IT SPECIALIST (PLCYPLN)

Full Job Description

This position is being recruited under 10 USC 1599f into the Cyber Excepted Service and does NOT convey eligibility to be converted to the Competitive Service.

It has been identified as a position necessary to carry out and support the mission of the US Cyber Command.

It is in the Professional Work Category at the Senior Work Level within the CES Occupational Structure. It is located in the DISA -DISA Europe (EUK).

In order to qualify for this position, you must meet the requirements described below.

Basic Requirements: Attention to Detail - experience reviewing my own information technology-related work or data and have been responsible for reviewing the work of others to ensure accuracy, completeness, and consistency with standards.

Customer Service - developing and maintaining relationships with customers, anticipating and assessing the current and future information technology needs of customers, and developing or identifying information technology products or services that are tailored to meet customer needs.

Oral Communication - briefing senior-level management and IT staff on the status of information technology systems, projects, or daily operations, including the communication of complex technical information to a non-technical audience.

Problem Solving - identifying alternatives to address unique, highly complex, or sensitive information technology-related issues.

I have anticipated information technology-related problems and have identified and evaluated potential sources of information to generate alternative solutions Qualifying Experience: To qualify at the GG-14, your resume must describe at least one year of experience that demonstrates the competencies necessary for immediate success in the position.

Experience refers to any paid or unpaid experience, including volunteer work and Military service, that would be considered equivalent to work normally performed at the next lower grade level in the federal service.

For this position, qualifying experience is defined as: experience in applying an organizational oversight framework to manage integrated IT systems, using design concepts for IT solutions, and managing IT infrastructure; experience leading multifunctional development projects using established project management principles and methods.

Candidates must describe how they meet the qualifying experience and/or selective placement factor(s) within the body of their resume.

All qualifications must be met within 30 days after the closing date of this announcement.

Additional Information The DoD policy on overseas employment for civilian employees limits overseas tours to 5 years.

Extensions beyond 5 years are designed to provide management flexibility to meet defined mission requirements that otherwise cannot be made.

Case-by-case extensions beyond the 5-year limit may be granted in extremely rare situations. LENGTH OF TOUR: The initial length of this overseas tour is 36 months.

Tours extensions may be authorized at the discretion of management. With few exceptions, DOD policy limits overseas tours to a maximum of 5 years.

PASSPORT/VISA: Candidates must be able to obtain and maintain an official government passport and, as required by location, a VISA. No-fee passport required.

US Government civilian personnel who have not received their no-fee passport prior to departing CONUS may enter the overseas foreign county (OCONUS) using a tourist passport.

Civilian personnel cannot enter the overseas foreign country on ID card and/or travel orders.

The passport must be valid for at least six (6) months beyond the date of arrival in the overseas foreign country. U.S.

citizens in a foreign overseas country under ordinary resident status are not eligible to apply for appointment under Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA).

Applicants must comply with the Exceptional Family Member Program requirements as outlined in the DoD Instruction 1315.19.

If an employee brings a family member to an overseas location who requires medical or dental care, then the employee will be responsible for obtaining and paying for such care.

Access for civilian employees and their families to military medical and dental treatment facilities is on a space-available and reimbursable basis only.

If an employee brings a child to an overseas location and that child is entitled to attend a DoD school on a space-required basis in accordance with DoDEA Regulation 1342.13, the DoDEA and the Military Department responsible for providing related services will ensure that the child, if eligible for special education, receives a free appropriate public education, including related services pursuant to DoDI 1342.12 and DoDM 1342.12.

If an employee brings an infant or toddler (up to 3 years of age) to an overseas location, and that infant or toddler, but for the child's age, is entitled to attend the DoDEA on a space-required basis in accordance with DoDEA Regulation 1342.13, then the Military Department responsible for EIS will provide the infant or toddler with the required EIS in accordance with the eligibility criteria consistent with DoDI 1342.12 and DoDM 1342.12.

Current Federal employees within CONUS who are selected through a formal competitive recruitment process for a lower graded position overseas may be afforded pay retention if their pay would otherwise be reduced.

Pay retention may be granted to employees already in the overseas area if the recruitment efforts had been extended outside the overseas command involved and the individual selected will have to PCS.

Locality rates of pay will not be used for pay setting when transferring to the overseas area. Major Duties:

• Serves as the DISA Liaison and Point of Contact (POC) to lead modernization programs and assist with the introduction of new technologies to increase and enhance capabilities of the Department of Defense Information Network (DoDIN).
• Supports and directs system studies and analyses of UK Command, Control, Communications, Computer, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) systems.
• Supports and directs system studies and analyses as requested by DoD (CIO), Allied Command Operations, or other appropriate U.S. or United Kingdom (UK) Ministry of Defense (MOD) organizations.
• Analyzes interoperability shortfalls between U.S. and United Kingdom (UK) such as C4ISR and Information Technology (IT) systems and services and develops standards, profiles, architectures, protocols, data formats.
• Supports the UK Information Systems and Services (ISS) in the development and integration of strategic plans, system designs, directives, and policies.
• Establishes and maintains effective dialogue with appropriate personnel within the U.S. and UKC4ISR and IT communities, including senior-level decision makers.
• Serves as Special Security Representative (SSR) with responsibility for managing incoming/outgoing Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) and Collateral courier services, coordinating Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility(SCIF).
• This position is subject to Cyber Workforce requirements as defined by the DoD 8140 policy series for the position's required CYBER Work Role(s).