IT Specialist (SYSADMIN/OS)

Full Job Description

This position is located with Bonneville Power Administration, in Converged Infrastructure (JNDI), Infrastructure Services (JND), Enterprise Technology Operations Services (JN), Information Technology (J).

A successful candidate in the IT Specialist (SYSADMIN/OS) position will serve as an IT specialist performing duties associated with Active Directory, Federation Services, DNS, DHCP, IPAM, Group Policy, AGPM, ADCS (Certificate Services/PKI) and IPv6.

BASIC REQUIREMENT: You must have IT-related experience demonstrating each of the four (4) competencies listed below.

The experience must be IT related and may be demonstrated by paid or unpaid experience and/or completion of specific, intensive training (for example, IT certification) as appropriate.

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

Customer Service - Works with clients and customers (that is, 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.

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

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

To meet this requirement, you must demonstrate advanced proficiency in each of the four competencies listed above as follows: Advanced - You can perform the actions associated with each of these competencies without assistance.

You are recognized within your immediate organization as "a person to ask" when difficult questions arise regarding each of these competencies.

Focus is on broad organizational/professional issues; You have consistently provided practical/relevant ideas and perspectives on process or practice improvements which may easily be implemented; You are capable of coaching others in the application of each of these competencies by translating complex nuances relating to each competency into easy to understand terms; You participate in senior level discussions regarding these competencies; You assist in the development of reference and resource materials in these competencies.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS: A qualified candidate's online application and resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level [GS-12] in the Federal service.

Specialized experience for this position is defined as: 1) Implementing, testing, troubleshooting, and maintaining Server operating systems (such as Windows Servers 2022), server hardware and software systems, including developing, implementing and maintaining baselines and Security Technical Implementation Guides; 2) Acting as primary troubleshooter for IT incidents and outages involving Active Directory, Federation Services, DNS, PKI, DFS, and Entra ID/Azure/MSO, coordinating with other technicians using data driven strategies to reduce downtime and agency impact; 3) Performing duties associated with Active Directory, Federation Services, domain name system (DNS), Group Policy, advance group policy management AGPM), active directory certificate services (ADCS), and internet protocol version 6 (IPv6).

"Experience" refers to paid and unpaid experience.

Examples of qualifying unpaid experience may include: volunteer work done through National Service programs (such as Peace Corps and AmeriCorps); as well as work for other community-based philanthropic and social organizations.

Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills; and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

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

Time-in-Grade: Current Federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement to receive consideration.

CTAP/ICTAP candidates: To be considered "well qualified" you must meet all of the requirements as described in this section.

You must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of this announcement. Major Duties:

As an IT Specialist (SYSADMIN/OS), you will: Develop and interpret policies, procedures, and strategies governing the planning and delivery of services throughout the BPA.

Provides expert technical advice, guidance, and recommendations to management and other technical specialists on critical IT issues.

Apply new developments to previously unsolvable problems, and make decisions or recommendations that significantly influence important BPA IT policies or programs.

Perform a variety of work involving applying analysis of processes for design and planning, installation, configuration, testing, implementation, and management of the systems environment in support of the organization's IT architecture and business needs.

Perform a variety of work involving planning and coordinating the installation, testing, operation, troubleshooting, and maintenance of hardware and software systems.