United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, Dairy Program, Federal Milk Market Administrator falls under the Excepted Service. This position will be filled in the 3341 IT Specialist (Applications) series.

Duties

As the IT Specialist (Applications) in this position, you will: Responsible for developing, supporting, and maintaining business applications. Responsibilities include: Analyze and assess user requirements, design systems, and make recommendations. Develop effective system diagrams and written documentation. Design, code, and test applications. Follow recommended and industry procedures to deploy completed applications into production. Demonstrated in-depth knowledge of Application development concepts including Software development Life Cycle (SDLC), reusable code, and testable coding. Support, maintain, and enhance existing applications on IBM i/Power Systems (AS/400), Windows .Net, MS Access, other Windows applications and processes. Maintain, convert and/or integrate existing applications between software platforms and technologies. Work as a team member. Collaborate and contribute customer service-oriented approach to business. Communicate effectively. NOTE: This position falls under pay bands MA 14-22. Selectee's pay will be set between the MA 16-18 pay bands based on years of education and/or experience.

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. citizen
• You will be required to pass a background investigation and fingerprint check.
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (see Legal and regulatory guidance below).
• Direct Deposit of Pay is required.
• There is a required one-year probationary period.
• This is a non-bargaining unit position.
• The selectee's pay will be set between pay bands MA 16-18
• Relocation expense is not paid, applicants are responsible for any relocation expenses.

Qualifications

In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience. If qualifying based on education, a copy of your unofficial transcripts must be provided with your application. General Experience Requirement: Applicants must have three (3) years of years general experience in administrative or technical work, such as: Work which required a general understanding of administrative functions or management practices and processes, or An ability to work or deal effectively with individuals or groups of persons, or Skill in analyzing problems, identifying relevant factors, gathering pertinent information, and recognizing solutions. OR Education - Applicant must have successfully completed studies in an accredited college or university above the high school level may be substituted for general experience at the rate of 1 year of education (i.e., 30 semester or 45 quarter hours) for 1 year of experience up to a maximum of 3 years of education for 3 years of experience. Must provide transcripts. AND Specialized Experience Qualification Requirements: In addition to the above-stated general experience requirement, to qualify at the MA-16 payband and above, applicants must have two (2) years specialized experience as follows: Manage and administer IBM Power Systems environment, including system configuration, performance tuning, and troubleshooting; Perform routine system monitoring and maintenance tasks, including backup and recovery procedures; Evaluate and implement software upgrades and patches as necessary for various systems; Experience in IBM Power Systems RPG, RPGLE, RPG Free, COBOL, CL, and SQL programming languages; Experience in Windows programming application development with one or more of the following: VB.Net, C#.Net, ASP.Net, MS Access, SQL programming; Experience with reporting and business intelligence; writing and maintaining reports with one or more of the following: Crystal Reports, Microsoft SSRS, Windows Power BI or comparable reporting tool; Experience with the following: Microsoft Visual Studio 2012+, SQL Server Management Studio 2012+, JavaScript, CSS, HTML. OR Education - Applicant must have successfully completed studies in graduate education in a related field of study from an accredited college or university to substitute for specialized experience at the rate of 15 semester hours (or 18 quarter hours) of graduate education for 6 months of specialized experience (up to a maximum of 54 semester hours of graduate education for 1 years of specialized experience). Note: directly related graduate education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work. Must provide transcripts. Part-time or unpaid experience: Credit will be given for appropriate unpaid and or part-time work. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week. Volunteer or unpaid experience: Refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service Programs (i.e., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student and social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge and skills that can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education

Education Requirements: You must provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims. Unless otherwise stated: (1) unofficial transcripts are acceptable, or (2) you may submit a list with all your courses, grades, semester, year, and credit for the course. All materials must be submitted by the closing date of the announcement.

Foreign education: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information click here. You must provide translated transcripts.

Contacts

• Address Agricultural Marketing Service USDA, AMS, Dairy Program 1400 Independence Ave, SW Washington, DC 20250 US
• Name: Staff Acquisition
• Email: [email protected]