IT SPECIALIST (APPSW)

Full Job Description

Who may apply: All US Citizens Applicants on the Cleveland list may be placed at Bratenahl. We may use this announcement to fill other positions in the I&T Dir.

This job announcement uses the USA Hire Assessment to evaluate applicants. For more information, visit USA Hire Assessment.

This Job Opportunity Announcement is using an additional online assessment tool to evaluate applicants.

Please review the HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED, REQUIRED DOCUMENTS, HOW TO APPLY and NEXT STEPS sections below for instructions.

Human Resources will determine your qualifications for each entry grade level based on your interest and the additional following criteria.

Resumes for federal government positions need more detailed work descriptions and accomplishments than a typical private sector resume.

Please be sure to clearly describe the full scope of your work experiences in your resume. Combinations of education and experience may also be sufficient.

Basic Requirement: Applicants must have IT-related experience demonstrating the following competencies appropriate to, or above, the level of this position.

For vacancies below the full-performance level of the position, the basic requirement will be evaluated on a developmental basis.

Your resume and work experience should clearly support your ability to meet these competencies and will be evaluated as part of the entire application process.

Attention to Detail- experience reviewing my own information technology-related work or data to ensure accuracy, completeness, and consistency with standards.

My work or the data that I produce is typically reviewed by my supervisor or another colleague.

Customer Service- experience having brief contact with customers to provide information about available information technology products and services and providing customers with standard products or routine services to address information technology needs.

Oral Communication- experience informing my supervisor and other IT staff of the status of information technology systems, projects, or daily operations, including the status of information technology systems, projects, or daily operations, including the communication of basic technical information to a non-technical audience.

Problem Solving- identifying or selecting from a number of alternatives to address routine information technology-related issues by gathering and applying information from standard sources that provide a limited number of solutions.

IN ADDITION TO MEETING THE BASIC REQUIREMENT, QUALIFIED APPLICANTS MUST POSSESS: FOR ENTRY AT THE GS-07: One year of specialized experience equivalent in level of difficulty and responsibility to that of the next lower grade GS-05 within the federal service, which demonstrates the ability to perform the duties of the position, is required.

Specialized Experience is described as: Assisting senior developers in testing and implementation of software and automated systems; applying basic IT principles and practices to assist in providing software and systems development and support.

FOR ENTRY AT THE GS-09: One year of specialized experience equivalent in level of difficulty and responsibility to that of the next lower grade GS-07 within the federal service, which demonstrates the ability to perform the duties of the position, is required.

Specialized Experience is described as: Providing input to design specifications, coding, test plans, and issue resolution of software and automated systems; participating in the testing and implementation of test plans; experience using programming languages such as Java with Web Technology.

FOR ENTRY AT THE GS-11: One year of specialized experience equivalent in level of difficulty and responsibility to that of the next lower grade GS-09 within the federal service, which demonstrates the ability to perform the duties of the position, is required.?

Specialized Experience is described as: Experience developing, implementing, coding, testing, and modifying software and automated systems; conducting systems requirement reviews and take necessary corrective action; using Java with Web Technology programming language to code and maintain software engineering solutions.

This position is developmental and selections may be made at the GS-07, GS-09, GS-11 entry grade levels.

Once eligibility and qualification requirements are met, selectees will be eligible for promotion at management discretion to the GS-09, GS-11 grade levels without further competition.

Volunteer Experience: 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 to paid employment.

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

You may qualify for consideration if meeting time-in grade, specialized experience, education requirement, 90 days after competitive appointment requirement, and all other qualification requirements within 30 calendar days after the closing date of the announcement, unless otherwise indicated on the announcement.

Major Duties:

• Provides for effective Information Technology development, implementation, operation, maintenance, and modification of finance and/or accounting automation information systems.
• Reviews proposals for systems changes, which consist of objectives, scope, and user expectations.
• Performs analysis of automated and manual systems to accomplish design assignments and prepares programming specifications.
• Uses advanced programming techniques, interprets designs and writes programs, designs modifications to structures and determines detailed sequence of steps in program logic.
• Develops test plans, participates in systems integration and systems acceptability testing, and evaluates test results and takes appropriate corrective actions.