Job opening: IT Specialist Geospatial Information Systems Analyst PD 23R057 Office of Information Technology
Salary: $117 962 - 153 354 per year
Published at: Dec 23 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
This position is located in the Health Resources and Services Administration, Office of Information Technology, Division of Data & Information Services. The duty location for this position is Rockville, MD.
For more information about OIT click the "Learn more about the Agency" section.
**Applicants please note: Additional selections may be made across the Department of Health and Human Services through this vacancy announcement.**
Duties
This position is a mission critical occupation and is responsible for the analysis of system and/or security requirements, the development and implementation of mission critical applications for the agency's Information Technology operations.
As an Information Technology Specialist, you will be responsible for Data Warehouse and Geospatial Information Systems (GIS) administration involving the design, development, implementation, and maintenance of solutions to meet Data Warehouse information systems requirements.
Your major duties and responsibilities include:
Participating in the planning, analyzing, designing, and implementing software applications, primarily in the areas of Web development, business intelligence, and Geo Spatial data and tool development.
Overseeing GIS software development, testing, quality assurance, validation, implementation, maintenance activities and scheduling of projects including design, development, implementation, and maintenance of solutions to meet Data Warehouse information systems requirements.
Collaborating with internal IT teams to optimize day-to-day IT operations.
Providing technical oversight of geospatial tools and software including the agency's enterprise Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) GIS system and Microsoft SQL Server database with geospatial data.
Managing projects through the project lifecycle (concept, design, development, testing, implementation, training, evaluation, and close-out).
Researching and evaluating new technology which could provide improvement.
NOTE: Do not cut and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position.
Requirements
- U. S. Citizenship is required.
- All qualifications and time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement. Federal applicants must submit an SF-50 to show status and time-in-grade.
- Males ages 18 through 25 must be registered with the Selective Service.
- PHS Commissioned Corps applicants must submit current personnel orders.
- A one year probationary period may be required.
- Employment is subject to the successful completion of the pre-appointment process (i.e., background investigation, verification of qualifications and job requirements, completion of onboarding forms, submission of required documents, etc.)
Qualifications
THESE QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS MUST BE MET BY THE CLOSING DATE: 01/15/2025
Do not cut and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position.
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:
To qualify for this position you must possess IT related experience and/or training that demonstrates that you possess each of the following four competencies:
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
In addition to the above OPM requirements, in order to qualify for these positions, your resume must clearly demonstrate that you have one full year of minimum qualifying specialized experience comparable in difficulty and responsibility to the grade levels listed below in the federal service.
MINIMUM QUALIFYING SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position and is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. To be creditable, an applicant's one full year of specialized experience must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary for successful job performance.
GS-13:
Your resume must clearly demonstrate that you have one full year of the minimum qualifying specialized experience comparable in difficulty and responsibility to at least the GS-12 level in the federal service.
Examples of minimum qualifying specialized experience equal to the GS-12 level include performing the following types of tasks on a regular and recurring basis:
Developing geospatial information system mapping and geospatial data system to support end users across multiple organizational divisions.
OR
Collecting and synthesizing geospatial information from internal/external collaborators and end users to enable strategic and leadership decision making.
OR
Analyzing processes leading to the planning, design, and implementation of new and improved geospatial information systems to meet the requirements of the organization.
Applicants whose resumes clearly demonstrate the required minimum qualifying specialized experience will be evaluated based on the occupational assessment competencies listed below. A competency is defined as a measurable pattern of knowledge, skills, abilities, behaviors, and other characteristics that an individual needs to perform work roles or occupational functions.
GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATION - Skill in administering and managing an enterprise geospatial information system mapping and geospatial data system to support users across multiple organizational divisions.
DATA GATHERING AND ANALYSIS - Seeks or collects and synthesizes information from a variety of stakeholders and sources in an objective, unbiased manner to reach a conclusion, goal, or judgment, and to enable strategic and leadership decision making.
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING AND DEVELOPMENT - Knowledge of the principles, methods, or tools for developing, integrating, transitioning software technology, including evaluating software quality and applicability in testing software capabilities.
TO PREVIEW THE OCCUPATIONAL ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE, please click on the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12632842
Please Note: An SF50 for the current year pay adjustment is NOT acceptable for verifying TIG (ex. 2024 general increases cannot be used to verify TIG).
To allow us to verify that you meet TIG requirements, please provide any of the following SF-50s:
Competitive or Career-ladder promotion to your highest grade (this does not include 120 day temporary promotions)
Regular Within Range Increase (WRI) or With In Grade (WGI) increase at your highest grade (this does not include quality step increases (QSIs).
Competitive career/career-conditional appointment to your highest grade.
SF-50 at your highest grade held, that is at least one year older than the announcement closing date of 01/15/2025
Not sure which SF-50 to submit? Check out our video... Go here to watch the video on the SF50s to submit in your application package.
Education
This job does not have an education qualification requirement.
Contacts
- Address Health Resources and Services Administration
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, MD 20857
US
- Name: AskHR HRSA Helpdesk
- Phone: (301) 443-3780
- Email: [email protected]
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