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IT Specialist

Department of Transportation
Federal Aviation Administration
Operations Support (AJW-1000), NAS Enterprise Services Group (AJW-1700)
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Summary

The incumbent of this position will perform database administration. The incumbent will design, implement, and maintain relational database management systems (RDBMS). He/she will develop and maintain SQL scripts to automate maintenance tasks, troubleshoot performance issues, and execute DB recovery to ensure system availability. The incumbent will develop documentation for maintenance, security and backup and recovery.

Overview

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Hiring complete
Open & closing dates
09/20/2023 to 10/03/2023
Salary
$113,510 to - $175,973 per year

Salary includes a locality increase of 27.84%

Pay scale & grade
FV J
Location
1 vacancy in the following location:
Atlantic City, NJ
Telework eligible
Yes—Yes- as determined by the agency policy.
Travel Required
Occasional travel - The job may require travel from time-to-time, but not on a regular basis. The travel may be for training or other work-related duties.
Relocation expenses reimbursed
No
Appointment type
Permanent
Work schedule
Full-time
Service
Excepted
Promotion potential
NA
Supervisory status
No
Security clearance
Other
Drug test
No
Announcement number
ACT-AJW-23-AJW1700-86443
Control number
749936800

Duties

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These types of positions administer, develop, deliver, and support information technology (IT) systems and
services. The paramount requirement is knowledge of IT principles, concepts, and methods; e.g., data
storage, software applications, and networking. Information technology refers to systems and services used
in the automated acquisition, storage, manipulation, management, movement, control, display, switching,
interchange, transmission, assurance, or reception of information. Information technology includes
computers, network components, peripheral equipment, software, firmware, services, and related sources.
Work in the Technical Category at this pay band is characterized by such assignments as:

  • Provides guidance to lower-level staff on how to solve difficult analytical problems. Provides policy guidance and instruction to others, both internally and externally.
  • Performs assignments that may include shared responsibility for project/program management. Assignments typically require solutions be derived by interpreting and extrapolating from situations faced in the past. Provides recommendations to improve procedures.
  • Contributes to the preparation of complex reports.
  • May act as a key point of contact for both internal and external audiences. May communicate the overall results of a study to FAA management, the aviation and aerospace industries, other transportation segments, and other external parties.
  • Often represents FAA as a senior technical point of contact on projects, programs, and other work activities. Presents briefings to obtain consensus/approval of FAA environmental protection programs.
  • Proposes preventive actions and methods for ensuring FAA policies and practices align with emerging changes to transportation industry operations. May participate in the development of recommendations for new and innovative approaches to supplement broad policies and objectives that are only indirectly applicable to emerging transportation issues.
  • Plans and carries out well-established aspects of one or more programs involving diverse and complex technical issues and problems. Evaluates current operating practices and recommends improved procedures and cost-effective alternatives, identifying violations, preparing reports and findings, and recommending measures to mitigate or reduce environmental problems surfaced in the course of the review.
  • Performs multiple, varying, and complex assignments under the limited direction of a manager, project/program manager, team leader, or more experienced technical specialist. May act as a contributing specialist on large work activities or as a team leader for single or small work activities.
  • Applies experience and advanced technical knowledge applicable to his/her discipline to accomplish assignments and to develop plans and techniques to improve programs and policies. Understands how his/her technical area interacts with or is affected by other disciplines and considers the objectives of the major subdivision and LOB/SO when developing, integrating, and implementing solutions to diverse, complex problems. Typical assignments may include: system design and integration; rule making; investigation and inspection activities; compliance and enforcement actions; extensive research; and shared responsibility for project/program management.
  • Defines, plans, and organizes assigned resources to accomplish organizational objectives. Allocates resources to accomplish small work-activities within established schedules.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

  • US Citizenship is required.
  • Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.

Qualifications

For additional information please view the complete OPM qualification standard for IT Specialist, please visit:

Information Technology (IT) Management Series 2210 (Alternative A) (opm.gov)

To qualify for this position you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to FV-I / FG/GS-13. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position.

Specialized experience is: Experience creating, updating, and administering relational database management systems (RDBMS) to include Oracle, IBM's DB2 and/or Microsoft's SQL Server.

You may also be considered for this vacancy based on eligibility under the 30% or More Disabled Veteran Program, and Persons with Disabilities/Persons with Targeted Disabilities. To be considered for one of these special hiring authorities, you must identify your eligibility in your questionnaire in the Applicant-Preferred Conditions of Employment section. In addition, you must submit documentation that provides evidence of eligibility as indicated in the How to Apply section of the announcement.

Applicants should include examples of specialized experience in their work history.

Qualifications must be met by the closing date of this vacancy announcement.

Some, all, or none of the applicants may be interviewed.

Selection may be made from this announcement or from ACT-AJW-23-AJW1700-86576.

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Additional information

We may use this vacancy to fill other similar vacant positions.
Position may be subject to a background investigation.
A one-year probationary period may be required.

The person selected for this position may be required to file a financial disclosure statement within 30 days of entry on duty. FAA policy limits certain outside employment and financial investments in aviation-related companies. www.faa.gov/jobs/working_here/financial_disclosure_requirements

The U.S. Department of Transportation strives to ensure that equity, transparency, accountability, collaboration, and communication permeate all that we do for the betterment of the Department, the traveling public, and our nation. As such, DOT values a highly diverse workforce of persons who promote a culture of belonging by respecting the personal dignity and worth of each individual and fostering a positive environment where all feel safe and welcome. If these commitments coincide with your personal ideals and professional aspirations, please consider joining the DOT family.

Leave Enhancement: FAA organizations may offer enhanced annual leave accrual to newly appointed or reappointed employees. In order to receive consideration for such a benefit, applicants' prior non-Federal service or active duty uniformed service must directly relate to the duties of the position to which appointed. Granting enhanced annual leave is at the sole discretion of the hiring organization, and granting such benefit is not an entitlement nor guaranteed to any newly hired employee.

As a part of the Federal-Wide Hiring Reform Initiative (streamlining the hiring process), the FAA is committed to eliminating the use of the Knowledge, Skills and Ability (KSA) narratives from the initial application in the hiring process for all announcements. Therefore, as an applicant for this announcement, you are NOT required to provide a narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA.

In lieu of providing a KSA narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA, in your work history, please include information that provides specific examples of how you meet the response level or answer you chose for each KSA. Your work history examples should be specific and clearly reflect the highest level of ability. Your KSA answers will be evaluated further to validate whether the level that you selected is appropriate based on the work history and experience you provided. Your answers may be adjusted by a Human Resource Specialist as appropriate.

Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualification requirements and selective factor(s), if applicable, may be further evaluated on the KSAs listed in the announcement. Based on this evaluation, applicants will be placed in one of the following categories: score order, category grouping, or priority grouping and referred to the selecting official for consideration.



This is a bargaining unit position. This position is represented by AFGE 200: OPS Support AT Tech Center.

Links to Important Information: Locality Pay , COLA

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.



IMPORTANT: Applicants may be rated on the extent and quality of experience, education, and training relevant to the duties of the position(s). All answers provided in the on-line process must be substantiated. Ensure that your application package/resume supports your responses.

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