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Office Automation Technician
U.S. Census Bureau
Department of Commerce
Location
Salary
$56,262 - $73,142
per year
Type
Full-Time
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GS-3 Pay Grade
Base salary range: $26,979 - $35,074
Typical requirements: 6 months general experience. Some college or vocational training.
Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).
Job Description
Summary
This job involves providing hands-on technical support for office computers and systems at the U.S.
Census Bureau's regional office, including installing software on laptops, troubleshooting issues, and maintaining email and telecom setups to keep everything running smoothly.
A good fit would be someone with a year of experience in IT support who enjoys solving tech problems in a government office environment and can handle both routine maintenance and creating automated reports from digital sources.
Key Requirements
- One year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-06 level in federal service
- Providing technical support for laptop computers
- Installing hardware and software packages
- Troubleshooting technical problems in office automation
- Developing and preparing program reports from electronic systems
- Maintaining electronic mail and telecommunications systems
- Experience in operating and maintaining computer hardware and software
Full Job Description
This vacancy is for a Office Automation Technician position in the Department of Commerce, Denver Regional Office located in Denver, Colorado. This announcement will close at 11:59 p.m.
Eastern Time on 03/25/2026 or on the date the first 50 applicants are received, whichever comes first.
To qualify for the position of Office Automation Technician, at GS-0326-7, you must meet the basic qualification requirements listed below.
Specialized Experience: For the GS-07, you must have one year of experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-06 in the Federal service.
Experience for this position includes providing technical support for laptop computers; installing hardware/software packages; troubleshooting problems, developing and preparing program reports; maintaining electronic mail and telecommunications in order to support office automation activities.
Education: Education cannot be substituted at this grade level.
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 directly to paid employment.
You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer. After you submit this application, you will receive an e-mail informing you that a USA Hire assessment is required.
You will have 48 hours from the closing date of this announcement, 03/25/2026, to complete the assessment as this assessment is part of your application. Major Duties:
- Provide technical support and assistance for all laptop automation activities in the regional office and ensures that proper software has been installed and ready for shipment to the field representatives.
- Develop methods for automating administrative and program reports from electronic systems (i.e., Internet, CD-ROM, Microfiche, databases, electronic bulletin boards.)
- Operate and maintain computer hardware, software, electronic mail, and telecommunications in order to support office automation activities
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