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IT SPEC (CUSTOMER SUPPORT) (TITLE 32)

Air National Guard Units

Department of the Air Force

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Salary

$76,343 - $99,252

per year

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GS-5 Pay Grade

Base salary range: $33,878 - $44,042

Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience. Bachelor's degree.

Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).

Job Description

Summary

This job involves providing IT customer support in the Air National Guard, focusing on managing local networks, troubleshooting issues, and ensuring secure technology integration for base operations.

It suits military personnel with enlisted ranks from Staff Sergeant to Master Sergeant who have hands-on experience in computer systems and enjoy solving tech problems in a team environment.

A background in IT or related education can help qualify, especially for entry-level aspects of the role.

Key Requirements

  • Enlisted military grade between SSgt (Staff Sergeant) and MSgt (Master Sergeant) in the National Guard
  • At least 36 months of specialized experience in IT applications, including planning, coordination, and adapting guidelines for assignments
  • Basic knowledge of data processing, automation, and general management principles from relevant work or education
  • Ability to conduct problem analysis, identify trends, and plan technology integration for compatibility and standardization
  • Maintain information assurance certification per DoD 8570.01-M and comply with federal security acts like FISMA and Clinger-Cohen Act
  • Adhere to management control plans through self-inspections and staff assistance visits
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, information systems, or related field (or equivalent experience/education substitution for GS-5 level)

Full Job Description

THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.

This National Guard position is for a IT SPEC (CUSTOMER SUPPORT) (TITLE 32), Position Description Number D2181P01 and is part of the NC ANG, National Guard (145 CMN FT/ Position No. 0889644).

Military Grades: Enlisted (SSgt to MSgt) Minimum Requirements: Experience, education or training that has provided a basic knowledge of data processing functions and general management principles that enabled the applicant to understand the stages required to automate a work process.

Experience may have been gained in work such as computer operator or assistant, computer sales representative, program analyst, or other positions that required the use or adaptation of computer programs and systems.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Must have at least 36 months experience, education, or training that approaches techniques and requirements appropriate to an assigned computer applications area or computer specialty area in an organization.

Experience planning the sequence of actions necessary to accomplish the assignment where this entailed coordination with others outside the organizational unit and development of project controls.

Experience that required adaptations of guidelines or precedents to meet the needs of the assignment.

Experience preparing documentation on cost/benefit studies where is involved summarizing the material and organizing it in a logical fashion.

Substitution of Education for Specialized Experience: For the GS-5 level, a 4-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree may be substituted for the experience requirements.

At the GS-7 level, one full year of graduate level education or superior academic achievement.

At the GS-9 level, a masters or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree may be substituted. At the GS-11 level, a Ph.D.

or equivalent, or 3 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree.

Undergraduate or Graduate Education: Degree in computer science, engineering, information science, information systems management, mathematics, operations research, statistics, or technology management or degree that provided a minimum of 24 semester hours in one or more of the fields identified above and required the development or adaptation of applications, systems or networks.

Major Duties:

  • As an IT SPECIALIST (NETWORK), GS-2210-11, you will administer the base Local Area Network (LAN); conduct problem analysis to identify trends, ineffective practices or procedures, and equipment shortcomings; plan for current and future technology integration and works issues for compatibility and standardization based on current and projected customer needs; maintain required information assurance certification IAW DoD 8570.01-M, Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002, Clinger Cohen Act of 1996 in order to ensure the rigorous application of information security and assurance policies in the delivery of network services; adhere to management control plan requirements by conducting self-inspection and staff assistance visits.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 3/7/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 3/7/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: NC-12901077-AF-26-017