IT SPECIALIST (APPSW)

Full Job Description

Who may apply: Current, permanent DoD Federal Civilian Employees in the competitive service, DoD VRA employees, Priority Placement DoD Military Spouse Preference, eligible PPP applicants, Military Spouses, VEOA, ICTAP.

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

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

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 the Basic Competency Requirements listed above: One year of specialized experience equivalent in level of difficulty and responsibility to that of the next lower grade n the federal service (GS-09), which demonstrates the ability to perform the duties of the position, is required.

Specialized experience is defined as: Participating and Assisting in Developing, implementing, coding, testing, operating, and modifying software and automated systems; participating in systems requirement reviews.

Time-in-Grade: Current or former federal employees who have held a GS position in the preceding 52 weeks, must meet the time in grade requirement.

Applicant must have served 52 weeks as a GS-09 or higher grade in Federal Service.

** The effective date of your SF-50 must reflect that you will meet the 52-week time in grade requirement within 30 days of the announcement closing.

** 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:

• Analyzes information requirements in order to develop or modify automated information systems to meet user requirements and reviews proposals for systems changes.
• Determines whether existing systems can be used or changed and recommends a course of action.
• Develops flowcharts, tables, and narrative descriptions to implement required changes.
• Develop test plans for systems or subsystems. Participates in systems integration and acceptability testing. Evaluates test results and takes appropriate corrective actions.