Clarification from the agency

Eligible NAF employees are considered under Hiring Path - "Federal employees-Excepted service"

• Perform services as a systems administrator: The incumbent shall plan, coordinate, and install software and hardware for F-35 mission systems and associated support networks.
• Assess/develop policy needs and provides technical and procedural guidance and instruction to system users and other system administrators.
• Serve as a senior system technical advisor/administrator to unit leadership.
• Liaise with numerous outside agencies regarding the most state-of-the-art software/hardware and any other advancements that will enrich with wing's mission.
• Participate in plans for acquisition and implementation of new equipment, including development of contract documentation generated for IT system administration and support services.

Conditions of employment

• U.S. Citizenship Required.
• Males must be registered for Selective Service, see www.sss.gov.
• This position is subject to provisions of the DoD Priority Placement Program.
• Relocation costs or other incentives may be available and considered by the organization.
• Selectee is expected to be granted with and/or maintain the appropriate security clearance required for the position.
• This position may require drug testing, and the candidate may be subject to passing a drug test upon selection.
• Disclosure of Political Appointments.
• Employee may be required to work other than normal duty hours and tours of duty such as overtime, weekends, callback, uncommon tour of duty, holidays, etc. The employee may be required to carry a phone.
• Recall to duty and emergency overtime may be requirements of this position.
• All federal employees are required to have direct deposit.
• This announcement may result in a 120-day register that may be used to fill like vacancies for 120 days after the closing date. Applicants may be referred for consideration as vacancies occur.
• Depending on the type of position (competitive/excepted) you are selected for, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period OR 2-year trial period.
• Upon completion of your probationary/trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
• This is a Mission-Essential position performing a Mission-Critical-Function which must continue uninterrupted after the occurrence of an emergency and continued through full resumption of all functions.
• A pre-employment physical examination is required. The employee must meet requirements specified on the Optional Form 78, Certification of Medical Examination, which may include duties and an overseas or deployed location.
• Consent to counterintelligence (Cl) polygraphs and signature of non-disclosure agreements may be a condition of employment. Refusal to sign said agreements or to polygraph will result in termination of employment.
• The employee will be required to frequently travel TDY (over 90 days per year), sometimes on short notice, traveling in military and/or commercial aircraft or by other designated means, to western and non-western countries.

Qualifications

INDIVIDUAL OCCUPATIONAL REQUIREMENT: Experience requirements are described in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions, Individual Occupational Requirements Information Technology (IT) Management Series 2210.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must have, or within 120 days of the closing date of this announcement will have, at least 1 year (52 weeks) of specialized experience which is equivalent to Federal experience at the next lower grade (GS-11) level or equivalent (grade level, pay schedule, pay band, etc) and is described in detail in your resume. Examples of specialized experience includes: assisting with troubleshooting and analyzing unusual or complex hardware and/or software malfunctions with the goal of resolving physical and logical processing problems; helping to optimize the functionality and performance of hardware and software systems to ensure network and server availability, integrity, efficiency, and reliability and will identify system anomalies that are of an unusual or complex nature and develop corrective actions; assisting with administering and maintaining assigned systems while developing reviewing, and implementing changes as required for successful day-to-day operations.


FEDERAL TIME-IN-GRADE (TIG) REQUIREMENT FOR GENERAL SCHEDULE (GS) POSITIONS: Merit promotion applicants must meet applicable time-in-­grade requirements to be considered eligible. One year at the GS-11 level is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS-12 level. TIG applies if you are in a current GS position or held a GS position within the previous 52 weeks.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas:

• Knowledge of the principles, methods, and practices for integrating information system components sufficient to plan, coordinate, and administer computer systems, and optimize system performance.
• Knowledge of the latest advancements in technology to ensure routine hardware maintenance is conducted as prescribed intervals and to initiate corrective or preventative action for the optimum performance of the system.
• Knowledge of performance tuning tools, database management, measures or indicators of system performance and availability, and project management methods sufficient to optimize systems performance, troubleshoot database performance problems, and perform a wide range of systems administration functions.
• Knowledge of basic software programming languages, operating systems, associated devices, and the interoperability of systems sufficient to install, upgrade, troubleshoot, test, and maintain those systems; to optimize the functionality and performance of systems; and to ensure the availability, integrity, efficiency, and reliability of servers.
• Knowledge of cybersecurity, operating system hardening techniques, cyber threats, vulnerabilities, IT security principles and methods, network security methodologies, and network security architecture concepts including topology, protocols, components, and principles.

