment from a competitive examination register of eligibles (an announcement opened to the public) or under a direct hire authority. Submitting an incomplete application package may result in your not being considered for this position. Your resume must reflect that you are either Part-Time with the number of hours listed, Full Time, or 40 hours per week as your work schedule. If you fail to provide this information in your resume, your resume will be considered as incomplete.

Education

Education may not be substituted for specialized experience at this grade level.

Contacts

• Address DECA HQ 1300 Eisenhower Street Fort Gregg-Adams, VA 23801 US
• Name: DeCA HQ Servicing team
• Phone: 614-692-2331
• Email: [email protected]