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Supervisory IT Specialist

Department of Transportation
Federal Aviation Administration
Office of Information and Technology, Service Operations Branch, APS-320
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Summary

The incumbent will serve as the Operations Branch Manager within the Service Operations Branch, APS-320.

Overview

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Job canceled
Open & closing dates
06/22/2022 to 06/29/2022
Salary
$100,294 to - $155,403 per year

Locality increase will be determined at time of job offer.

Pay scale & grade
FV K
Location
1 vacancy in the following location:
FAA Location Negotiable Upon Request, United States
1 vacancy
Telework eligible
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
Yes
Security clearance
Other
Drug test
No
Announcement number
ACT-AIT-22-APS320-79261
Control number
661242700

Duties

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The incumbent will serve as the Operations Branch Manager and will supervise and oversee Branch employees that support the Agency’s Service Center. As the Branch Manager, selectee will be responsible for the following: Providing leadership and direction to staff; Managing all Service Desk (Tier 1 and Tier 2 remote) and Deskside Support tasks including work order and incident management, ticket escalations, change control, knowledge base article updates, processes and procedures, administrative permissions, and all other operational activities and work; Attending outage meetings to provide support and outage reporting, as well as work with the Service Desk staff on timing and content of Interactive Voice Recorded (IVR) messages for customers calling the MYIT Service Desk to include 24x7 availability for outages and issues and managing off-hours Emergency Operations Center (EOC) outage calls as needed; Evaluating customer and internal escalations to determine the appropriate actions to be taken by Incident Management staff, including process change if needed. This includes tracking items, identifying roadblocks, and developing solutions to keep tickets and tasks moving; Effectively communicates with upset customers and directs and/or works their escalations through to completion; Often representing FAA as a senior technical point of contact on projects, programs, and other work activities. Presents briefings to obtain consensus/approval of FAA IT programs and processes; Overseeing VIP and International Support staff including the monitoring of tickets and drives the adoption of tools and innovation to our Executives and International customers; Monitoring and tracking Service Desk SLA’s and Aging tickets including oversite of Tier 1 and 2 ticket counts and queues; Providing support for and participating in Business Partnership Service (BPS) Daily Operations meetings and other BPS management meetings as requested to report on contract metrics and provide requested ad-hoc reports; Providing direction and leadership for other Service Center team members for projects and incident resolution; Providing expert advice to other IT Program and Project teams in relation to appropriate support models and implementation timing to cause the least impact on the Service Center operations; Communicating Directorate, Division, and Branch Business Plan goals and objectives managing all Branch Business Plan items; Attending required meetings and provide status briefings and updates to APS-300, BPS, and AIT Leadership on a routine basis.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

  • Review the Additional Information Section of this vacancy announcement for important information regarding your COVID vaccine status.
  • US Citizenship is required.
  • Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
  • A one-year supervisor/managerial probationary period may be required.

Qualifications

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


https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/2200/information-technology-it-management-series-2210-alternative-a/

To qualify for this position you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to FV-J, FG/GS-14. 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 may include but not limited to: Hands on experience managing the operational activities of a large-scale help desk team to include daily operational monitoring, reporting, Tier 1 and Tier 2 issue escalation, and continuous improvement efforts using BMC Remedy or Service Now.

In addition to the minimum qualifications, the following has been determined to be a Selective Placement Factor
for this position. This means possession of this criterion is part of the minimum qualifications and is essential to perform the duties and responsibilities of this position. Applicants who do not possess this criterion are ineligible for further consideration.

SELECTIVE PLACEMENT FACTOR (SPF): Applicant must have skill managing the operational activities of a large-scale help desk team to include daily operational monitoring, reporting, Tier 1 and Tier 2 issue escalation, and continuous improvement efforts using BMC Remedy or Service Now.

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

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

Please ensure you answer all questions and follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may impact your rating or may result in you not being considered for the job.

Applicants may be asked to verify information on your application for employment with the FAA.

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

The announcement may close prior to the listed closing date of 07/01/2022. Once a sufficient applicant pool has been reached to meet the needs of the FAA, applications will no longer be accepted and the announcement will close.

Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualification requirements may be further evaluated on the Leadership and Management Dimensions and Technical Requirement 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.

Selection may be made from this announcement or ACT-AIT-22-APS320-79211.

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Make sure your resume includes detailed information to support your qualifications and answers to the job questionnaire.

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.

If selected, you will be required to provide information regarding your COVID-19 vaccination status for the purposes of implementing workplace safety protocols, such as protocols related to masking, physical distancing, testing, travel, and quarantine.

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 Leadership and Management Dimensions and Technical Requirement, 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.

Please ensure you answer all questions and follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may impact your rating or may result in you not being considered for the job.

Applicants may be asked to verify information on your application for employment with the FAA.

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



This is not a bargaining unit position.

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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