Clarification from the agency

This announcement is open to: All United States Citizens.

As a INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SPECIALIST (ENTARCH) you will be responsible for the following duties:

• The Office Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security established a Targeted Local Market Supplement (TLMS) for certain Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Cyber positions within the Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System. Eligibility for the TLMS is based on cyber work roles within certain occupational series and on the work performed. This vacancy is designated as a STEM and/or Cyber position and pay for the incumbent will be based on the STEM and Cyber Pay Table.

• Provides subject matter expertise to assigned areas of NBIS to design, develop and maintain secure cloud-based system architectures. Applies advanced knowledge of the enterprise information technology (IT) architectural concepts and patterns to include baseline and target architectures.
• Conducts enterprise architecture reviews, evaluates progress toward published goals. Supports development of information technology (IT) rules and requirements that describe baseline and target architectures.
• Leads development/integration of engineering designs for subsystems under the incumbents area of responsibility, ensuring alignment with the overall system.
• Designs enterprise and systems security throughout the development lifecycle, assess limitations and capabilities, define performance requirements and interfaces.
• Applies knowledge of cloud computing service models Software as Service (SaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), and Platform as a Service (PaaS).
• Supports planning of implementation strategy to ensure components can be integrated and aligned.
• Provides technical expertise to the agency in managing the development, validation and synchronization of technology within the PMO.

Conditions of employment

• Must be a US citizen
• Selective Service Requirement: Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service. For more information http://www.sss.gov
• Resume and supporting documents received by 11:59PM EST will be considered
• This is a Drug Testing designated position
• Position is a (DCIPS) position in the Excepted Service under U.S.C. 1601
• Work Schedule: Full Time
• Overtime: Occasionally
• Tour of Duty: Flexible
• PCS (Permanent Change of Station): May be authorized.
• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Exempt
• Financial Disclosure: Not Required
• Telework Eligibility: This position is telework eligible, but is not a full time telework position. The incumbent will be required to report to the office on a routine basis.
• If selected, the incumbent must obtain and maintain appropriate security clearance as indicated in job announcement.
• The incumbent must sign a Statement of Understanding regarding the certification requirements and maintaining the appropriate certification is a condition of employment
• Any Information Technology/Security certifications / education as specified in the DCWF Annex and as defined by DoD 8140-M are required within six months of appointment date.
• The duties of this position may require temporary duty (TDY) travel and/or local travel.

Qualifications

The experience described in your resume will be evaluated and screened from the Office of Personnel Management's (OPMs) basic qualifications requirements. See: i.e. for professional positions or positions with a basic education requirement: GS-2210: Information Technology Management Series (opm.gov) http://main.opm.gov/policy-dataoversight/ for OPM qualification standards, competencies and specialized experience needed to perform the duties of the position as described in the MAJOR DUTIES and QUALIFICATIONS sections of this announcement by 10/07/2024

Applicant must have directly applicable experience that demonstrates the possession of the knowledge, skills, abilities and competencies necessary for immediate success in the position. Qualifying experience may have been acquired in any public or private sector job, but will clearly demonstrate past experience in the application of the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to successfully perform the duties of the position.

You must have specialized experience sufficient to demonstrate that you have acquired all the competencies necessary to perform at a level equivalent in difficulty, responsibility, and complexity to the next lower grade GS/GG-12 in the Federal service and are prepared to take on greater responsibility.
Generally, this would include one year or more of such specialized experience. Specialized experience for this position includes:

1. Conducting architecture reviews; identifying technical gaps and weaknesses in Information Technology (IT) development and systems engineering projects.
2. Supporting the evaluation of a system's architecture; Agile delivery.
3. Experience and ability to support technical requirements elicitation and management; understanding of on-premises, hybrid, and cloud deployment models, and data models and architecture.

Specifically you will be evaluated on the following competencies:
1. Systems Integration: Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for installing, integrating, and optimizing information systems components.

2. Enterprise Architecture: An enterprise architecture (EA) is a conceptual blueprint that defines the structure and operation of an organization. The intent of an enterprise architecture is to determine how an organization can most effectively achieve its current and future objectives.

3. Information Assurance: Knowledge of methods and procedures to protect information systems and data by ensuring their availability, authentication, confidentiality, and integrity.

4. Software Engineering: Knowledge of software engineering design and development methodologies, paradigms, and tools; the software life cycle; software reusability; and software reliability metrics.

5. Planning and Evaluating: Organizes work, sets priorities, and determines resource requirements; determines short- or long-term goals and strategies to achieve them; coordinates with other organizations or parts of the organization to accomplish goals; monitors progress and evaluates outcomes.

How you will be evaluated

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

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• Start and end dates (including the month and year).
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• The level and amount of experience-for instance, whether you served as a project manager or a team member helps to illustrate your level of experience.
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If your resume does not clearly outline details for each position as noted, you may be deemed "not referred" for this position.

Once the application process is complete, your resume and supporting documentation will be used to determine whether you meet the job qualifications listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified for this job, your resume and supporting documentation will be compared to your responses on the Occupational Questionnaire. If you rate yourself higher than is supported by your application materials, your responses may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from consideration for this job If you are found to be among the top candidates, you will be referred to the selecting official for employment consideration.