Job opening: IT SPECIALIST (POLICY AND PLANNING)
Salary: $103 409 - 134 435 per year
Published at: Apr 15 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
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.
Serves as an information technology (IT) policy and planning technical expert in the Plans Branch, within the Business Division of the Stand Alone Network Enterprise Center (SANEC).
Duties
Assist the SANEC Director in the delivery of all required information management (IM) and IT services (communication and system support, information assurance, and automation).
Provide Government Requirements documents to be included in procurement requirements. Ensures IT requirements from tenants for unfunded requests (UFRs), IT requirements) are submitted within timelines to ensure processing with contracting.
Identify Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Information Management (C4IM) service requirements that exceed Army baseline and the preparation of service-level agreements (SLA) for unique service requirements.
Plan and implement enterprise programs and projects for defining, evolving, evaluating, and improving C4IM and IT functions.
Provide technical direction, guidance, and management functions in the support of C4IM programs.
Prepare, present, and defend SANEC architectural and procurement requirements to technical, managerial, resourcing, and policy officials throughout the Command.
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.
- Position is designated Special-Sensitive: Must be able to obtain and retain a Top Secret security clearance based on a Special Background Investigation (SBI) and be eligible for access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI).
- Must pass screening for illegal drug use prior to appointment and subsequent periodic drug screening thereafter.
- May be issued and held accountable for one or more of the following: cellular phone, technical equipment, and/or government travel card to conduct official business.
- May be required to work overtime and other than normal duty hours (e.g., evenings, weekends, holidays, call-back, emergency shift work). May be required to work shift work if the organization moves to a 24/7 operation.
- May be required to use cellular telephone and maintain a working telephone at all times.
- Must be able to obtain and retain a valid driver’s license to operate a motor vehicle to travel to supported facilities or AOR support sites.
- Required to rotate through supported facilities or travel to AOR supported sites.
- Nondisclosure Agreement: This position requires access to classified information. Incumbent of the position will be required to complete a Standard Form (SF) 312, Classified Information Non-disclosure Agreement (NDA).
- 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.
Current Army Cyber Excepted Service (CES) EmployeeCurrent Army Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) EmployeeCurrent Civilian Employees of the Organization Applying to Cyber Excepted Service (CES) PositionsCurrent Department of Army Civilian EmployeesCurrent DoD Cyber Excepted Service (CES) Employee (non-Army)Current Permanent DoD Civilian Employee (non-Army) Applying to Cyber Excepted Service PositionsNon-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer Applying to Cyber Excepted Service PositionsReinstatement
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 at least 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.
To qualify based on your experience, your resume must clearly describe the following quality experience:
Identifying Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Information Management (C4IM) service requirements; analyzing Information Technology (IT) plans and policies to ensure they are appropriate for organizational use; monitoring the integration of internal or external IT programs; recommending corrective actions or resolutions for IT projects and initiatives; and coordinating with personnel from other organizations or agencies to exchange technical information, ideas, or procedures.
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.
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.
Education
This job does not have an education qualification requirement.
Contacts
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