The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AO) provides diverse management, legal, technology, legislative, financial, and program support services to the federal Judiciary. The employees at AO are dedicated to ensuring equal justice under the law and are committed to commercial and ethical values in all their endeavors.

The incumbent of this position will serve as a full-time, on-site Full Stack Office 365 Engineer based in the Washington DC-Baltimore Area. We seek a candidate with a distinguished track record that speaks volumes about their ability to acquire and share knowledge through hands-on cross-training with fellow team members. The successful candidate will demonstrate dedication to collaborative growth and the mutual enrichment of shared expertise.

We seek an accomplished professional with a wealth of experience in operating, maintaining, and adopting Microsoft's cloud solutions. Your expertise will encompass a comprehensive range of responsibilities. Your proficiency extends to process and business automation, supported by your adeptness in PowerShell scripting and the Power Platform to help optimize our technology stack. Your experience will shine through your familiarity with Azure subscription and asset management.

Duties of the position include, but are not limited to:

1. Designing, developing, implementing, and maintaining Office 365 solutions, systems, and infrastructure.
2. Guiding support and maintenance of the Office 365 ecosystem both from the end-user's context and the overall management perspective.
3. Creating strategies to help the organization adopt Microsoft's evergreen ecosystem.
4. Establishing robust security protocols encompassing vital areas like Azure identity and infrastructure, federation, cross-domain authentication, multifactor authentication, and cutting-edge remote access technologies.
5. Working with cross-functional teams to identify business requirements and provide reliable and comprehensive solutions.

Conditions of employment

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

1. All information is subject to verification. Applicants are advised that false answers or omissions of information on application materials or inability to meet the following conditions may be grounds for non-selection, withdrawal of an offer of employment, or dismissal after being employed.
2. Selection for this position is contingent upon completion of OF-306, Declaration of Federal Employment during the pre-employment process and proof of U.S. citizenship for competitive status positions or conversion to a competitive status position with the AO. If non-citizens are considered for hire into a temporary or any other position with non-competitive status or when it is confirmed by the AO Human Resources Office there are no qualified U.S. citizens for a competitive status position (unless prohibited by a law or statue), non-citizens must provide proof of authorization to work in the U.S. and proof of entitlement to receive compensation. Additional information on the employment of non-citizens can be found at USAJOBS Help Center | Employment of non-citizens/. For a list of documents that may be used to provide proof of citizenship or authorization to work in the United States, please refer to Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification.
3. All new AO employees will be required to complete an FBI fingerprint-based national criminal database and records check and pass a public trust suitability check.
4. New employees to the AO will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights/responsibilities, visit https://www.e-verify.gov/.
5. All new AO employees are required to identify a financial institution for direct deposit of pay before appointment.
6. You will be required to serve a trial period if selected for a first-time appointment to the Federal government, transferring from another Federal agency, or serving as a first-time supervisor. Failure to successfully complete the trial period may result in termination of employment.
7. If appointed to a temporary position, management may have the discretion of converting the position to permanent depending upon funding and staffing allocation.

Qualifications

Applicants must have demonstrated experience as listed below. This requirement is according to the AO Classification, Compensation, and Recruitment Systems which include interpretive guidance and reference to the OPM Operating Manual for Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions.

Specialized Experience: Applicants must have at least one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience which is in or directly related to the line of work of this position. Specialized experience is a comprehensive knowledge of Office 365: SharePoint, Teams, OneDrive, Exchange Online, and Power Automate and Power Apps.

How you will be evaluated

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

We will review your resume and supporting documentation and compare this information to your responses on the occupational questionnaire to determine if you meet the minimum qualifications for this job. If you meet the minimum qualifications for this job, we will evaluate your application package, to assess the quality, depth, and complexity of your accomplishments, experience, and education as they relate to the requirements listed in this vacancy announcement.

You should be aware that your ratings are subject to evaluation and verification. If a determination is made that you have rated yourself higher than is supported by your resume and/or narrative responses, you will be assigned a rating commensurate to your described experience. Failure to submit the mandatory narrative responses will result in not receiving full consideration and/or rating credit. Deliberate attempts to falsify information may be grounds for not selecting you, withdrawing an offer of employment, or dismissal after being employed.