Job opening: IT Specialist
Salary: $99 200 - 128 956 per year
Published at: Sep 09 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
See QUALIFICATIONS for information about this position.
Serves as an IT specialist responsible for supporting all Information Technology (IT) applications within the organization. The incumbent has responsibility for various IT projects designed to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of business processes.
See DUTIES for additional responsibilities of this position.
Duties
Researches, evaluates, develops and implements IT applications needed to support agency sensitive and confidential financial activities. Provides IT support for new projects. Participates on a team responsible for development of IT applications.
Contributes in meetings and serves on workgroups related to IT proposals and initiatives. Works with users who oversee sensitive and confidential information in the formulation of requirements for the development and enhancement of IT applications.
Supports the development of needs analyses to define opportunities for new or improved business process solutions using IT applications.
Performs technical activities relating to the design, development and implementation of IT applications within the organization. Performs a wide variety of duties, involving IT systems analysis and programming.
Requirements
- U.S. Citizenship required. Selective Service Registration, if applicable (www.sss.gov).
- Fingerprinting and background and/or security investigation may be required. Job offers are contingent on fingerprinting and background/security investigation results.
- See QUALIFICATIONS, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED, REQUIRED DOCUMENTS and HOW TO APPLY for other information specific to this position.
Qualifications
To qualify for this GS-12 IT Specialist position you must demonstrate:
(1) IT Competencies required for the GS-2210 series AND
(2) at least 52 weeks of Specialized Experience
(1) IT COMPETENCIES: Your resume must describe duties you perform that demonstrate each of the four IT-Competencies below. Duties must be IT-related and may be demonstrated by paid or unpaid experience.
A. Attention to Detail: Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail.
B. 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.
C. Oral Communication: Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, considering 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.
D. Problem Solving: Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives and to make recommendations.
(2) SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE must have been gained in a federal position at or above GS-11 OR (if your position and/or experience is in another federal pay scale OR outside of federal service) by performing duties at a level of responsibility and difficulty equivalent to GS-11.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE is work that primarily consists of utilizing programming languages to develop web applications to support business practices. Such IT-related experience must include writing code for web applications in a modern programming language.
If you have this experience, your resume must describe, in your own words, the duties you perform that demonstrate it.
Since Specialized Experience also has a time component, it must be evident that the duties you describe are at the required level for at least 52 weeks.
Reviewers cannot assume you perform duties you don't describe.
An affirmative response to the online questionnaire is not sufficient to demonstrate experience.
Specialized Experience must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS (IT Competencies and Specialized Experience) must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
Information on this job series can be found at: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/2200/information-technology-it-management-series-2210-alternative-a/
Education
This position does not have an educational requirement.
Education cannot be used in lieu of (or in combination with) Specialized Experience to meet Minimum Qualifications.
Contacts
- Address DCBFM - OFPO
6401 Security Boulevard
Baltimore, MD 21235
US
- Name: OPE Staffing DCBFM
- Phone: 410-965-1234
- Email: [email protected]
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