This position is in the Chief Technology Office (CTO)/ Product Engineering Service (PES)/ Software Product Management (SPM) of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Office of Information and Technology (OIT). OIT is responsible for the implementation of information technologies that are aligned with the business strategies of the Veterans Administration, Veterans Health Administration, Veteran Benefits Administration, National Cemetery Administration and corporate offices.

Duties

Duties: Develops and maintains business, systems, and information processes to support enterprise mission needs; develops information technology (IT) rules and requirements that describe baseline and target architectures. Define appropriate levels of system availability based on critical system functions and ensure that system requirements identify appropriate disaster recovery and continuity of operations requirements to include any appropriate fail-over/alternate site requirements, backup requirements, and material supportability requirements for system recover/restoration. Identify and prioritize critical business functions in collaboration with organizational stakeholders. Provide advice on project costs, design concepts, or design changes. Analyze candidate architectures, allocate security services, and select security mechanisms. Analyze user needs and requirements to plan architecture, including develop enterprise architecture or system components required to meet user needs. Capture and integrate essential system capabilities or business functions required for partial or full system restoration after a catastrophic failure event. Plan implementation strategy to ensure that enterprise components can be integrated and aligned. Translate proposed capabilities into technical requirements. Document how the implementation of a new system or new interface between systems impacts the current and target environment including but not limited to security posture. Non-Bargaining Unit This position is primarily aligned to the following NICE Cybersecurity Workforce Framework work roles: CSC: 651 - Enterprise Architect For more information about these work roles, where they fit within the larger Cyber Workforce, and how they can support your unique career journey, please visit the Cyber Career Pathways tool on the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies website: https://niccs.us-cert.gov/workforce-development/cyber-career-pathways Position Description/PD#: IT Specialist/PD19436A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Required Travel Required: Occasional travel may be required as needed for this position. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday; 8am - 4:30pm Compressed/Flexible: Available, As determined by the Agency Policy Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Remote: This is not a remote position. Physical Demands: Work is primarily sedentary, but involves use of a personal computer so a degree of dexterity and visual acuity to utilize these tools is required. Some physical effort is required to lift and carry reference books, working papers and similar items to and from meetings. A moderate amount of standing and walking is required in getting to and from meeting places away from the work site. The work does not require any special physical effort. Working Conditions: The work area is adequately lighted, heated, and ventilated. The work environment involves everyday risk or discomforts that require normal safety precautions.

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• Complete the initial online assessment and USAHire Assessment, if required
• You may be required to serve a probationary period
• Subject to background/security investigation
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process
• To be considered for this position, applicants must complete all required steps in the process.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 12/09/2024. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-14 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-13. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement. You must meet the Minimum Qualification Requirements, Specialized Experience AND Selective Placement Factors to qualify for this series as described below. Minimum Qualifications Requirements EXPERIENCE: To qualify for this position, you must have information technology-related experience demonstrating all of the four competencies listed below. Ensure that this experience is clearly described in your resume: 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 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. 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. Problem Solving - Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations. -AND- Specialized Experience for GS-14: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position and is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. Such experience is typically gained in the IT field or through the performance of work where the primary concern is IT. Specialized experience is defined as: Project or program management; such as requirements, analysis, project planning, budgeting, cost analysis, acquisition, configuration management, data management, information systems, network security and IT architecture. -AND- Selective Placement Factor: This position includes a skill, knowledge, ability or other worker characteristic basic to -and essential for- satisfactory performance of the job. Selective Placement Factors are a prerequisite to appointment and represent minimum requirements for a position. Applicants who do not meet it are ineligible for further consideration. Evidence of the Selective Placement Factor must be reflected in your resume. Selective Placement Factor 1: 2 or more years experience with enterprise level product replacement (i.e. change management, training, running concurrent systems). Selective Placement Factor 2: 2 or more years experience with providing leadership to teams in the analysis, design, development, and implementation involving using new technology approaches related to Information Technology (IT) services or programs to resolve issues. 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). 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. Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those who have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment.

Education

EDUCATIONAL SUBSTITUTION: There is no educational substitution for this position at this grade level.

All materials must be submitted by the closing date of the announcement.

Contacts

• Address DAS for Information Technology - 103 810 Vermont Ave. NW Washington, DC 20240 US
• Name: Recruitment Team One B
• Phone: 000-000-0000
• Email: VAOITOPSHR-R&[email protected]