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WHAT IS THE SMALL BUSINESS/SELF EMPLOYED (SBSE) DIVISION? A description of the business units can be found at: https://www.jobs.irs.gov/about/who/business-divisions Vacancies will be filled in the following specialty areas: SB/SE - Operations Support - Technology Solutions The following are the duties of this position at the full working level. - Draft project plans for a multifunctional development project in software analysis, design, development and implementation; - Identify resource requirements and assigning tasks to project members; reporting progress; ensuring customer and management involvement throughout the software development process; - Resolve critical issues affecting the configuration of the IT infrastructure and coordinate the demonstration of new and enhanced applications to customers and management. - Identify and correct weaknesses in critical performance parameters, and variances in achieving cost, schedule, and performance goals; - Investigate, evaluate and select tools and methods for improving productivity and software quality throughout the life cycle;

Requirements

Qualifications

Federal experience is not required. The experience may have been gained in the public sector, private sector or Volunteer Service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-timework is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week, on your resume. You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: You must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service: This experience must include Information Technology (IT) related experience that demonstrates each of the following four competencies: 1) Attention to Detail, 2) Customer Service, 3) Oral and Written Communication and 4) Problem Solving. Specialized experience for this position includes: Experience that demonstrates accomplishment of computer project assignments that required a wide range of knowledge of computer requirements and techniques pertinent to the position to be filled. This knowledge is generally demonstrated through assignments that required the ability to analyze a number of alternative approaches in the process of advising management concerning major aspects of IT system design. This would include defining what system interrelationships must be considered, or what operating mode, system software, and/or equipment configuration is most appropriate for a given project. In addition to the above you must meet the requirements below: You must have previous experience in full stack web application development. Highly experienced with C#, ASP.NET (Webforms & MVC), and SOAP web services. Experience with Microsoft SQL to create/maintain Stored Procedures, Tables, Views, Indexes, and Relationships. Proficient with JavaScript (JS) (including JS libraries such as jQuery and JS Frameworks such as Angular) and CSS (including CSS frameworks such as Bootstrap). Experience with JAVA and Linus in the development of applications. At this level you must have experience developing IT project plans, providing technical guidance to team members, serving as liaison between customers, vendors and IT management throughout a development lifecycle process; Experience planning and implementing process improvement methods and concepts to improve the quality of software products; Experience working both independently and in a team environment to analyze and identify system issues, develop recommendations and test solutions; Experience documenting design and development using tools such as flowcharts, structure charts, matrixes, and other artifacts used as part of application lifecycle management. For more information on qualifications please refer to OPM's Qualifications Standards.

Education

For positions with an education requirement, or if you are qualifying for this position by substituting education or training for experience, submit a copy of your transcripts or equivalent. An official transcript will be required if you are selected.

A college or university degree generally must be from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For a list of schools which meet these criteria, please refer to Department of Education Accreditation page.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements. You must show proof the education credentials have been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education program. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying. Click here (Section 3, Explanation of Terms) or here for Foreign Education Credentialing instructions.

Contacts

• Address SBSE OPS - Operations Support 1111 Constitution Ave NW Washington, DC 20224 US
• Name: IRS Philadelphia External
• Email: [email protected]