The position description number is PD02D2180. View the full PD: PD Search. Serves as a Technical Specialist with responsibility and accountability as a technical authority and advisor covering a wide range of technology and applications (e.g., measurement and control, information and integrity review, financial, human resource, portal infrastructure, quality assurance (QA), enumeration, data exchange, annual wage reporting, and systems for the correction and use of earnings data).

Duties

Serves as a principal planner and advisor to Systems’ top management, working with senior technical and managerial representatives in the development of Systems-wide directives, standards... [cont'd] specifications, policies, implementing strategies, management guidelines, procedures, or practices and/or in new developments and advanced techniques in a specialty area. Designs and conducts comprehensive agency-wide studies and evaluations, and plans, organizes, and directs studies to develop long-range... [cont'd] (e.g., 5 to 10 year) information technology (IT) forecasts and recommendations affecting broad areas of future operations. Chairs agency committees concerned with equipment acquisition; serves as IT expert on interagency or national committees, boards, and working groups... [cont'd] concerned with implementing state-of-the-art automation advancements; or coordinates the efforts of ad hoc groups working on special development projects. Serves as project leader for advanced system software/hardware project efforts; directs development of overall plans, criteria, and programming... [cont'd] specifications; coordinates project efforts in accomplishing the work; and integrates efforts with other projects underway.

Requirements

• All application materials must be received by the closing date.
• Applicants must be in good standing.
• Applicants must have a fully successful rating of record.
• Official Personnel Folders will not be reviewed.
• Requests for copies of application documents will not be accepted.
• All application forms submitted become the property of SSA Human Resources.

Qualifications

Your SSA-45/resume must provide sufficient experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, and proficiency of any required competencies to perform the specific position for which you are applying. Your SSA-45/resume is the key means we have for evaluating your experience, education, knowledge, skills, abilities and competencies as they relate to this position. Your resume and supporting documents must specifically address the evaluation criteria for the position. Describe duties you perform (not just knowledge, skills and abilities) as they relate to the specialized experience required for this position. Be clear, accurate and specific when describing your experience; e.g., list all positions separately, include full start and stop dates for each position, your component and grade, and a comprehensive description the relevant duties you performed in each position. YOUR RESUME OR SSA-45 MUST INCLUDE YOUR OFFICIAL DUTY STATION AND YOUR COMPONENT (DC-LEVEL DOWN TO OFFICE-LEVEL) OR YOU MAY BE FOUND INELIGIBLE. This information is instrumental in determining the highest quality candidates to be referred to the Selecting Official. Please submit a thorough SSA-45/resume that directly relates to this position. If your application materials do not demonstrate the knowledge, skills, abilities, experience needed for this position, your application will be ineligible for consideration. To qualify for the 2210 IT Specialist series, applicants must demonstrate the following competencies: must be IT related; the experience may be demonstrated by paid or unpaid experience and/or completion of specific, intensive training (for example, IT certification), as appropriate. Attention to Detail - Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail. Customer Service - Works with clients and customers (that is, any individuals who use or receive the services or products that your work 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; know about available products and services; and is committed to providing quality products and services. Oral Communication - Express 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); make clear and convincing oral presentations; listen to others, attend to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately. Problem Solving - Identify problems; determine accuracy and relevance of information; use sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations. In addition, applicants must have 52 weeks of specialized experience at the GS-13 level, or equivalent, which is in or related to the work of the position to be filled and has equipped applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Such IT-related experience must include three out of the following four indicators below: Experience performing systems requirements engineering, software development, software validation or software testing, Experience leading a team in the planning, analysis, development, or validation of a major programmatic application system, Experience obtaining input from peers or subordinates and using the information gathered to make a technical recommendation to management, Experience providing technical direction and establishing priorities for staff or peers The specialized experience is REQUIRED and must be explicitly documented/described in your resume, or you will be disqualified from further consideration. Qualification standards and additional information for this position can be found here: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/2200/information-technology-it-management-series-2210-alternative-a/ NOTE: You cannot be credited for experience unless you clearly show your grade level at the time the experience was gained, as well as the dates you were at that grade level. If you combine career-ladder experience into a single description of duties, you may be eliminated from consideration based on failure to clearly document the required experience at the required grade level for the required period of time. Qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Applicants for promotion must have 52 weeks at GS-13. Time in grade requirement must be met by the closing date of this announcement.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address OCIO - OEIS 6401 Security Boulevard Baltimore, MD 21235 US
• Name: OPE Staffing OCIO
• Email: [email protected]