PART-TIME OR UNPAID EXPERIENCE: Credit will be given for appropriate unpaid and or part-time work. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week.

VOLUNTEER WORK EXPERIENCE: Refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service Programs (i.e., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student and social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge and skills that can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

This position is Emergency Essential. The incumbent must support the success of combat operations or combat-essential systems subsequent to mobilization, an evacuation order, or some other type of military crisis to maintain and/or repair combat essential systems It cannot be vacated during war or national emergency without seriously impairing the mission. Incumbent must perform key duties and may be required to take part in mobility exercises and must be recalled from any military obligations.

Information Assurance Certification is a condition of employment. This position includes IA work as a paramount duty requirement. Per DoD 8570.01-M, the incumbent of this position must achieve Level 2 Information Assurance Technology (IAT) certification within six months of assignment of these duties, unless a waiver is granted. Failure to achieve the appropriate IA certification within six months of assignment of these duties is reason for removal from this position. Incumbent must maintain this certification for the duration of employment.

Work Environment
The primary work is performed in adequately lighted, heated, cooled, and ventilated office setting and includes an array of risks and discomforts normally found in offices and conference rooms. Some work environments are hazardous, such as in deployed or temporary conditions. Work environments may include moderate discomforts such as intermittent periods of loud noises, such as jet engines, adverse weather, threat conditions, and working around heavy machinery. Performance of work may take place in areas with limited access spaces, uneven terrain, muddy or slippery conditions, construction sites and hostile, non-western locations world-wide. The employee may be required to use protective clothing or gear such as masks, coats, boots, goggles, gloves or protective armor.

Physical Demands
The work requires regular and recurring physical exertion, such as prolonged walking, standing, stooping, and crawling. These duties are performed while setting up network/server infrastructure in confined spaces. Performance of work may take place in areas with limited access spaces, uneven terrain, or construction sites and may include the use of ladders. The work will require some abilities of physical agility and strength to work in confined spaces and to move or lift moderately heavy objects up to 50 lbs with no assistance. This position requires the ability to perform physically arduous work such as climbing into false ceilings and crawling under false floors during physical security inspections and security system installation. Employee WILL be tasked to deploy during exercise and/or real-world contingencies to support the unit's operations and must maintain both physical and medical readiness standards required to deploy. Deployed locations may be austere bases with various physical demands and limited access to medical facilities associated with living and working conditions.

How you will be evaluated

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

Your application package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) will be used to determine your eligibility, qualifications, and quality ranking for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment.

The resume/documents you submit must support your responses to the online questionnaire. If your application contradicts or does not support your questionnaire responses, you will receive a rating of "not qualified" or "insufficient information" and you will not receive further consideration for this job.

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APPRAISALS/AWARDS: Hiring Managers use objective methods and consider previous performance appraisals and awards in the selection process. Current Federal Civilian employees should list any relevant performance related rating and/or awards in your resume.

Applicants who disqualify themselves will not be evaluated further.

Current or Former Federal Civilian Employees (Includes current Air Force employees): You are required to submit legible copy/copies of your last or most recent SF-50, Notification of Personnel Action, (block 24 must be a "1" or "2" AND block 34 must be a"1"). Additionally, if you are applying for a higher grade (GS) and your SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you meet the one year time-in-grade requirement so you will need to provide an SF-50 which clearly demonstrates you meet the time-in-grade requirements (examples of appropriate SF-50s include Promotions, Within-grade Grade/Range Increases, and SF-50s with an effective date more than one year old).