IT Specialist (Policy and Planning), GS-2210-13 FPL 13 (Term Appt NTE 2 Years) (DE)

Full Job Description

This position is in the U.S. Department of Education (ED), Federal Student Aid (FSA).

As an IT Specialist (Policy & Planning), you will serve as the Information System Owner who is the first-line communications expert, determination, problem solutioning, and recommendations resolving IT systems, security, cybersecurity, and privacy issues.

Selective Placement Factor You must meet the following selective placement factor: This position requires the incumbent to hold a specific certifications at the time of hiring 1.

Federal Acquisition Certification for Contracting Officer's Representatives (FAC-COR), Level III from the Federal Acquisition Institute (FAI).

Minimum Qualification Requirements You may meet the minimum qualifications for the GS-13, if you possess the specialized experience.

Specialized Experience for the GS-13 One year of experience in either federal or non-federal service that is equivalent to at least a GS-12 performing two (2) out of three (3) of the following duties or work assignments: 1.

Experience working independently to manage large and complex technology procurement for a federal agency, handling the entire procurement life cycle from planning to completion to help the agency meet its goals.

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Experience serving as a technology acquisition program manager for national or enterprise-level federal technology programs, analyzing financial and operational data and procedures, and recommending improvements to technology management, acquisition programs, and implementation of new technologies or procedures.

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Experience monitoring and analyzing complex federal technology program financial data and preparing budgetary and financial documentation, Capitol Planning and Investment Control reports (CPIC), life cycle cost estimates, and Office of Management and Budget (OMB)/Congressional justifications to support program planning and evaluation.

Basic Experience Requirements You must possess IT related experience (paid or unpaid experience and/or completion of specific, intensive training (e.g., IT certification), as appropriate) demonstrating each of the four competencies listed below.

1. Attention to Detail - Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail. 2.

Customer Service - Works with clients and customers (i.e., 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.

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Oral Communication - Expresses information (e.g., ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (e.g., technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.

4. Problem Solving - Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs) The quality of your experience will be measured by the extent to which you possess the following knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs).

You do not need to provide separate narrative responses to these KSAs, as they will be measured by your responses to the occupational questionnaire (you may preview the occupational questionnaire by clicking the link at the end of the Evaluations section of this vacancy announcement).

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Skill in leading and directing people, teams and programs / projects associated with IT application development; the development of mission-critical enterprise class applications, and enterprise-wide IT projects.

2. Ability to develop and assess complex security, design and architecture artifacts to determine system compliance and to provide recommendations for alternate courses of action, when required. 3.

Ability to review and distill large amounts of complex information into executive level presentations to be consumed by various levels of leadership for decision making. 4.

Skill in applying information systems security principles, methods and network operations and protocols, requirements analysis principles and methods, and IT security products and services.

Major Duties:

APPLICATION LIMIT: This vacancy announcement is limited to the first 200 applications received and will close at 11:59PM Eastern Time on the day that we receive the 200th application, or at 11:59PM Eastern Time on the listed closing date, whichever occurs first.

We encourage you to read this entire vacancy announcement prior to submitting your application.

As an IT Specialist (Policy & Planning), GS-2210-13, you will be responsible for: • Leveraging a wide range of qualitative and quantitative methods to analyze FSA's technology portfolio and supporting legal framework and governance structure and provides expert advice and recommendations for innovations and improvements that maximize efficiency and minimize costs to the government.

• Serving as the Contracting Officer Representative (COR) to manage FSA's equities in one or more technology acquisitions, holding responsibility for a full array of contract administration duties, across the full acquisition lifecycle, and in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, directives, policies, and publications.

• Contributing to Agency goals for cost efficiency and proper payments by monitoring contract and contractor performance and, prior to invoice authorization/payment, ensuring customer requirements are met in agreement with contract terms and that invoices are accurate and otherwise acceptable, per applicable statute/regulations.

• Exhibiting responsibility for proactively evaluating technology contracts and related financial information against FSA technology and business/stakeholder needs and rendering expert analyses and recommendations for contract or program action(s) intended to increase efficiency, improve operations, or otherwise facilitate FSA in meeting its strategic goals/objectives.